the gorgon's head

"They call me Cherry... But you can call me anytime." ~Cherry~ She would be looked down upon the society, treated as a mere object by men, and considered the dirt of every city because of her job. But for him, she's special. She was the woman who captured his young heart, and everything he has ever dreamed of. He was her first man. And she was his... His Prized Possession. ***** World-renowned most eligible bachelor Xander Oxford is already prepared to be the next Boss of Asia. He's also the heir to the biggest company in the country -- the Oxford Group of Companies. As the son of the most powerful man in the country, he technically has no worries to think of. However, his almost perfect life is rattled when he fell in love with Cherry Lyn Avante - the girl he met in Club-V. At his age, he just doesn't care anymore as long as their relationship doesn't interfere with their private life, and feel happy with each other. Not until Cherry disappears with no trace or means of contact after everything he does. Determined to make their relationship work, can Xander do everything just to find Cherry and be with her again? Or stop himself from falling for the girl who is off-limits to him?

“Papunta na tayo sa exciting part,” mapanukso ang tonong sabi ni Natalia rto. Wala siyang nasa isip ng mga sandaling iyon kundi iparamdam kay Timothy kung gaano kasakit para sa kanya ang kataksilang ginawa nito. Unti-unti niyang kinalas ang butones ng suot niyang blusa. Tahimik lang si Matt habang nakatingin sa kanya. Lumapit siya rito at hinawakan ito sa magkabilang pisngi, “ Ibibigay ko saiyo ng buong-buo ang katawan ko. Damn, paligayahin mo ako. Paligayahin mo ako na para bang wala ng bukas. Gusto kong makalimutan ang kahayupang ginawa sa akin ni Timothy. Gusto kong kalimutan ang katarantaduhang ginawa nila sa akin,” nanginginig ang mga kalamnan na sabi niya rito. “Natalia. . .” “Angkinin mo ako, patunayan mo na hindi lang si Timothy ang lalaki sa mundo!” Yamot na sabi niya rito.

(Sebastian Rocc's Story) Inakusahan si Neshara na itinulak niya ang ina ni Sebastian na nauwi sa pagka-comatose nito. Kinamuhian siya ng lalaki at nahuli na may kahalikang iba. She was pregnant and told him about it as her last resort. Subalit, pinagbantaan lamang siya ni Sebastian na kapag hindi niya pinalaglag ang bata ay sasakalin nito ang anak niya. Young, pregnant, and broken, she seeks comfort from her family. But to her dismay, her father kicked her out of the house, mercilessly. Wala siyang nagawa kundi umalis at palakihin mag-isa ang kanyang anak. Six years later, she’s already living in peace with her genius kid—Sevi. Matagal na niyang tanggap na sila na lang ni Sevi ang magkasama sa buhay at gusto niya ang ideyang iyon. Subalit, wala nga naman permanente sa mundo. Kung kailan tahimik na ang buhay niya, saka naman isa-isang nagsibalikan ang mga taong nanakit sa kanya. Sebastian who happened to be her boss, was asking about their child. Hated him a lot, Neshara Fil lied: she aborted the baby!

Hasna Cyrene Sullivan live herself in hatred and despair after she witnessed how a beast slaughtered her family. Hasna trained herself using different weapon at her young age. She decided to enter the world of the wolves to avenge her family when she have the strength to fight. After she turned into her right age, she started to locate the Alpha. She entered the world of the wolves and her belief suddenly changed. She fell in love with the last alpha of West Kingdom – Jadris Conri Mervius But the major conflict has come. She found out that she is not a normal human who wanted to give justice to her family but she is the daughter of a witch who needs to behead or kill the remaining bloodline of the Alphas who murder hundreds lives of witches. How can Hasna deal with this situation especially Jadris Conri Mervius – the last alpha who she loved has the blood of the wolf that witches wanted to kill? And how she can clear the name of Jadris to those head hunters who also wanted to kill him? How she can prove that the true evil and traitor is within their group?

Kate Artemis Herrera was an only daughter of a single mother who loved her from the moon and back. She would do anything for her mother even if she sold herself. But an unexpected tragedy happened, and her mother was accidentally lacerated on her neck by an addict while selling Balut on the street. With that, she urgently needed a sum of money for her mother’s operation who was on the verge of death. In that night, desperation and fear of losing her mother. Closed eyes, she went to the Goddess of Pleasure, an Elite Cabarete who gave comfort to powerful men. She begged Head Mistress Cleopatra to let her be one of the comfort women in the auction just to have a huge sum of money for her mother’s operation. She sold herself and surrendered her virginity to the mysterious man that had an alias of Don Apollo, who bought her for one billion pesos just a night, and they went to his mansion to have sex. But she put in her mind that after that night, she would run away, and never crossed-paths again with the mysterious man who claimed her virginity, and accidentally got her pregnant. But little did she know that she was carrying inside her womb the babies of the mysterious man who wasn’t just an ordinary powerful man, because he was a Mafia Lord named Orion Dio del Sole that would hunt her, and make her life upside down.

