1000 Paper Cranes

"Vida, you agreed to a surrogacy contract and after my master paid you, you made away with his money," I was informed. "That's not even my signature," I laughed while handing back the paper, "you've been scammed sir, now if you excuse me, I have to go home, this contract is invalid." I'm cornered to an end, my path blocked by both his arms which thump violently with veins, his breath gets as he stares closely, barely an inch away from me, and then he opens his mouth… "Mate!" ---------------- I've searched for my mate for seven years but couldn't find her, and worse, it's a hidden issue that I've failed to breed with any female who isn't my mate. I could feel us draw near to this human as I went into a rut. Why her?

Freya Xylla Hernaez's marriage to Phoenix Henderson was never meant to last. Forced into a shotgun wedding under the false belief she was pregnant, Freya quickly realized that she was just a wife on paper—ignored, mistreated, and unloved. Subjected to cruelty from his stepmother and stepsister and heartbroken watching him with other women, Freya’s resolve finally shattered. She made one desperate move, framing Phoenix into a one-night stand, and then left, disappearing with a signed divorce agreement. Six years later, she’s built a life in London with the two surprises Phoenix never knew about: their twins. But when Phoenix finds her and kidnaps one of the children to force her return to the Philippines, Freya is filled with fury. Determined to get her daughter back, she returns—this time armed with anger and a vow to exact revenge. Yet, amidst the fight, old feelings reignite, and a love that was never meant to be slowly begins to bloom again.

After giving up everything just to be with him, leaving her wealthy lifestyle and identity just to make sure he was comfortable, she becomes a housewife just to serve him better but was repaid back with a betrayal. As long as he is happy, she is willing to die for him. She asks for nothing, but his love. But what does she get in return? A divorce paper thrown on her face, along with 1million just as payment as being a substitute to him. All these things she does out of love, all the sacrifices she makes, in the end all look 'cheap' in his eye. But that wasn’t the end, he looked down on her because she was poor but she wasn’t just poor, she is the daughter of the most influential family is back online and about to shine! She accepted the arranged marriage her family set up for her after returning, She'll make them pay, make them cry and make them regret it as hell!

“Dad, can you leave Mama Sammy and marry my Mom instead?” Summer braised herself when she heard her stepson, Lucian asking her husband, Giovanni. “Of course.” Tuluyang nabasag ang puso niya nang marinig ang sagot ng kanyang asawa. **** After years of being in love with him, Summer grabbed the chance to be his companion in bed when Giovanni and his first love—Amber, broke up. Ngayong bumalik na ang babae at ang anak nito ay naiwan siyang luhaan. Iyon ang akala niya dahil nang magmulat siya ng mga mata ay natagpuan na lang niya ang sarili na ikinakasal kay Giovanni dahil sa Daddy niya. Tila pinapaboran siya ng tadhana. Nawala sa eksena sa Amber. Kahit malamig ang pakikitungo sa kanya ni Giovanni ay ayos lang. Naniniwala siya na kapag naging mabuti siyang asawa at ina sa anak nitong si Lucian ay mamahalin din siya nito. But oh boy!, she’s wrong. Nang bumalik si Amber ay nawala rin ang mag-ama sa kanya. Giovanni was with Amber during their first anniversary. Broken-hearted, she signed the divorce paper and left the country. Years later, when Summer’s father asked for her help, she came back fully moved on and became a Captain of Green Beret US Army. Her and Giovanni’s path meets again without him knowing they had a daughter. And the man was acting like he didn’t bring pain before. He was acting like a lovable husband, getting her attention all he wanted. ********* “I signed the divorce paper, don’t expect the same when it comes to my kid,” asik sa kanya ni Giovanni na para bang kasalanan niya pa ng lahat. His son, Lucian came too. Crying when Summer’s daughter fought with him. “Mama Sammy, inaway ako ng bata. Don’t you want me and Daddy anymore?”

