the pope's spear

Envy, bitterness, and agony, I suddenly felt as I learned about my wrongful decisions. The wife may be the betrayed one, but there is no worse painful feeling than being the mistress. Because you are the half-loved one, and you have no rights to be hurt nor have the right to demand. Falling in love with an attached man is dangerous. Falling in love with Ezekiel Lorenzo Montivano is catastrophic. I'm Amber Josephine Adelantar people call me a homewrecker, a destructive threat, a concubine, his number two, his mistress, and his kept woman. But can you blame me? Is it my fault for falling in love with the right man at the wrong time? "You aren't my mistress, Amber." "I am since you made me become one."

Kung gusto may paraan, kung ayaw naman, ay siguradong may dahilan. Matapos mahiwalay naglakas-loobsa kaniyang kababata sa loob ng apat na taon, si Shevanee na hanapin ito sa Manila. Ngunit laking gulat niya na parang ibang Ralph Timothy Villanueva ata ang nahahanap niya sapagkat hindi na siya nakikilala nito. Ginawa niya ang lahat upang makuha ang pansin nito at nagbabakasakaling maalala siya ni Ralph, ngunit may isang lalaki ang humarang sa mga plano niya. Si Gaven Lance Galvez, ang sempatiko na pinsan ni Ralph na namamahala ng isang kompanya. Wala itong ibang ginagawa kundi bantayan ang bawat kilos at hakbang niya dahilan upang mawalan siya ng pag-asa na makilala ulit ng kaniyang kababata. Sa pag-aakala ni Shevanee na makukuha niya muli ang puso ng kaniyang kababata, ay ibang puso pala ang nabingwit niya. Ngunit isa lamang ang dapat niyang piliin. Sa pagkakataong ito, ano kaya ang mas matimbang para kay Shevanee? Ang minahal niyang kababata o ang lalaking si Gaven na mahal siya?

Archer Thiago Valle, a renowned businessman, doesn't see himself to be tied in a romantic relationship with anyone, nor have kids. But his grandma's wish made him do the thing he won't do even in his wildest dreams. Adelaide Federico, a loving sister, a woman whom Archer wants to bear his child, is forced to do things she doesn't like for the sake of money. As they get to know each other, destiny has its twists and turns that will hinder their growing fondness towards each other. Secrets over secrets, lies and betrayal. Will love still grow? Or will it wither even before it blooms?

"Patayin mo ang baby niya, Alexa!" Puno ng muhi na utos ng biyenan. "Either it's you or her. "Either it's your baby or hers!" "Malupit ang mundo, minsan kailangan mo lunurin sa putikan ang tao na pilit nagnanakaw ng kaligayahan mo!" Every woman dreams of finding her prince charming and live happily ever after. Alexandra Villegas is an innocent teacher from a simple yet educated family of teachers. For her, everything was ordinary until she bumped into Sebastian Dior. A well-known businessman, CEO of a billion-dollar company in the Philippines, and a hot single father from a high-society family. Through an arranged marriage by the eldest, Madam Dior, Alexandra became the second wife of Sebastian. Pinili niya maging isang batang madrasta. But the dilemma started as soon as she became Young Madam Dior. Nalaman niya ang sikreto ng Shining Prince na ito, mga sikretong unti-unting bumura sa kainosentehan niya.

Ang dati’y mataba at pangit na asawa ng isa sa pinaka mayaman na businessman ay biglang nagbalik bilang sexy at napakagandang secretary ng isang Axle Lee. Dahil sa pagtataksil ng asawa niya ay umalis si Natty upang bigyan ng oras na mahalin ang sarili niya. Pagkatapos ng ilan’g taon ay muli siyang nagbabalik bilang isang sexy at fierce na secretary ng isa sa pinaka kinatatakutang businessman sa buong mundo. Upang makaganti sa dating asawa ay binigyan ni Natty ng offer ang nakakatakot na businessman. She will help him bring Reese down, if he will only accept her as his Secretary.