Dahil sa aksidente namatay ang kanyang ama, kasabay din noon ang pagkawala ng liwanag sa kanyang mga mata. Nabuhay siya sa dilim at sa pagmamaltrato ng kinilalang pamilya. Ngunit dahil sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon nakilala niya ang isang lalaki na nagbigay liwanag sa madilim niyang mundo at bakod sa mapanakit na lipunan. Nanaisin pa ba niyang makakita o, mananatili na lamang siya sa kadiliman gayun ang lalaking natutunan niyang mahalin ay may tinatago pa lang sikreto sa kanyang nakaraan? Handa ba siyang palayain ang taong pinakamamahal para sa ikaliligaya nito kahit na ang kapalit noon ay ikawawasak niya.

Dahil sa isang aksidente nasira ang mukha ni Sonia Salazar. Isang batikan na actress at kilala sa taglay nitong ganda at talento. Sa pagbabago ng kaniyang mukha ay kasabay 'non ang pagbabago ng mga tao sa paligid niya. Iniwan siya ng kaniyang asawa, kinatakutan ng anak at tuluyang nasira ang kaniyang career. Pinalayas din ito sa mansion ng mga Valencia at tinalikuran ng mga inaakala niya na kaibigan. Sa pag-aakala na iyon na ang katapusan at sa pagkakataon na malapit na siya sumuko. Dumating ang dalawang tao na tuluyan na magpapabago sa buhay niya. "Mommy!" "Sonia." Lumapit ang dalawang tao na 'yon habang ang mga camera ay kumikislap galing sa iba't ibang bahagi ng lobby. "Pasensya na ngunit nagmamadali kami ng asawa at anak ko. Malapit na mag-start ang movie," ani ni Fabian habang hawak sa bewang si Sonia na nakatingala at nakatingin kay Fabian na buhat ang anak na si France. Noong nagtama ang mata nilang dalawa kasunod 'non ang pagyakap ni France sa leeg no Sonia at tumawag ng mommy. "Ibig sabihin si Sonia Salazar ang nababalitaan na second wife ni Fabian Martinez? Oh my gosh! big news ito!"

"You need to remember this Maliyah. I will only get married once."- Aciel Lu. ***** Marriage is a sacred thing for Mapple. She keeps on telling that she only marries a person whom she truly loves but one day, she found herself in Lu Corporation, holding a pen while signing a marriage contract and the next thing she knew, she's married.

Dahil sa biglaang pag-alis ni Alex sa puder ng kapatid, at biglaang pagpapakasal sa lalaking di lubos na kilala, inakala niyang mamumuhay silang tahimik at may respeto pagkatapos ng kasal. Ngunit laking gulat niya nang matuklasang sa likod ng malamig na pakikitungo nito sa kaniya ay isang lalaking sobra kung magmahal. Sa tuwing may hinaharap siyang problema, palaging asawa niya ang nauuna para tumulong, at tila kusang nawawala ang lahat ng inaalala at pinoproblema niya kapag dumarating ito. Hanggang isang araw, napanood ni Alex ang isang panayam sa isa sa pinakamayamang tao sa Asia—isang lalaking nakilala sa sobrang pagmamahal at pagmamalaki sa kanyang asawa. Sa kanyang pagkagulat, napansin niyang lalaki ay kamukhang-kamukha ng kanyang asawa! Hindi lang iyon—ang babaeng ipinagmamalaki nito sa buong mundo na kaniya raw asawa ay walang iba kundi siya!

Walang ibang ginugusto, kun’di ang tahimik at magandang buhay ang dalaga na si Everleigh Evangelista. Wala sa kan’yang bokabularyo ang pag-ibig ngunit paano kung makatagpo siyang dalawang bilyonaryong lalaki na mag mamay-ari sa kan’ya? Ang bilyonaryong si Ezra Parker na bumili sa kan’yang pagkatao at si Alcair Carson na kan’yang asawa ngunit sa papel lang. Paano kung mabuo ang pagmamahal ng dalawang bilyonaryo sa kan’ya? Sino ang pipiliin niya?