Arena Manager

A million reasons why we can’t be together, but a billion more why we desire to be. Hikari Yi is a girl of a grim, fatalistic world, the love of a family was never one of her assets. Away from the fallen realm of her father’s menacing territory, she leads an independent life. Little did she know the world she was running away from, was advancing towards her at a pace faster than she was travelling at. Hikari admires a world famous boy band, the ORIONS, consisting of seven members. She somehow receives an offer to look after them as a manager or a caretaker. As unexpected as it looks, it isn't. The more time she spends around them, she grows infatuated with one of the seven. Are the feelings mutual? Is he the one to fill the void of solicitude in her life? Overtime, mysteries unfold, what was Hikari's past? What other plans does she have for the boyband she adore? What secrets has she locked? As it is, it isn’t just her. The Orions, too, have got their own darkness to unravel. ____________________________________ -"Tell me once you again that you love me" -"Reassure me once more that you'll stay forever, that you won't leave me alone." -"Who are you.. No... What are you exactly?" -"I want you Hikari. Now." -"Is that how you talk to your boss?" -"Your clothes are see-through" -"Yakuzas are the most feared mob group" -“This world won’t let us be.” ____________________________________ It's an enthralling, mystery, romance, action thriller. It has everything you've been looking for. High school romance? Office heated relations? Eternal love? Mafia? demons? Vampires? Boys? Best friends? Family? Action? Suspense? It's all there, read to indulge in the roller-coaster adventure!

My name is Mara Park, and I am a twenty-three-year-old fresh graduate taking up business administration from a public school in my province.  I don't know that when you graduate from a public school, especially when your school is unknown to anyone in a big city, even though you have a diploma, it is hard to find a job, most of all when you don't have any work experience. I am an orphan and living alone. No one will provide for my needs if I don't find a job. I know no one in this place. No, I have one. I smiled, Jared. He has been my boyfriend for almost four years now. I didn't tell him I followed him after my graduation. I wanted to surprise him after I found a decent job. The last time I talked to him, he told me he was working at a big company as a finance manager, and I'm so proud of him. So here I am, struggling to find a job. I disregarded my diploma and applied as a waitress in a diner near the Fernandez Corporation building, hoping one day I could snatch a job in that company, even if it was just as a receptionist. It would be a huge achievement for me. I'd been working in the restaurant for a month when I saw an older man pass out near my workplace. He begged me to bring him home because he had forgotten where he lived and his name. I couldn't bear to leave him alone in the middle of the night, so I brought him home, and my life turned upside down after that when I found that he was the grandfather of the owner of Fernandez Corporation. That led me to find out my real identity.

Eldrian Saputra Dewangga seorang CEO perusahaan yang menyamar sebagai Office Boy bernama Ziyan hanya untuk mencari cinta sejati. Lelah dengan wanita materialistis dan perjodohan dia memutuskan untuk menanggalkan statusnya dan rela melakukan pekerjaan biasa. Ilona Adinda Putri adalah Staf Senior Marketing yang sangat handal dan pintar, dia selalu membutuhkan team dan turut melibatkan Ziyan dalam pekerjaannya. Dua orang ini bertemu dalam pekerjaan , Ilona merasa Ziyan cukup pintar untuk seorang OB dan selalu mengajaknya dalam banyak proyek pekerjaan. Mentraktirnya makan dan bertemu di akhir pekan. Ziyan (Eldrian) merasa dia sangat dihargai oleh wanita ini tapi dia takut untuk mengajaknya kencan karena memang Ilona seorang pekerja yang profesional, dia tidak pernah mencampurkan urusan pekerjaan dan urusan pribadi. Seiring waktu mereka semakin dekat dan perasaan cinta Eldrina tidak dapat ditutupi. Tapi Eldrian masih berharap bahwa Ilona bisa mencintainya juga tanpa memandang status pekerjaannya. Akan tetapi semuanya hampir dilupakan oleh Eldrian saat tau Jason Manager Devisi Pemasaran tempat Ilona bekerja juga menyukai wanita itu. Jason sangat atraktif dalam menunjukkan ketertarikannya pada Ilona. Membelikan banyak barang mewah yang tentu saja itu hal yang juga bisa Eldrian lakukan karena dia punya banyak sekali uang. Ilona yang selalu flat dengan pria hampir tidak diketahui bagaimana perasaannya, tapi Eldrian ingin sekali Ilona menjadi kekasihnya. Apakah Eldrian harus segera berubah menjadi CEO lagi sebelum Jason merebut Ilona? Apakah Eldrian tetap bertahan sebagai OB dan berharap Ilona mencintainya tanpa memandang materi? Yuk ikuti ceritanya.

