Free Unwillingly Yours (Warning: Love Moderately) by Marian Tee, Lourdes Marcelo Page A

seem to know her better than she knew herself? How did he know when to give her space and when not to give her even a second to think?
              “You’re scaring me, baby. What’s wrong?”
             
Everything,
Jaike thought with an inner sob.
              She was his now.
              For better or for worse, she belonged to Derek, and she was so damn afraid of what that would mean for the rest of her life.
             
     
    This short is for promotional purposes only.
    The rest of Derek and Jaike’s story will be out on June, 2013.
    This is the debut novel of L. Marcelo.
     

 
    About the Authors

Marian Tee is a Filipino-Chinese with a degree in Business Administration and a passion for
manga
and all things Japanese as well as learning languages. As a horror enthusiast, she loves watching scary flicks in her spare time and count
Ladda Land
and
The Sixth Sense
among her favorites.

L. Marcelo’s skills in drawing and photography have earned her an Animation degree, but her love for books has eventually taken her life to another direction. A fangirl at heart, she occasionally flies out of the country to attend special events of her favorite Taiwanese and K-Pop stars.
    If you like what you’ve read, both authors would greatly appreciate if you were to leave a review for the book in Amazon and/or Goodreads.
    Readers are welcome to drop by at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Literary-Flings-Co
    to chat with the authors.
    Marian may also be contacted through her website at MarianTee.com
    Turn to the next pages to read excerpts of Marian Tee’s other works in Amazon.

Chased: Book 1 of How (Not) to be Seduced by Billionaires
    Note: The second and third books in the trilogy,
Courted
and
Caged
, are already available in Amazon.
    Sensing the man next to me turning to my direction and not getting any unfriendly and competitive vibes from him, I silently breathed a sigh of relief at the thought of having at least one person in the room
not
antagonistic toward me.
              Friendly smile in place, I said, “Hel—
oly shit
.”
              Bottle Blonde gasped.
              I cringed at the sound.
That
was what I should have done.
Gasped.
But then – who could blame me, really? Anyone would have been completely shocked at seeing someone so incredibly beautiful in person. Men were
not
supposed to be beautiful, dammit. But this one was.
              His sun-kissed hair seemed to have all the shades between dark gold to copper – his natural hair color, in other words. It was impossible for any artificial hair dye to create his kind of hair, which was also naturally curly. Those adorable curls would have made him look gay if not for his strong jaw. His eyes were the lightest shade of gray, almost silver – and they were laughing at me, with his sexy-looking lips curved in a slight, amused grin.
              My heart sank the second time in minutes at the sight of it.
Great.
Way to make an impression on a potential rival in the workforce: let him know he’s turned your head around completely.
              Desperate to make him forget my embarrassing gaffe, I asked quickly, “Are you applying for the marketing research position, too?”
              He raised a brow, making me wonder what I had said wrong. His sexy secretive grin still playing on his lips, he said simply, “No.”
              We stared at each other after that. I didn’t want to – I swear I didn’t – but somehow his gaze was commanding and magnetic, and I felt like I wouldn’t be able to pull my gaze away unless he
let
me. And really, I knew how ridiculous that sounded – especially where I was concerned.
              My parents had even nicknamed me “Little Miss Granite” because I was stubborn as a rock. Even as a kid, I had a tendency to be headstrong when there was something I wanted.
              I had never been a pushover, and