Bilang Ng Kabanata Ng El Filibusterismo

**Warning banyak adegan dewasa 21+, harap membaca dengan bijaksana** Perjodohan? Pernikahan yang terpaksa? Biasa, di kalangan mereka. Yang penting kerja sama perusahaan sudah terjadi. Toh, Noel selalu menganggap Bianca tidak ada. Mereka tinggal bercerai saat waktunya tiba. Tapi … "Nggak, kita nggak bisa cerai!" "Kenapa?" "Karena aku bilang nggak!"

Saat aku berusia 10 tahun, aku ditolong oleh Ryder. Ryder bilang akan melindungiku untuk selamanya. Pada usia 15 tahun, aku mengenal Wayne. Wayne juga berjanji akan melindungiku untuk seumur hidup. Namun, saat aku berusia 23 tahun, mereka yang berjanji itu malah melemparku ke laut demi cinta pertama mereka.

Istri orang terkaya di Kota Silo sangat suka menyiksa para gadis muda yang cantik. Aku terlahir dengan anugerah tidak bisa merasakan sakit sedikit pun dan karena itulah aku menjadi kandidat sempurna di matanya. Jadi saat lagi-lagi aku diseret ke kamar mandi untuk disiksa .... Sang suami datang membawa wartawan dari Kota Silo dan menyatakan aku adalah putri mereka yang selama ini sudah menghilang. Demi memiliki kehidupan yang lebih baik, aku pun menjadi putri orang terkaya kota ini, menduduki status yang didambakan semua gadis di kota ini. Namun di balik topeng kebaikan mereka, ternyata mereka yang akan membuat luka lamaku terselubung luka baru. Mereka bilang, ini adalah harga yang harus kubayar untuk kesempatan menyandang status sebagai putri orang terkaya. Mereka bilang, kematianku adalah bentuk balas budi terpantas. Mereka benar, memang seharusnya begitu. Hanya saja ... merekalah yang akan mati, bukan aku.

"Hector, totoo ang sinabi ko sayo. Gusto kong magka-in love-an tayo, at magkasama nang seryoso, tulad ng magkasintahan, mula sa pagiging estranghero hanggang sa magkaintindihan tayo. Gusto kong maranasan yung pakiramdam na pantay tayo. Ikaw si Hector, bilang si Hector na asawa ko at hindi tiyuhin ng ibang tao, at ako si Anne bilang si Anne na asawa mo at hindi kasintahan ng ibang tao. Mag-ipon tayo ng mga alaala, isang taon, dalawang taon, tatlong taon, sampung taon, kung okay lang sayo?" Inabot ako ni Hector at hinila para umupo sa kanyang kandungan, at sinabi nang mahinahon "Okay, pero, love, wala akong karanasan, kailangan mo akong turuan pa. Pero..." Hindi ko alam kung sinasadya ni Hector na biglang huminto at hinaplos ang kaniyang maiinit na labi sa gilid ng aking mukha "Pero... Pagdating sa pagkahulog, dapat ang lalaki ang mag-initiate. Maghintay ka lang, susuyuin kita."

Jessa and Jessica are twins. Ikakasal na dapat si Jessa kay Gerald Alonso, pero bigla siyang naaksidente at kailangang matuloy ang kasal, pero dahil in-coma si Jessa, kailangang mag panggap si Jessica bilang kanyang kakambal para matuloy ang kasal. Anong mangyayari kung mainlove si Jessica sa asawa ng kanyang kakambal?

Ketika seorang pria macho lewat di depannya, Margaret berteriak kencang, "Lucer, aku suka sama kamu. Kita jadian, ya?" "Harapan boleh aja tinggi tapi harus tetap sadar diri." Lucer tersenyum smirk, lalu pergi meninggalkan gadis manis itu seorang diri. Manusia serigala adalah ketakutan terbesar bagi Margaret Phire–seorang gadis remaja yang mengidap Lupophobia. Namun, apa jadinya, jika kisah cintanya ternyata terpaut pada seorang lone werewolf–Lucer Ford? Akankah Margaret bisa mencintai sisi lain seorang Lucer? Bisakah keduanya bersatu di antara dinding perbedaan yang tinggi? Apakah kisah mereka akan berakhir saling melupakan, ataukah saling melengkapi satu sama lain?

Olivia had only one goal when she started high school and was transferred to Clover High: she wanted to be popular and stand out not only academically but also in extracurricular activities. She wanted to be a part of the popular crowd so she wouldn't have to go through the ordeal she went through in elementary and middle school. Her stepsister Zoey, who adores her, discovered that she is the bullies' favorite prey. Olivia despised Zoey at school and hid the truth about her true relationship with her until she could. Worse, Olivia became one of Zoey's bullies. How far will Olivia can conceal the truth about herself and Zoey? How far will Olivia can hide her true self and ignore her growing feelings for her stepsister? ~*~ P.S. This is LGBTQIA+ themed story. (Girl's Love | GirlXGirl) If you are not comfortable reading this kind of genre, please don't proceed.

Angel Jazmin Miller's father requested that she return to the country to meet the woman he will soon marry. Her father has been a single father for many years, and this is the first time he has had a serious relationship that resulted in an engagement. Jazmin granted her father's request, but she had no intention of staying for long. Jazmin met her soon-to-be mother, and to her surprise, it was the woman she thought she'd end up with for the rest of her life and the reason she lost everything when she was in high school. What will triumph? Her admiration for her father's decisions or her desire for vengeance on those who have wronged her in the past?

A young woman's life is turned upside down when she is forced into an arranged marriage by her father. In a desperate attempt to outsmart her father's plan, she unknowingly marries the identical twin brother of her intended groom who turned out to be on a desperate hunt for a wife in order to slot in as his family's heir. By the time she discovers her mistake and her husband's true intentions, it was already too late—she had consummated her marriage with him. Will this mistake of hers become the best thing that ever happened to her, or will it be her biggest regret?

Olivia De Castro Hanz, college student. Simple, maganda at independent. Sa murang edad na disi otso ay namumuhay na mag isa at may part time job bilang pagsuporta sa sarili. Paano kung iarrange marriage ka sa taong nakikita mo lamang sa University? Kaya mo bang tumutol sa kagustuhan ng mga magulang mo?