Kaella Ponce has always been the sales manager everyone relies on—palaging on time, mahusay sa numbers, at hindi basta-basta natitinag. Sa mundo ng Roque Corporation kung saan bawat deal ay critical, she’s the woman who keeps the department running smoothly. Kaya nang ma-assign sa kanya ang isang tila clueless na trainee, she’s ready to roll her eyes and move on. Pero hindi ordinaryong newbie si Jerome. Sa likod ng kanyang simpleng trainee facade, siya pala ang Jerome Roque, ang tanging tagapagmana ng snack empire na pinagtatrabahuhan nila. Sa utos ng kanyang ama, nagkunwari siyang baguhan para maintindihan ang kumpanya at makita kung sino ang tunay na loyal. Nang kailangan niyang biglang umalis dahil sa family business crisis abroad, hindi na niya naipaliwanag ang buong katotohanan. Naiwan si Kaella—brokenhearted at feeling betrayed—at nangakong hindi na muling magpapaloko. Pagkalipas ng ilang taon, matagumpay at kilala na sa industriya si Kaella—mas strong, mas guarded, pero may mga sugat pa ring hindi tuluyang naghilom. Sa isang malaking business conference, nakasalubong niya ulit ang isang ngiti na matagal na niyang gustong kalimutan. Si Jerome Roque, ngayon ay isang charismatic CEO, bumalik para patunayan na hindi nagbago ang feelings niya. Muling nagbabalik ang kilig, ang sakit, at ang mga alaala. Pero handa pa bang buksan ni Kaella ang puso niya? Kaya ba niyang muling mahulog—this time sa billionaire boss na minsan na siyang iniwan? O hahayaan niyang manatili ang distansya sa pagitan nila kahit na malinaw na may spark pa rin?

Isang malaking problema ang kinahaharap ni Ellise, may sakit kase ang Ama nya at malaki na ang nagagastos sa pagpapagamot sa ama, naisangla narin lahat ng mga mga ari-arian na napundar ng Ama, pati ang bahay at lupa nila sa San Miguel ay nanganganib ng mawala sa kanila, kaya naman gagawin ni Ellise lahat para lang huwag mawala ang bahay at lupa nila at baka lalo lang malagay sa panganib ang buhay ng ama. Pumayag sya sa halok ng handler na tumatayong Manager nya sa pagmomodelo na ipakilala sa mga mayayaman sa industriyang ginagalawan nya na maaaring makatulog sa kanya sa pinasyal. Dahil na rin sa panggigipit sa kanila ng pinagkakautangan nila ay pumayag sya sa halok na trabaho ng kanyang Manager. Yun ay ang ibenta ang sarili sa mayamang matanda na nagka interes daw sa kanya si Mr. Pangilinan na isang matandang mayaman na halos iilan nalang ang buhok sa ulo at malaki pa ang tiyan, pero dahil nga sa pera ay hindi sya makaayaw.Ngunit sa gabi ng pagkikita nila ni Mr. Pangilinan ay hindi ang inaasahan nyang Mr. Pangilinan ang andoon sa hotel. Kundi isang makisig na lalake,matangkad, gwapo, malakas ang dating, maganda ang pangangatawan, malayong-malayo sa Mr. Pangilinan na nakita nya sa larawan. Gavin Saavedra yan ang pakilala ng lalaki sa kanya. Nagtataka sya dahil sa gwapo at lakas ng sex appeal nito ay pinili nitong gumastos ng milyon makatalik lang ang isang tulad nya.

