America Singer

They met during an unpleasant situation which eventually made her agree to his request to be his live in assistant for a month. During those unimaginable days, Eddie Hemsworth fell in love with her boss, Leonard Lee who keeps making simple advances to her. She had believed he loved her back until it was a week before their agreed time to stop working with each other. Leonard's Fiancé from Korea came to visit him since he only came to America for business which made Eddie heartbroken. She could not afford to watch someone she has feelings for loving someone else. So without fulfilling her promise to stop working for him after a week's time, she left without saying a word. But they met again after two years in different positions. Eddie is now a well known actress and Leonard is her secret sponsor who had been helping her during her time in acting school. Will Eddie let go of what happened between them and act like nothing happened or will she get revenge on him for playing with her feelings? .... "You were aware of it, right?! You knew of my feelings for you! But you toyed with my feelings and gave me false hope" tears brimmed in her eyes as she saw how expressionless he was. Her body tingled with menace as she was fuming with indefinite anger. "I swear to God Leonard, I won't let my feelings direct me this time." "Then I will chase you" he mumbled softly. He grabbed her hand and brought it closer to her chest. "I will still chase you Eddie even if you stop liking me." ...... PS: Cover from Pinterest. Credit to the owner.

On the night of New Year's Eve, I wake up in a hospital ward with an IV drip connected to the back of my hand. A nurse passes me the hospital bill. "It's 300 dollars in total, including the emergency treatment fee and the cost for a bottle of glucose drips." When I turn on my phone, I feel my heart sinking. I only have 29.01 dollars left in my bank account. The wallpaper of my phone is a countdown of my family contract's app. Today is the date when I have to renew my family contract for the year. In order to accumulate enough money to go home, I've been working as a staff member in concert venues. Earlier, I had collapsed backstage, so I was quickly sent to the hospital. The dial tone keeps beeping for a long time. Finally, my mom answers my call in what seems to be a noisy background. "Mom, I'm at the hospital right now. I need 300 dollars to pay the hospital bill." "You're at the hospital?" Mom's voice turns shrill immediately. "Why did you visit the hospital during the holidays? You really are a jinx!" "I fainted earlier. I was working at a concert venue—" "What? So, you refused to do chores at home during the holidays! Instead, you decide to work at a concert venue?" Mom interrupts immediately. "I don't have 300 dollars on me! You'd better come up with a way to pay that bill of yours!" "Mom…" My hand tightens around my phone. "Today is the last day of my family contract's renewal period. I'll renew the contract once I pay the bill." "Renew the contract, huh?" Mom just sneers at me. "That's a part of your duties! How dare you use it against me! Helena Lambert, if you don't renew the contract today, you can forget about calling me 'Mom'!" After that, she ends the call. I can only grip my phone to the point that my fingers turn white. After that, I tap on a social media app in hopes that I can borrow money from my friends, only to see the latest post on the social media feed. My younger sister, Hannah Lambert, has posted a photo collage there. "I'm here with my parents to watch my favorite singer's concert! Snagging tickets to the first-row seats is definitely worth it!" The background of those photos is the same concert venue where I work part-time at. It's the most expensive venue in town. Apparently, tickets cost 2,900 dollars each.

“I had you first, and I won’t let any man get close to you!” -Dr. Kent Marcus Smith “I am Kent Marcus Smith, AKA Dr. Smith, 34 year old, a handsome cardiologist. Born in America but my heart is purely pinoy. They say I am a good person-that’s what they believe. What they don’t know is that, I have a dark secret. I met this girl, a beautiful young lady, took advantage of her weakness and innocence years ago, and now I'm back , I offered her to be my secretary and planned to completely make her mine”. “Hindi ko ito gusto, pero kinailangan kong gawin. Ipinangako ko sa sariling aayusin ang aking buhay sa kahit na anong paraan, lumaki ako sa magulong pamilya at ngayon, pinili kong tumayo sa sarili kong paa para makatakas sa kanila. Ako si Mikaela Ramirez, ang babaeng ibinenta ang sarili sa hindi ko nakikilalang tao sa edad na 20 at ngayon ito ay “Sugar Daddy” ko pa. Yes, hindi ko sya kilala dahil sa tuwing may mangyayari sa amin ay hindi ko sya nakikita dahil sa sobrang dilim ng kwarto. Isa ito sa mahigpit na Rule ng aking Sugar Daddy- Bawal ang may kahit na ano mang liwanag sa loob ng silid kung saan kami nag-kikita. Oo imoral akong tao, pero ito ang nagbigay pagkakataon sakin para makapag-aral ng Nursing sa Prestihiyosong Paaralan. Hangang sa makatangap ako ng letter mula sa kanya at sinabing-Hindi sya makikipag kita sa akin ng ilang buwan o taon pero siguraduhin ko daw na walang ibang gagalaw sa akin bukod sa kanya dahil tuloy-tuloy pa din ang suporta na ibibigay nya at sa pag balik nya, ihanda ko daw ang aking sarili. Should I be scared? Hmm I’m not, matagal na akong patay, pero kelangan ko lang mabuhay.”

WARNING: Masarap ang bawal na pag-ibig- nakakabaliw! nakakapanabik! nakakawala ng wisyo! Naghihimagsik ang puso't isipan ni Clarisse ng malaman niyang nagpakasal ang kanyang ina sa batang-batang lalake na halos matanda lang sa kanya ng ilang taon ayon pa sa nabalitaan niya.Hindi niya na sana naisin pang umuwi ng Pilipinas kung hindi lang dahil sa nalaman. Kaya niyang tikisin ang ina kahit pa ilang taon at kahit sa huling araw nito sa mundo dahil sa matinding pagkasuklam niya rito.Namatay ang kanyang ama sa sama ng loob dahil sa pangangaliwa ng ina.Sa pagkamatay ng ama sabay niya ring kinalimutan ang ina at nagpakalayo-layo sa Amerika.Tahimik na sana ang buhay niya kung hindi lang dahil sa nalaman niyang masamang katotohanan na wala siyang mahihita ni isang kusing na kayaman kung hindi siya uuwi ng Pilipinas at makikisama at titira sa iisang bubong kasama ang ina at kanyang stepdaddy na isa pa lang kasalukuyang gobernador ng kanilang probinsiya. Paano niya mapaglalabanan at maiiwasan ang tukso ng mabagsik na karisma ng kanyang super hunk and sexy stepdaddy na si Christopher Del Fuego, ang lalakeng matagal niya ng gusto buhat ng siya'y labingwalong taon pa lamang ngunit ang tingin nito sa kanya ay bata at hindi kaibig-ibig. Hindi man lang siya nito tinatapunan ng pansin kahit ipinagduldulan niya na ang sarili noong nasa nasa unang taon niya pa lang sa kolehiyo at nasa huling taon na sa university ng binata .Kasabay ng kanyang paglalayas ay sinundan at hinanap niya ito sa America ngunit nabigo siya. Sa kanyang pag-uwi, magkrukrus muli ang landas nila ng binata na ngayon ay kanyang stepdaddy. Paano kung hindi lang pala stepdaughter ang tingin sa kanya ni Chris? May mamuo bang matinding pagnanasa sa isa't isa kahit alam nila na bawal ang kanilang pag-iibigan?