araw city

Masaya si Eunice nang mapangasawa ang lalaking mahal niya. Kahit nahihirapan siya sa kanya, patuloy siyang umuunawa at nagmamalasakit. Ikinasal sila para sa kapakanan ng kumpanya at sa kagustuhan ng kanilang mga magulang. Tiniis niya ang lahat, umaasa na balang araw ay matutunan din siyang mahalin at tanggapin ang kanilang kasal. Ngunit nagkamali siya; mas lalo siyang nasasaktan. Mas binibigyan ng atensyon ng kanyang asawa ang dating kasintahan kaysa sa kanya. Hanggang isang gabi, laking gulat niya nang makita ang kanyang asawang lasing na nakatayo sa harap ng kanyang kwarto. Bigla na lang siyang hinila papasok. Doon, may nangyari sa kanila. Ibinigay ni Eunice ang sarili sa kanyang asawa kahit lasing na lasing ito. Pagkaraan ng isang buwan, nalaman niyang siya ay buntis. Pinili niyang lumayo. Natakot siyang hindi siya paniwalaan at itakwil ang kanilang anak. Umalis siya nang hindi sinasabi ang tungkol sa kanyang pagbubuntis. Ilang taon ang lumipas, bumalik siya, ngayon kasama ang kanilang anak. Paano kung muli silang magtagpo at ang tadhana ay magbuklod muli sa kanila? Ano ang gagawin ni Eunice? Sasabihin ba niya ang katotohanan na may anak sila, o patuloy niya itong ililihim?

Limang buwan na ang nakalilipas ay ibinenta ni Hanna ang katawan at naiwala niya ang pinakaiingatang puri. Isang malaking pagkakamali ngunit kailangan niya ng pera upang maipagamot ang kapatid. Namasukan siya bilang dyanitres sa pinakamalaking kumpanya sa kanilang bayan. Hindi niya akalain na ang lalaking naka-one night stand at ang CEO, ang bilyonaryong si Charles Ethan Rodriguez ay iisa! Inalok siya nitong magpanggap bilang girlfriend. Pumayag siya dahil bukod sa sobrang gwapo at matipuno nito ay babayaran siya ng malaking halaga. Paano kung sa kasunduan nila ay umibig siya sa mayamang binata? Ngunit parausan lamang ang tingin nito sa kanya habang hinihintay nitong bumalik ang babaeng tunay na minamahal. Hanggang saan siya magtitiis para sa lalaking walang pagtingin sa kanya? Hanapin kaya siya nito kung isang araw ay bigla na lamang siyang maglahong parang bula?

Rosalie Jacobs had been married to Byron Lawrence for three years before finally getting a divorce. The entirety of Coast City frowned upon her as the outcast wife of a rich family.Six years later, Rosalie returned to the country with a pair of twins and became a world renowned miracle doctor.Countless people flocked to marry her.Suitor No. 1 said, "Miss Jacobs, are your children missing a father? What do you think of me? If you agree, I will treat them like my own."Suitor No. 2, "Miracle doctor Jacobs, I was blown away by your beauty and talent when I first met you. I would like the chance to love you to the best of my ability for the rest of my life. President Lawrence is blind to turn his back on you. I would never leave you!"Just then, a little girl appeared. She hugged Rosalie's leg and said, "Mommy, daddy has been kneeling on the washboard for three days and three nights now. He asked if you’d calmed down yet. If you have, he wants to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get remarried."

Set up by her husband’s muse, Sylvia Ross received the divorce papers while she was pregnant. She did not try to salvage the marriage because not only did he have her slapped sixty times but he even tried to take her child away!“Odell Carter, have you never loved me at all throughout these years?” she asked.His reply was uncaring and cruel. ”I’ve only ever felt nothing but hatred for you.”Three years later, Sylvia Ross was born anew after the baptism by fire. She returned to Westchester City with the daughter whose existence she kept secret all this time.Upon encountering her again, Odell tried to force himself into her life. “Let’s get married.”Sylvia could only chuckle. “Sorry, that ship has sailed.”

An accident five years ago led to her becoming pregnant with his child, forcing her to drop out of school and leave her home. She has been wandering the city like a ghost with her daughter while working as a cab driver ever since.Five years later, nothing changed, but she was a completely different person. He got into her cab, yet he was just another stranger to her.Alone in the city, with her soulmate in the same car. ‘Will I finally meet you one day after traveling around the whole city?’

Sa nakalipas na anim na taon, pinagbintangan siya ng masama niyang kapatid at iniwan siya ng asawa niya noong buntis pa siya.Makalipas ang anim na taon, gumamit siya ng ibang pangalan. Ngunit, ang lalaking umiwan sa kanya dati ay walang tigil sa pangungulit sa harap ng kanyang pinto.“Ms. Gibson, ano ang relasyon mo kay Mr. Lynch?”Ngumiti siya at sumagot lang siya ng kaswal, “Hindi ko siya kilala.”“Pero sinabi ng sources namin na minsan daw kayong kinasal.”Sumagot siya habang inaayos ang kanyang buhok, “Tsimis lang ‘yun. Hindi ako bulag.”Sa araw na ‘yun, tinulak siya sa pader sa sandali na makapasok siya ng pinto.Nagsalita ang tatlong anak niya, “Malabo daw ang mga mata ni mommy, sabi ni daddy! Aayusin daw ni daddy ‘yun para kay mommy!”Nagsalita siya, “Bitawan niyo ako, darling!”