Grace Monroe was a supermodel who walked away from the runway to build something real… her own sustainable fashion line. When billionaire hedge fund manager Carter Vaughn pursued her relentlessly, she believed she'd found a partner who saw beyond her face. Three years into their marriage, she discovers sex videos of Carter with multiple women, including her former best friend Stella. But the real devastation comes when she finds a contract: Carter married her as part of a bet with his elite boys' club… the first to stay married to a "perfect 10" for three years wins fifty million dollars. She was never a wife. She was a wager. Grace takes the scorched-earth divorce settlement and disappears. What Carter doesn't know: she's pregnant with twins. Grace returns as the founder of GRACE, a feminist fashion empire built on her viral campaign exposing "trophy culture." She's on magazine covers with her twin boys, August and James, refusing to name their father. She's wealthy, powerful, and untouchable. Carter's reputation is destroyed, his boys' club dissolved in scandal, and his fortune is crumbling from boycotts and bad investments. But when Carter discovers the twins are his… through a morally questionable secret DNA test—everything changes. He's not the man who made that bet anymore. Prison time for securities fraud, the loss of everything he valued, and watching Grace become the woman he prevented her from being has broken and rebuilt him. Now he wants his family back. Can a man who treated her as a commodity learn to truly love? Can she risk her sons' hearts on the father who didn't know they existed? And when Carter's former friends try to destroy Grace's empire to punish Carter, will she let him fight beside her or will she prove she never needed saving?

Susanne Doyle, my wife who's a general manager, often travels to Havenport on business trips. When she comes home, she either has cuts on her mouth or bruises on her thighs. Whenever I ask her about those injuries, she always claims that she accidentally tripped and fell after getting drunk. On our third wedding anniversary, I find out that Susanne has already formed another family in Havenport. At the moment, she's nestling into another man's arms, looking very alluring and seductive. A few of her mentees sit around her and her beau as they start cheering on them. "Now that your fiance has accepted your marriage proposal, does that mean you're about to buy strawberry donuts to celebrate this occasion tonight, Susanne?" The moment I hear the words "marriage proposal", I feel thunderstruck. Susanne begins making out passionately with her new fiance, Stanley Quinn, the next moment. As I watch the loving scene unfold before my eyes, I feel as though my heart has just gotten dunked into icy waters. At the doorway, I happen to bump into Stanley, the very same man who had embraced Susanne earlier. With Susanne's mentees flanking behind him, he drags me into the washroom before punching me in the face. "Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you ogle my fiancee! Are you the one who has been harassing her through text messages? "Here's a warning for you—Susanne is my lover! If I ever see you trying to pull any tricks on her, I'll show you a world of pain!" Stanley then waves a hand. The other mentees begin roughing me up with punches and kicks. "This is just a small warning for you." He doesn't know that I'm Susanne's legal husband, much less the fact that I'm the sole reason behind her ability to snag the position as the general manager.

I'm Victoria Corsini, the only daughter of the Corsini family's Don in Iberny. The marriage alliance partner whom Father has picked out for me is Cesar Romano, the new mafioso upstart in the underworld. Cesar is an ambitious man who intends to take over the casino industry in Navoles City. However, he's in the middle of getting oppressed by the alliance of powerful families due to his shaky foundation. In short, he might file for bankruptcy anytime soon. This means his only way out is to marry me and ask for the Corsini family's protection. In order to uncover his true colors, I put on a disguise and infiltrate Cesar's casino as a greenhorn dealer. On my first day at the job, I feel someone gripping my wrist tightly. "What makes you think you get to deal in the VIP hall? You really think a nobody like you has the right to touch the chips here?" I look up to see Liliana Conti, the casino's manager. She happens to be wearing an arrogant look at the moment. Everyone else begins muttering among themselves. "Liliana is Mr. Romano's beloved lover. He has stated more than once that he'll give this casino to her as a gift." Liliana flashes me a contemptuous smirk. Then, she slams a tray of casino chips that are made of gold in my face. "Drag her out of the casino and chop her hands off! Make her understand that I, Liliano Conti, am the one who determines the rules on Cesar's turf!" I just chuckle icily in response. To think that I, the future mistress of this casino, am being threatened to get kicked out of the casino by a worker right now… After shaking the bodyguards off me, I dial Cesar's number and set the call on speaker mode in front of everyone. "Cesar, your manager is threatening to chop my hands off. She even declares that you've given her the right to set the rules in place. "It seems that your casino doesn't really need the Corsini family's support, after all. I suppose we can call off our marriage, then?"

