Jyojiko

"What the fuck did you send over, Nicky?" Laurie is screaming over the phone at six fucking  o'clock in the morning.

"It has a note. And I believe that the message was clear." the name Nicky answered.

"Well that's exactly, why I am asking!"  she exclaimed angrily, glaring at the innocently looking red leather pill box, that is instantly recognizable as a famous jewelry brand, sitting on her kitchen counter, with a note that says - I heard you cry over a guy, here's a small gift to let you know that I'd marry you anytime.

With the familiar scrawling penmanship in the white piece of paper, she would know who sent her the note, even without calling the guy on the phone.

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When the guy you confessed to rejected you, and your two exes came back running—declaring they would marry you any time, what would you do?

Would you choose a familiar old love or the one that has your heart but doesn't want you?

And to add to the chaos, her mother is on a mission to marry her nearing thirty-something ass to any man who breathes. 

What should a girl do in such a situation? Run away, of course! 

But then, how far can you run away until all the life's decisions you screwed up in the past caught up with you and you ended up with no choice but to face them. 

Welcome to Laurie’s adventure and just to be clear this is not a love story BUT a quest.

[WARNING: Some chapters may contain mature R-18 content.]

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Book cover by Sendaline_16

Capture A Husband: My Asian Mother's Quest

[This chapter is dedicated to liyanpark1013. Thank you for your support!]

"It's fine!" She snapped at Haru in annoyance. She was taking out all the clothes that January sent for her from their shopping bags and folding them neatly to be put in her suitcase.

"I'm just feeling a tad guilty that --"

"Stop it already, Haru! It's okay. Stay here and spend more time with your husband. I have no problem going back to Tokyo alone."

Their vacation was already over but Haru's husband wanted her to stay behind. And Haru was acting as if it's something worth being angry about. She was annoyed not because she would go back on her own to Tokyo but because Haru was being annoying. She has been acting as though her going back to Tokyo on her own was a big deal.

"You have a husband. Be with your husband. I just want you to make sure that I can enter my apartment. And even if I'm not --"

Paparazzi