Si Agnes ay isang maganda at kaakit-akit na dalaga na kinailangang mamasukan sa mansyon ng mga Villacorte para makuha ang isang daang milyon na ipinangako ng don doon sa kanyang madrasta. Ngunit dahil nalaman niyang doon nakatira ang kilabot na playboy ng mga Villacorte na si Aeros ay nag make-up disguise siya sa takot na matipuhan siya nito at sapilitang makipag relasyon sa kanya. Ang hindi niya akalain, sa kabila ng pinapangit niyang hitsura ay natipuhan pa rin siya ng binata. Mahuhulog sila sa isa't-isa at magkakaroon ng relasyon ngunit mahigpit na tututol ang lola ng binata. Ano ang gagawin ni Agnes, aalis kaya siya sa mansyon ng mga Villacorte at iiwan kaya niya nang tuluyan si Aeros oras na makuha na niya ang kanyang kailangan? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Warning: Has A Explicit Mature Content, The Author Prohibits Readers Under 18 Years Of Age.

Si Allyce Sheina ay isang normal na tao at pinakasalan niya si Demon Shaitan sa edad na dise-nuebe pa lamang. Hindi niya alam na isa palang demonyo ito. Nang malaman niya ang masakit na katotohanan, at dahil na rin sa pagiging relihiyosa ay iniwan niya ito at nagpakalayo-layo. Makalipas ang pitong taon, bumalik si Demon Shaitan sa mortal world upang hanapin at makasama ang kaniyang asawa at napag-alamang nagkaroon sila ng anak ni Allyce. Tatanggapin pa rin ba siya ni Allyce na isang demonyong tunay at kalimutan kung sino siya upang mamuhay sila nang mapayapa? o tataguan pa rin siya nito tulad nang ginawa ni Allyce sa loob ng pitong taon?

Hindi makapaniwala si Lacy Rose na siya ang magiging kabayaran ng pagnanakaw ng kanyang ama ng milyones sa kompanya ng mga Delgado. "...And two years from now, Ms. Lacy Rose Henares will getting married to Rafael Iñego Delgado IV....." pagpapatuloy ng abogado sa binabasa nitong kontrata. Two years from now? So Ibig sabihin kapag tumuntong siya ng disi-otso! Kapag tumutol siya makukulong ang ama niya ng habambuhay! No hindi siya papayag na makulong ang ama, ito nalang ang natitira niyang karamay. Saan sila kukuha ng ganoong kalaking pera upang mabayaran ang lalaki? Kung anuman ang dahilan kung bakit nagawa ng ama niya ng ganun hindi niya kailanman kamumuhian ito. Kahit disi-sais anyos palang siya hindi niya mapigilang humanga sa angking kagwapuhan ng binata. But the man is cruel. Nakukuha lahat ang gusto nito. A rich and powerful man Rafael Iñego Delgado IV. Natatakot siya kapag sumapit na ang takdang paniningil nito.

Being the only child to the Queen of Castle Grey, lost within the confines of mount Trenon, Kilvic is made to learn a number of things best suited to the heir to the Elzcrid bloodline at the hands of tutors handpicked by his mother. However, his fifteenth birthday sends him beyond the reaches of his mother’s domain. She has tasked him with the duty of learning more. Understanding greater things than she can teach him, greater things with which to cope with the curse upon his bloodline as she had been taught by her father and mother. Finding himself in a new kingdom, in an academy designed for only the most elite of mages, Kilvic is tasked to survive the new things he will come to learn, while struggling with the chaos of human association, as he comes to understand that while he may know a great deal about the world from the castle archives, it is a different thing to experience them. The association between people isn’t as easily deciphered as the books made them seem. As he struggles with the task of becoming a mage and a student along with surviving new friendships, failure threatens him at every turn and people prove pettier than the books would have him believe. Yet, despite all these, somewhere hidden in the shadows of the kingdom, a creature stirs, taking from the academy the one thing it values most. Kilvic must survive the trials of the academy, keep his friends, best his first enemy, and ensure that what stirs must not cause more damage than the kingdom can bear, lest the supremacy of Castle Grey be called into question in realms beyond that which most know. And all in time to attend the Winter Hall Fest.

There are things about endings and beginnings that we can’t control. They were misunderstood in their past lives for killing their own family and have now been given a chance to live again. They found love and care in each other. But the curse lured them, and it has to be broken. They found themselves in that situation again. Will they make the same mistake or take all the risks to change what happened before?