SYNOPSIS Axion Rivera who was cursed ever since he was little, lived his whole life, trying to get a cure for himself. Finally, after 27 years of searching, it turned out there was hope for him. But only a Red Phoenix is capable of healing him. From the stories he heard, a Phoenix is pure, innocent, kind and down to earth but maybe fate was playing a little chase game with him. Maybe a Phoenix is pure but not the one capable of healing him. Finally meeting his healer sparked a really deep hatred in his heart for her. Why? He has only but one question; " How can a stripper be his Phoenix? " Phoenix Campbell, a naive innocent girl forced to strip by her foster mother and isn't aware she was a Red Phoenix. Her foster mother fell sick forcing her to signed a contract with Axion for one million dollars. But unknown to her that tiny piece of paper was about to bound her to him forever...

BLURB: "Sign the contract, or watch her die." When Ivy’s sister is left clinging to life after a mysterious hit-and-run, the hospital bill is a death sentence she can’t afford. Then Sebastian Wolfe, cold, rich, and impossibly dangerous, appears with an offer that isn’t really an offer at all. One year as his wife. In name to the world. In body and soul to him… and his three equally ruthless business partners. Trapped by ink on paper and bound by rules that strip away her freedom, Ivy swears she’ll survive long enough to escape and maybe destroy the man who caged her. But Sebastian has been watching her for far longer than she knows. And in his world, every move is a trap… and every trap is designed to break her. A contract signed in blood. A marriage built on power. Four men who try to assert their dominance on one woman. It is a game, and a game Ivy can’t afford to lose.

Christy Rhee (FL) was distraught when she came to learn that she was getting married at 21 and not only that but that she was getting married to the Mafia Boss's son, Jillian Colbert (ML), whom she had never met before but had heard speaking to her father on some occasions. She was being used to pay a debt that her father had incurred when she was little and she was taken away from everything she knew and loved in the blink of an eye. Jillian was cold, merciless and heartless and at the beginning, living with him was hell but she finally adjusted to the mafia lifestyle. Slowly but surely, Christy fell in love with Jillian. However, Jillian’s ex/friend, Alyssa, made it her mission to make sure Jillian would never fall in love with Christy while Christy tried her best to make him fall for her. Will Christy succeed? Or will she just be the wife on paper but never the wife at heart?

Trina Montenegros, the illegitimate child of her father and engaged with the son of the Dela Vegas group. She is a fashion designer, but she is accused of stealing someone else's design, so Darren Dela Vegas sends her to Paris to avoid any trouble. But what if your only husband on paper falls for you? Darren tries to chase after Trina because he doesn't want her to be far from him. But in an event, in an accident, he will forget you? After seven years, she comes back as a successful designer, and she will no longer allow her stepsister to look down on her. Little did you know, your husband, whom you thought was trying to forget you because of what happened, couldn't remember you. Is there still hope for him to love her again? Or will he remain a heartless and grumpy CEO? Will he still remember his wife, or will he still mistake her head over heels for him?

He's an arrogant billionaire who knows the ways of the world, she's knee-deep in debt, will money help these two find their happy-ever-after? Everette Fischer is a young twenty-two year old woman fending her way through her life by waitressing on the weekends and working as a lowly marketing assistant for long hours during the week. When her parents suddenly pass away during a tragic road accident, she has to become the legal guardian for her younger brother and keep sending him to the private boarding school he's used to to achieve some sense of normalcy. When she happens upon the advertisement that the CEO of the company wants to put in the paper and she's in charge to design it, she happens to answer it under an alias. There starts a string of lies, running around loopholes to save her reputation and her assistant job at the company, while falling for her icy boss. Will Everett be able to stop herself from falling for Waylon Thorne?

[®-18] In one year of their married life, his heart was like ice. She did everything to melt his icy heart, but this devil man never loved her back. One day she made a decision which was like an impossible mission, but who is she? She was the most stubborn woman in the whole A country. Once Ella decides what she wants, she will get it at any cost, and she did. She drugged him and spent a night with him; the next day, she ran away, leaving a letter with the divorce paper "don't feel shy, I snatched what is rightfully mine from the beginning." Her sudden disappearance caught him off guard, He searched for her all over the world, but it was like she vanished into the air, leaving no trace of her being in his life. This time she left for good; can he find her since she left him? follow me on Instagram: tsi-author-official Email: tsiauthor14@gmail.com