Sandra baru saja menikmati malam pertama semalam bersama suaminya Devano. Tiba-tiba pagi itu mereka kedatangan tamu seorang laki-laki bernama Dendi. Dendi adalah teman semasa kuliah Devano. Mereka seperti sahabat sejak dahulunya. Sandra begitu terkejut ketika ia bersalaman dengan teman suaminya itu. Dendi adalah masa lalu Sandra sekitar tiga tahun yang lalu. Hubungan mereka kandas karena Dendi dijodohkan oleh orang tuanya dengan seorang gadis yang bernama Andini. Karena patah hati dan malu Sandra merantau ke Jakarta lalu bekerja diperusahaan milik Devano. Devano jatuh cinta pada Sandra dan mengajak gadis itu menikah. Dendi sangat terkejut ketika Devano memperkenalkan Sandra sebagai istrinya. Sandra dan Dendi sama-sama gugup tapi mereka menutupi kegugupan itu didepan Devano. Kedatangan Dendi ke Jakarta bertujuan untuk meminta pekerjaan pada sahabat lamanya Devano. Devano memberikan jabatan sebagai salah satu manager di perusahaannya. Waktu berlalu, Sandra dan Dendi sering bertemu. Mereka masih merasakan getar cinta yang sama seperti dulu. Hingga pada suatu malam Dendi dan Sandra tidak bisa mengendalikan diri hingga melakukan hubungan suami istri. Orang tua Devano selalu mendesak Devano agar segera memiliki anak. Ia sudah tidak sabar ingin menimang cucu. Sudah tiga bulan perkawinan Devano dan Sandra tapi belum juga nmenunjukkan tanda-tanda Sandra hamil. Hal itu membuat orang tua Devano marah dan menyuruh Devano mencari istri lain dan menceraikan Sandra. Secara diam-diam Devano memeriksakan dirinya ke dokter. Dokter memberi tahu bahwa dirinya tidak mungkin memiliki anak karena mandul. Devano sedih menerima kenyataan ini. Ia tidak mau menceritakan semua itu pada siapapun. Pada suatu hari Sandra memberi tahu Devano bahwa dirinya sudah terlambat bulan. Dalam hati Devano merasa heran mengapa Sandra bisa hamil sedangkan ia sudah tahu kalau dirinya mandul. Karena penasaran , suatu malam Devano sengaja mengintip istrinya itu. Ia berpura-pura pergi keluar kota untuk urusan kerja. Alangkah terkejutnya Devano menyaksikan perselingkuhan Sandra dengan Dendi sahabatnya sendiri.

Hindi naging maganda ang unang pagkikita nila Harry at Reyna dahil mayabang ito at antipatiko. Kapag nakakita naman ng mga magagandang chicks, mabilis pa sa alas-kwatro ang mga mata nito para titigan. Kaya asar talaga siya sa pagmumukha nitong chickboy at manloloko. Pero tinamaan si Reyna sa kasabihan na "The more you hate, the more you love". Ang tunay niyang nararamdaman para kay Harry, kaya umiiwas siya dito. Pero sa katagalan, hinahanap-hanap na nito ang mga pang-aasar ni Harry sa kanya. Ngunit balakid sa kanilang namumuong pagtitinginan si Julliene Cheng, ang spoiled brat na younger sister ni Harry. Hindi niya gusto si Reyna para sa kanyang kapatid, dahil may napipisil na itong iba para sa kanyang kuya Harry, si Ruiz De Vera, ang bagong Restaurant Manager ng resort. Nahuhumaling sandali si Harry kay Ruiz, pero napatunayan niyang si Reyna nga ang kanyang gusto dahil labis s'yang nagseselos ng makita nitong may kasamang ibang lalaki si Reyna. Kaya ipinaglalaban nito ang kanyang pagmamahal para sa kanya. Kung kailan masaya na silang dalawa sa kanilang pag-iibigan, tsaka naman nagparamdam muli ang lalaking minahal noon ni Reyna ng labis. Pero sinaktan lamang siya at iniwan lang basta-basta na parang basura dahil walang silbi sa kanya. Pero hanggang saan sila dadalhin ng kanilang masayang pagsasama, dahil hindi lang si Julliene Cheng ang tutol sa kanilang relasyon. Kundi pati ang dati niyang kasintahan na si Jonel Cornelio. Isang bangungot ang muling pagbabalik nito sa buhay ni Reyna. Ang dahilan kung bakit siya naging matigas ang kanyang puso at ang nagtulak sa kanya para lumayo para lang makalimutan siya. Mananaig pa kaya ang second chances para sa dati nitong kasintahan? O ang bagong pag-ibig nito para kay Harry Cheng, that against all odds? Dahil hindi siya tanggap ng family nito. Ano ang pipiliin ng kanyang puso?