Sa loob ng dalawang taong pagsasama ay puno ng pag-asa si Annie na matututunan rin siyang mahalin ni Lucas ngunit laking pagkakamali niya dahil sa araw mismo ng second anniversary nila ay inabot nito sa kaniya ang divorce agreement. Puno ng sakit at pagkadismaya ay pumayag siya kahit na noong araw sana na iyon ay gusto na niyang sabihin rito na buntis siya, ngunit bigla na lamang namatay ang lolo ni Lucas at hiniling nito na kung pwede ay huwag na lamang silang maghiwalay at ayusin nila ang kanilang pagsasama kaya sinabi niya na susugal siya muli at aasa na baka isang araw ay matutunan na siyang mahalin ni Lucas. Hanggang sa isang araw ay nasangkot siya sa aksidente kung saan ay ang una niyang tinawagan ay si Lucas para magpasaklolo, gusto niyang mabuhay, gusto niyang mabuhay ang mga anak niya. "Iligtas mo ako, iligtas mo ang mga anak natin... " "Tumigil ka! Palagi tayong gumagamit ng proteksiyon! Kaya napakaimposible ng sinasabi mo!" Doon siya nagising sa katotohanan na hanggang sa mga oras na iyon ay walang ibang mahalaga rito kundi ang unang minamahal nito, mas inuna nitong puntahan ito kaysa ang iligtas siya at ang anak nila. Patatawarin niya ba ito sa kabila ng pagkawala ng mga anak niya sa ngalan ng kanilang pagsasama kahit na labis ang pagsisisi nito sa nangyari? O tuluyan na niya na itong palalayain at hahayaang maging masaya sa piling ng pinakamamahal nitong babae?

Seven years ago, Emerald Hutton had left her family and friends behind for high school in New York City, cradling her broken heart in her hands, to escape just only one person. Her brother's best friend, whom she loved from the day he'd saved her from bullies at the age of seven. Broken by the boy of her dreams and betrayed by her loved ones, Emerald had learned to bury the pieces of her heart in the deepest corner of her memories.Until seven years later, she has to come back to her hometown after finishing her college. The place where now the cold-hearted stone of a billionaire resides, whom her dead heart once used to beat for.Scarred by his past, Achilles Valencian had turned into the man everyone feared. The scorch of his life had filled his heart with bottomless darkness. And the only light that had kept him sane, was his Rosebud. A girl with freckles and turquoise eyes he'd adored all his life. His best friend's little sister.After years of distance, when the time has finally come to capture his light into his territory, Achilles Valencian will play his game. A game to claim what's his. Will Emerald be able to distinguish the flames of love and desire, and charms of the wave that had once flooded her to keep her heart safe? Or she will let the devil lure her into his trap? Because no one ever could escape from his games. He gets what he wants. And this game is called...The trap of Ace. *** Book one of 'Obsessive Billionaires' series

[Aksidenteng nakipaglandian sa isang maalamat na kilalang tao, desperado siyang humingi ng tulong sa internet.] Matapos pagtaksilan ng hayop at ng kanyang ate, si Catherine ay sinumpa na maging tita ng walang hiyang couple! Dahil dito, nagkaroon siya ng interes sa tito ng kanyang ex-boyfriend. Huli na ng malaman niya na na ito ay mas mayaman at mas gwapo kaysa sa kanyang ex-boyfriend. Simula noon, siya ay naging romantikong asawa sa tito ng kanyang ex-boyfriend at laging nakipaglandian sa kanya. Kahit na ang lalaki ay hindi siya pinapansin, wala siyang pakialam hanggat magawa niyang mapanatili ang kanyang pagkatao bilang tita ng kanyang ex-boyfriend. Isang araw, biglang napagtanto ni Catherine na nakikipaglandian siya sa maling tao! Ang lalaking kanyang nilalandi ay hindi tito ng kanyang hayop na iyon! Nabaliw si Catherine. “Ayoko na. Gusto ko na ng divorce!” Si Shaun ay wala ng masabi. Ang iresponsable niyang babae! Kung gusto niya na kumuha ng divorce, kung gayon mangarap na lang siya!

Eden McBride spent her whole life colouring within the lines. But when her fiancé dumps her one month before their wedding, Eden is done following the rules. A hot rebound is just what the doctor recommends for her broken heart. No, not really. But it's what Eden needs. Liam Anderson, the heir to the biggest logistics company in Rock Union, is the perfect rebound guy. Dubbed the Three Months Prince by the tabloids because he's never with the same girl longer than three months, Liam's had his fair share of one night stands and doesn't expect Eden to be anything more than a hookup. When he wakes up and finds her gone along with his favourite denim shirt, Liam is irritated, but oddly intrigued. No woman has ever left his bed willingly or stole from him. Eden has done both. He needs to find her and make her account. But in a city with more than five million people, finding one person is as impossible as winning the lottery, until fate brings them together again two years later. Eden is no longer the naive girl she was when she jumped into Liam's bed; she now has a secret to protect at all costs. Liam is determined to get everything Eden stole from him, and it's not just his shirt. © 2020-2021 Val Sims. All rights reserved. No part of this novel may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author and publishers.