When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith starts working for the handsome Lucas Hendrix, she quickly discovers there's something hot and untamed behind his cold exterior... ***** When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith is offered a job as the personal assistant to the cold and handsome Lucas Hendrix, she's left wondering why. After all, she has no credentials to speak of, and working for a paranoid billionaire CEO who's impossible to please is far from easy. But a few weeks into her job, she begins to realize that she can't judge a book by its cover. Left alone to discover the mystery behind Lucas's cold exterior and to tame her uncontrollable desire to comfort him, she learns they have a lot more in common than she ever thought possible. Could their two lonely hearts share the same dream for happiness? [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]] Cover designed by April Alforque Former title 'Coffee And Papers'

(Published under Pop Fiction) I was not expecting na ang normal na takbo ng buhay ko bigla na lang magugulo. I am a 23-year old certified NBSB virgin tapos isang araw, bigla na lang akong naging nanay. Akala ko, instant coffee at instant noodles lang ang meron, pwede din pala ang instant anak plus instant gwapo at hot na hot na husband. And who knows instant ano din ako sa buhay ng wafong tatay ng kunwaring anak ko. Handa nga ba ako sa pinasok ko? Basa na dali!!

TEASER: 'Love at first sight' si Anne sa kanyang boss na si Jesus Carlo o JC.Pero alam naman niya na hindi siya papansinin nito kaya pinakatago-tago niya ang katotohanang iyun.Sino ba naman siya,isang contractual employee na kinikilig kapag nasa malapit ang guwapong amo.At kapag nginitian siya nito,akala mo nanalo na siya ng lotto. Walang personalan,trabaho lang,iyun ang lagi niyang sinasabi sa sarili.Kaya naman laking tuwa niya noong malamang ang magiging permanente niyang trabaho ay ang maging secretary/assisitant ng lalake.Ang suwerteng akala niya dahil mapapalapit na siya sa lalake ay isang malaking malas pala.NApakasungit nito.Wala naman itong reklamo sa trabaho niya,ngunit kung bakit mabigat pa rin ang dugo ng lalake sa kanya.Kaya naman lalo niyang nirendahan ang kanyang puso na huwag lalong mahulog ang loob niya sa lalake. Hanggang sa hindi na niya kaya, she's falling hard and at the same time,she's beginning to hate him.Kaya bago pa siya tuluyang ma-windang,nag-resigned na lamang siya sa trabaho.Fast forward to two years.Isa na siyang chef at may sariling catering services.At dahil sa bagong trabaho niya,nag-krus muli ang landas nila ng lalake.Ang nakakaloka,twenty four months na,pero ang epekto nito sa kanya,hindi pa rin nagbabago.Nahihibang pa rin ang puso niya sa kanyang dating boss.At ang mas na nakakaloka,ipinakilala ba naman siya sa pamilya nito bilang future Mrs.Montes.Aba,huwag siyang i-da-dare at talagang papatulan niya ito.Pero nanlupaypay siya noong malamang temporary lang pala ang offer nito.Ang tanong ay kung tatanggapin pa rin ba niya ang alok nito o kalimutan na lamang ang lahat at simulan na niyang hanapin ang daan patungo sa 'move on'? ***book cover by Maria Olivia

Ang kwentong ito ay nabuo sa loob ng hospital kung saan nagliwaliw ang malikot kong imahinasyon habang nagbabantay ako sa brother ko. This is a short story... yun ay kung walang mag demand na pahabain ko pa. Sana magustohan nyo.

Mariev Leigh Lamaitre has a perfect life. She's living with her loving family, caring best friends and has a successful career. But everything changed because of this one of a kind man named Zandro Montego. For her, he is the most crazy, selfish and possessive jerk she's ever met. Is she going to let him inside her heart despite of knowing that this man is very mysterious?

"Hunter?" "Bella." Hunter said softly. I backed up against the cold brick wall. "What are you doing?" "Doing what I should've done a long time ago." Sequel to His Assistant I suggest you read the first to understand this book. Started: March. 20, 2018 Finished: June. 17, 2018 Finished Editing: March. 10, 2021

Finally escaping from their captors but still being chased by them, Ruby and her sister used their chance to slip into a warehouse in order for them to hide from the people who were chasing them. At sa kabutihang palad hindi na sila nahuli pa ng mga ito. Not until they were caught by the workers the next morning and accused them of being thieves. And that fateful day, Ruby met the ruthless, savage business man, billionaire Lucas Elizarde St. Croix. Lucas, being convinced that Ruby and her sister are thieves, have decided to punishthem and it came down into being slaves in his mansion. Hindi makapaniwala si Ruby sa sinasapit nila ng kapatid niya, she thought that she and her sister have finally escape from the dreadful hands of a heartless person, pero ganun rin pala ang kinahinatnan ulit nila pero sa kamay na ng ibang tao. Would their life still be a living hell just like before? Or does Lucas be Ruby's unanswered prayers and be the silver lining that can turn her dark and melancholic world into a more brighter and happy one. -- jhannexx