fading facades: love beyond the deal

He's a Mafia Boss's son. He's handsome and courageous. She's a Billionaire's daughter. She's finely educated, beautiful, and innocent. They fall in love in close proximity inside the Bratva cage as prisoners. They were tortured physically and emotionally. But, love prevails between them in another place and at another time.

Dani's life can only be described with one word....Hard. And she's got one goal. To run away. Two more months of school. Two more months of this life. After that, she is gone. Or at least that is how she planned it. But one wrong decision will set her back more than she expected. A run-in with a sexy guy, who seems to have his whole life together, will leave her questioning if running away is the best idea.

Helma found herself torn between debt and betrayal as her life takes an unexpected turn on her 23rd birthday. She watched her boyfriend walk out of her life. Fustrated, she seeks a new job to pay up her debts. But when her one night stand offers her a deal to earn twice her salary,his younger sister chooses to be a torn on her flesh. Will she accept the opportunity to repay her debt and a build a new life for herself?

Two people find their lives mysteriously entwined in a universe where everything has a price. *** Following a heartbreak, Scoth Liam Smith vowed to never commit to another relationship or fall in love again. However, for some reason, he finds himself pulled to Francine, a shy and innocent woman. Liam finds himself forced into a tough situation where he must wed Celine, the investor's daughter. However, he harbors strong feelings of dislike towards her. To avoid the arranged marriage, Liam devises a plan. He hires Francine to pose as his fake girlfriend for a week. The bargain was just the beginning. As they journey together to unbind themselves, the journey brings them closer, and they slowly begin to unravel their individual pasts, discovering that their lives have been connected in more ways than they initially thought. They realize that they must confront their fears, their pasts, and their feelings for each other. Will they be able to love each other upon discovering that one of them is the cause of the chaos within their family?

Can second chance ever have a chance? Christopher Crawford is the perfect combination of good looks and wealth. He is the rightful heir to Crawford Corporation but to claim his possession, he had to do one thing — Get married. It was easy, he had a girlfriend. The love of his life, so he thought. But she turned his proposal down thus crushing his soul. He vowed not to love again, but still needs to get married in order to get the company. Desperate and eager, he heeded an advise from a friend. A simple and easy contract marriage. Raven McKenna is a smart, hardworking, ambitious and kind single mother of one. She loves two people more than herself — her mother and seven years old son. She loves them and can go any extent for them. So what could a poor twenty six years old single mother offer to a thirty years old corporate heir? Raven has to get married to a stranger because she needed money. She sold herself to a rich heir to save her son’s life. She signed six months of her life to help him claim his possession. Raven never knew a deal with a billionaire would change her life forever. Can he bring himself to love her after being burned so badly by his ex girlfriend? Can a marriage based on contract ever survive or last forever? And what happens when they have to battle rivals from their past? Will their love become what is worth fighting for? Find out in this story about love, heartbreak, betrayal, misunderstandings and drama.

"Bear my child, I'll give you two million. Then, leave." -Cameron Silvestre. Their deal was to bear his child, kapalit ay dalawang milyon at pagkatapos ay magpapakalayo na si Charity at iiwan ang anak kay Cameron Silvestre- The notorious, fucking cold, distant, heartless Mafia Lord. Probably, the most hated, feared man she ever known. But... When Charity saw her child's eyes, after giving birth, nagbago ang lahat. She ran away with her baby, breaking the deal, Hid from Cameron's wrath. But she won't be able to hide from Cameron Silvestre forever. At nang matagpuan sila ng lalaki, doon na nagsimula ang kalbaryo ni Charity sa kamay ng isang walang pusong Mafia Lord.

Young Immanuel Gonzales roamed the streets at age seven. His mother died when he was three years old, while his father was accused of killing his co-worker at a construction site. His relatives did not bother to take him but instead, made a vagabond out of him. Hungry and tired, he met a young girl who gave him food to eat. He was grateful and told himself that someday he would show his appreciation for the good deeds done to him. Living alone, he had encountered lots who had hurt him, but he continued to live came one person who had helped him finish his studies and he became a lawyer. One rainy night, he helped a woman who got scared from a homeless person. The first time they met, both felt that there was something that would bind them together which would make or break them apart. He was a lawyer who came from a poor family, handsome and smart, whose father was a victim of injustice....and she, a rich and pretty heiress, who had been engaged to be married to a wealthy person. Both fell into the abyss of deep affection....a love that caused them to be apart...living their lives with regret and loneliness

Of all the sketches I have done, there's this thin line that has always been guarding my heart at the edge of my steps. Like love, drawn in the middle of a space, I have been looking for someone to continue the strokes only to realize that love doesn't always lie in the middle. It isn't just on the surface nor in the center. Love is beyond that. It's Beyond The Lines. All I have to do is to let him reach me there.

Si Lyrica ay galing sa isang pamilya sa probinsiya, siya ay sumubok makipagsapalaran sa Maynila. Doon ay nakilala niya ang binatang si Lucian, inalok siya nito ng isang kasunduan, isang kasunduang hindi niya mahindian. Ano kaya ang mangyayari sa kasunduan ng dalawa? Mahuhulog kaya ang loob nilang dalawa sa isa't isa? Ano ano kaya ang mga sikretong mabubunyag sa pagpasok nilang dalawa sa kasunduan?

Kesepakatan tetaplah kesepakatan. Lalu bagaimana dengan perasaan yang tumbuh seiring dengan berjalannya waktu? Manakah yang harus diutamakan? Kesepakatan? Atau perasaan? Jika perasaan yang diutamakan, lalu bagaimana dengan kesepakatan tersebut? Dan jika kesepakatan yang diutamakan, bagaimana dengan perasaan yang tumbuh tanpa izin dari si pemilik hati?