I smiled again, this time I noticed Nick looking across the table in my direction. His gaze was intense, there was something about it. It was intense, intimidating, sensual, but charming all at the same time. Stop it Tessa. Said my subconscious. You two couldn't even bare to be in the same room with one another a few weeks ago. Stop you do not find him attractive. I kept thinking that telling myself this would help me...but it didn't. He moved his index finger along the rim of his glass, I every so often would catch his bright green- gray eyes look in my direction. I looked down at my hands which were cupped together in my lap. Stop it Tess! "I'll help you clear the plates." His mother said to his father, after we ate. They both stood up and took the plates into the kitchen. Leaving me alone with him. Crap. Tessa Erickson is a beautiful, single, twenty-six year old woman who works for a big named company in New York City. All was great in her life, until she got partnered with a tall, well dressed, exceedingly handsome, arrogant, flirtatious playboy named Nicolai Piercy. Who also happens to be the son of the man who owns the company Tessa works for. As they deal with their own personal problems inside the office and outside, will they begin to see eye to eye, will the way they feel towards each other ever change and will Tessa end up falling for The Billionaires Son? So read along as Nick and Tessa deal with the struggles of life and love. Cover created by: kikiceleste_ Rated PG-13: (Strong language, sexual situations)

WARNING: SPG | R-18 | Mature Content Mabibilang ni Gladz kung ilan na ang mga naging boyfriend niya mula ng mamulat siya sa mundo, at lahat ay niloko siya at pinagpalit sa iba. Kaya sa edad na bente-otso, siya na yata ang pinaka-numero unong fan ng sikat na kasabihang 'walang forever'. In her twenty-eight years of existence, she finally gave up on finding Mr. Freaking Right in this world that is full of Mr. Wrong. But Fate has a very twisted sense of humor. She met Pierce Rios Muller. But before Gladz met Pierce formally, she knows him as the guy who said yes to her when she asked him to sleep with her in the loneliest and desperate time of her life. Imagine how awkward and shock she felt when she met the man who she thought she would never met again.

Phoenix would rather stay rooted in Baguio and work his ass off rather than experienced the buzzing life in the center city. He would rather bury himself with work in his kingdom rather than to go out and have some dirty fun like his lunatic friends. He would rather feel the cold damp weather than to feel the heat in the center city. He hated traffic. He hates noisy street. He hates hot places. He fucking hates everything that has something to do with the big buzzing city. ... then everything changes... And those changes were not acceptable to him. Not in a lifetime. CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | P-18 COMPLETED

Now published under Pop Fiction, an imprint of Summit Books. P195, Taglish Part 1 Theirs is a story that started all wrong. Naglayas si Gail sa bahay nila sa Manila, looking forward to spending the best summer of her life in the quiet town of Sitio Maligaya. Ang hindi niya alam, gang leader Kurt agreed to a mission na bantayan siya kapalit ng dream car nito. At ang una nilang engkwentro? An accidental kiss, which is also happens to be Gail's first kiss-- ever! Will this mark the beginning of Gail's string of bad luck with Kurt? Or will this gangster be the accident she's always wanted to happen, the wrong person who will make everything right?

"You are invited to Temptation Island."

Cali Sudalga got everything. Limited edition luxury cars. Wealth. Money. Yachts. And a very huge mansion that anyone would dream of. Women will do everything to get his attention or even just a minute of his precious time. But no woman had ever succeeded in doing so. He's aloof and he keeps to himself. Wala siyang pinapasok sa buhay niya mula ng lokohin siya ng taong akala niya ay mapagkakatiwalaan niya. Only one woman had ever crumbled his defenses, and she happened to be a conniving lying bitch. She left him for another man, and now, two years after, she walks into his office like she didn't do anything wrong. And she actually had the guts to tell him that she didn't know him. CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COMPLETED

There are three words to describe the famous Dr. Ymar Stroam who owns the very successful and well known YS Pharmaceutical. Serious. Intimidating. And snob. While Czarina Salem is jolly, energetic and secretly green minded. Oh. And she loves eating banana. Magkaibang-magkaiba ang dalawa at alam na alam 'yon ni kupido. But Cupid still decided to play with them. One faithful night, while Czarina was busy flipping the pages of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, she heard a knock on the door. Akala naman niya ay si Channing Tatum o kaya naman si Chris Evans na ang kumakatok kaya mabilis niyang pinagbuksan. But what she saw outside her doorsteps is neither Channing or Chris. It's none other than her hunky neighbor, the always brooding Doctor Hottie whose smile could drop anyone's panties. Ang kaso, sa isang buwan na pagiging magkapit-bahay nila at paninilip niya sa kaguwapuhan nito ay napag-alaman niyang mamahalin ang ngiti ng Doctor. But that night, Doctor Hottie smiled and even took his clothes off in front of her! What the fudge was happening? Nagunaw na ba ang mundo at sila nalang dalawa ang natira? Paborito niya ang prutas na saging, pero hindi yata kakayanin ng matris niya ang malaki at mahabang saging na nasa harapan niya. CECELIB | C.C. COMPLETED

She was his secretary and he was her boss. Plain and simple. No complications. No problem. Nothing. That was Lysander's life before he started desiring his secretary in ways that he couldn't even explain. Siya ang tipo ng tao na walang masyadong pakiaam sa iba, pero pagdating sa sekretarya niyang palaging dahilan ng pagsakit ng ulo at puson niya, nawawala siya sa tamang huwisyo. Lysander knew where this was leading him... but would he risk it? There's a possibility that he might lose the most efficient secretary he ever had. ... but there was also a big possibility that he might lose his head if he didn't risk it. CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COMPLETED

In Evren Yilmaz life, everything, and everyone around him had a use and purpose. He was a ruthless lawyer after all, and he didn't get the title "ruthless" for nothing. Para sa kanya, ano ang silbi ng isang tao kung wala man lang siyang paggagamitan? Tulad ng isang bagay, bakit ka bibili kung hindi mo naman gagamitin? That belief was soon forgotten when he met Faith Gabriel, a feisty temptress with a beautiful and seductive machine gun mouth. Fate must be playing a twisted game with him because all of the sudden, he wanted to be used by her... in more ways than one. CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | P-18 COMPLETED

Train Wolkzbin eluded marriage for eight years. Hindi siya magpapakasal kahit pa mamatay lahat ng kaibigan niya. Kahit pa magunaw ang mundo, hinding-hindi siya magpapatali sa isang babae. He was enjoying his bachelorhood. Pero mukhang magkaiba ang isip nila nila ni Krisz Romero. Walong taon na ang nakalipas pero pinipilit pa rin nito na magpakasal sila, to the point na kaya nitong ibigay ang katawan nito sa kanya para lang magpakasal siya rito. Train knew that he was in trouble when he felt the beast between his legs awakened at the sight of Krisz nakedness. Pero matigas siya at hindi basta-basta papayag na maapektuhan ng pagnanasa niya sa dalaga ang desisyon niya. But, when his father suffered a heart attack, he had no choice but to succumb to his father's wish. And that was to marry Krisz Romero. Bilang mabuting anak, pumayag siya sa hiling ng ama. Pinakasalan niya si Krisz at habang lumilipas ang mga araw na mag-asawa sila, tinatanong niya ang sarili, nagpakasal ba talaga siya kay Krisz dahil 'yon ang kagustuhan ng ama niya o dahil 'yon sa kagustuhan niyang maangkin ang dalaga gabi-gabi at legal na maging pag-aari niya? CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | P-18 COMPLETED