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

She stretches her arms over her bed just like she always does every time she wakes up. Glancing at the clock on the bedside table, it was already noon. Her body felt sore and she could feel a headache starting.

She cursed under her breath for drinking heavily last night. She let Terrence coax her into smoking some first-grade weed that he scored from a friend. Now, she felt so lethargic and didn't want to be parted with the bed.

She rolled to her side and hated the fact that the bed is lower than the window. She likes to be able to look out as soon as she wakes up. They just moved to this hotel last night even though she doesn't really want to.

Terrence insisted because according to him, he needed to stay away from someone. She rolled on the bed again, to the side of Terrence in bed. Her eyebrows knitted when she felt his side of the bed cold.

Hong Kong (I)