a story about smoking at the back of the supermarket

Gerald Hallway, the son of a billionaire, marries Nicole Roque for the inheritance that is promised to be given to him by his father if only she marries a decent woman.  Nicole Roque suffers ataxia disease, an ailment that makes her unable to walk, stand, and do tasks, which pushes her husband to file for divorce. Their marriage turns to chaos. Four years later, Gerald awaits the adopted daughter of his biggest investor in the airport. Upon meeting her, he doesn't expect it is his ex-wife who fully recovers and changes identity and physical outlook. She came from Germany to New York for her new business, which Mr. Hallway is tasked with helping her manage and build. But Annie, Nicole's best friend, finds all her ways to ruin the woman's reputation. She's determined to steal the man she once loved. How could Gerald and Nicole surpass their trials?

Have you ever wondered what lies beyond the veil of arranged marriage? Meet Irene, a woman whose fate is sealed in the hands of a billionaire groom with a hidden identity. Despite the absence of love, can she thrive in a life where she must conceal her true self? As her story unfolds, it begs the question - is the traditional concept of arranged marriage all that it seems? Who is the real Irene behind the facade? The answers may surprise you.

My husband promises to go to my hometown with me for the New Year holidays this year after I go to his. But before the trip to my hometown is due, he suddenly tells me he doesn't want to go anymore. I argue with him about this, and he pummels me with a bat. Meanwhile, his family eggs him on, telling him to kill me. Intense pain shoots through me as the blows land. I try my best to fight back, but I can't win against the majority. As the sky darkens, everyone heads home for dinner after giving me a good beating. When I regain consciousness in a corner of the garden, I see sense.

“I am not your sub, and I never will be!” Lyla sobbed as she said these words. All she needed was just a little—just a small bit of honesty from Carlo. Carlo, the illegitimate son of a powerful mafia family, never learned how to love. He thought that control and dominance were the same as love. He always disappeared at the critical moments, leaving Lyla to deal with the painful aftermath. Scandals, murders, imprisonment—these events almost dragged Lyla into hell. Yet Carlo always played the role of a god, the one who pulled her back from the edge of the abyss just as she was about to fall. But in the end, Lyla could no longer endure the lies. Pregnant and heartbroken, she chose to run away, while Carlo, driven mad, searched for her across the world…

My mother-in-law spreads lies about me having contracted an STD during my sister-in-law's wedding. When I hear this, I want to demand an explanation. However, my sister-in-law stops me and begs me to prioritize her happiness since it's her wedding. I hold myself back and wait until the reception is over. Later, my mother-in-law merely sweeps the matter under the rug and say she doesn't remember anything because she was drunk. However, the lies spread like wildfire. My neighbors scorn me, and my colleagues isolate me, treating me like a walking bacteria. I become dispirited from the constant mental distress and end up getting knocked by a car when I leave the house one day. I die from the accident. When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to the day my mother-in-law lies about me having contracted an STD.

Audrey Christine who had loved the billionaire heir, Ricky Anderson, for seven years suddenly gets a wake-up call after signing a three-year contract marriage with him. Two years into the marriage, Audrey finds out she's carrying his child, and decides to terminate the contract for lack of reciprocation. As soon as she starts changing, Ricky realizes that this woman was all he needed, but then, there will be pride, and admitting he was in need of her became hell, until he finds out about his baby...

Rhain Valdes left her family and friends to get married to the only man she has ever loved. After the marriage, she discovered that the man never loved her and his family doesn't love her but they love and take care of their first son's wife Lilian Vinto the same lady her husband loved most. She knows all this because she always sees her husband smile genuinely when he is with her.

All the hopes of saving her marriage from crumbling, crashed down for Madeline when her husband, Damien Rosewood gifted her divorce papers on their third wedding anniversary. She failed to give his prestigious family an heir. He accused her of the sins she never committed. Heartbroken and abandoned, she vowed to take back what she lost, her love, her husband. Three years later, she returned as the surrogate of his babies. The table was turned. Madeline had an upper hand over her ex-husband and his family. Slowly, he realized what he had lost and how challenging it will be for him to win her back.

Zana thought death would bring her peace, but the moon goddess had other plans. Betrayed and left to die by the ones she trusted, Zana's last wish was for a second chance—and she got one. Awaking in the body of Alpha Tia Moon, a powerful leader, Zana must navigate a new life in a dangerous world and with a Tia’s beta and mate, Ethan suspicious of her identity. But nothing could prepare her for the shocking discovery that her former mate, Alpha Richard, the one who betrayed her, is bound to her once again. As Zana battles to protect her secrets as she also faces the deep, unyielding mate bonds she feels for both Ethan, her Beta, and Richard from her past. Torn between revenge and love, Zana walks a thin line between her past mistakes and the future she must embrace. In a world where enemies become allies and love becomes war, will her new strength be enough to survive what’s coming?

Sabi nila, age doesn't matter. Pero bakit nang malaman nila ang nangyari bakit sila nagalit?. Aleandra Kaye Dioa, she is a first year high-school student who just want to study and make friends. Ang kanyang pamilya ay strikto at ang mga kapatid nito ay ganon rin. Jethro Ashier Claver, he is also a first year high-school student. Kaye and him are classmate. Siya ay isang makalokohang lalaki, wala siyang ginawa kung hindi ang mangasar ng mga kaklase. Naging magkaibigan sila at malapit sa isa't isa. Ang mga tao ay napagkakamalan na silang magkasintahan sa sobrang lapit nila. Ngunit ang mga akala ng tao ay nagkatotoo, napamahal sila sa isa't isa sa murang edad. Nalaman ito ng mga magulang ni Kaye at ito ay mga nagalit. Ngunit paano kung ayaw makipaghiwalay ni Jethro? Ano ang mangyayari? Itutuloy pa rin ba nila ang namamagitan sa kanila?.