When college student Kasey Whitton takes a job babysitting for single dad Jian Li, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the newborn baby -- or with Jian. ***** Love is the last thing on Kasey Whitton's mind when she agrees to take an overnight babysitting job to help support her struggling family. But as her business relationship with single dad Jian Li slowly develops into something more, Kasey is surprised to find herself falling in love with him despite his hot-and-cold attitude towards her -- and the fact that she has a long-term high school boyfriend. Will her growing feelings for Jian and his newborn son be enough to convince her to risk everything stable in her life? Or will Jian's fear of commitment -- and his belief all the women in his life are cursed -- be enough to keep them apart? [[Best Diverse Story, The Fiction Awards]] [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

If you hate something, would you change it? And if you change it, will you like it? Hindi alam ni Charity kung bakit ayaw na ayaw sa kanya ni Jayden Corpuz. Hindi pa kailanman ito nangyari sa buhay niya. Simula pagkabata, mahal na siya ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Ni isa, mapa babae o lalaki, wala siyang naging hater. At ngayong 21 years old na siya, saka pa siya magkakaroon ng hater? At sa katauhan pa ng lalaking gusto niya? How did that happen? Lahat ng gusto niya ay nakukuha niya, pero bakit ang isang ito, naiirita sa kahit simpleng paghawi niya ng buhok? Ang kwentong ihi-hate mo. jonaxxstories.

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)

| C O M P L E T E D | 21 JANUARY 2020 - 31 AUGUST 2020 | Stonehearts Series #7 | Ruby Carianne Barrameda isn't your typical girl. Fiery and captivating just like her birth stone, this lady born on the 20th of July, never once backed down to a challenge. With her wit and luster of positive attitude, every task she's given will be marked done and completed before it even started. This young lady always thought that the inextinguishable flame inside her heart would never die just as long as she maintain her life-force energy to be clear of hatred, motivated, and confident. And that it would be easier for her to overcome any timidity she faces along the way. But is her radiance and determination be enough for this man? Or does she need to break her heart to save his?

| COMPLETED | 15 June 2017 - 19 February 2020 | Stonehearts Series #6 | Pearl Alicia Alexandrite Bautista, born 21st of June, is known as the person with the purest of heart. She, like her birthstone, which is the only organic in nature amongst the twelve, was born to be gentle, nurturing, kind and supportive. She had her fair share of troubles and difficulties in her life. Like how she stood on her own two feet after her parents died when she was 16. Like how she struggled to get a degree while juggling three part-time jobs just to get by. And like how she took in the responsibility of being a parent to a baby her cousin left when she died. All of that, she accepted with a big smile and arms wide open. But one thing she can't ever willingly accept was the thing that happened one night. The thing that started with one guy.

| COMPLETED | 30 March 2017 - 27 June 2019 | Stonehearts Series #5 | Just like how her birthstone is coveted by royalty, Emerald Charisma Vinluan is yearned for by people because of her excellence in her field of work. This darling girl who has the beauty of an autocrat was born on the 22nd of May and has embodied all the characteristics of her birthstone Emerald. She's loyal, holding and keeping faith to things unknown. She's very much grounded, balance and sensible despite the towering success she achieved in her profession. She's positive, always dwelling on the good things to come. She's then living her imperfect but satisfied life. But everything started crumbling down when she was tasked to work with someone who mastered the way of bringing out the worst in her. Someone who inhabits the bittersweet parts of her past.

| COMPLETED | 21 November 2016 - 30 March 2017 | Stonehearts Series #4 | Just like how valuable her birthstone is, Minerva Diamond Timbresa is her parents' one and only, precious baby. Born on the 23rd of April, Aya is absolutely like her birthstone Diamond. She has that enduring beauty, the one's that will never fade nor wither with the fast-changing time. Has that unparalleled brilliance, she, most of the time, surpasses people's expectations. She also has that unbreakable spirit, she's highly optimistic and thinks that there's no such thing as a gloomy day. But will her disperse personality still be intact once she meets a man so deadly that no one's brave enough to work for him? Will she still be as unbreakable as diamonds when she meets the dire and terrifying Earl Ferris Pedrialva?

| COMPLETED | 22 August 2016 - 5 October 2016 | Stonehearts Series #2 | Due to her bitter past and her dad's unfortunate marriage, Amorr Amethyst Buendia, vowed one promise to herself; that she will never ever lived a day and see another heart breaking. This sweet girl was born on the 25th of February and is very much like her birth stone Amethyst. She is dreamer, a thinker, and a bottle of mixed attitudes. A dreamer, because she believes that one day she will meet a man deserving of her undying love. A thinker, because she knows that she can fix any relationship that is about to fall apart. She's emotional yet strong. She can be shaken but balanced. She's soft but tough enough to fight for herself. But when she failed on doing the work she swore her whole life to, she hated herself but the man hated her more. So she ended up doing anything to make it up to him, but Cyrus Chancellor Calderazzo has other plans for her. #15 in Romance 30 September 2016