Chief Or Chef Novels & Stories

"In the kitchen, she's a firestorm. In love, she's about to burn." Youngest Perez. Billionaire. CEO. Head-turner. Maxine Avrielle Griego Perez has it all-beauty, brains, and billions. With multiple successful businesses under her name, she's unstoppable. But behind the glam life, may isang pangarap siyang matagal nang hindi natutupad: To become a certified chef. As her final requirement, she's sent to train at Moonlight Kitchenette, a cozy restaurant owned by her tito-but managed by Chef Timothy Hayden Sanders, a perfectionist known for being cold, demanding, and insanely hot. At first, clash sila. She's used to being in control. He's used to obedience. But in between the yelling, stolen glances, and late-night cooking sessions, something starts to simmer. Timothy falls-for her strength, her sass, and that laugh she tries to hide. And Maxine? She falls harder. For the first time, she lets herself feel. Then comes Cassandra. The manager who's always wanted more than professionalism. One drunken night. One betrayal. Maxine leaves-broken, silent... and pregnant. Five years later, Maxine returns as a world-class chef and single mom. Fierce, focused, and definitely not here to rekindle anything. But fate isn't done with them yet. Timothy is back, full of regret-and still in love. He wants answers. He wants her back. What he doesn't know is... he already has a piece of her. Secrets will be exposed. Old wounds reopened. And somewhere between revenge, forgiveness, and five-star meals... a second chance might be served.

Adeline Amadeo, the perfect house wife who tends to her hardworking husband. Lucian Amadeo, Adeline's cold husband and the chief executive officer of the Amadeo Enterprise, a company well-known in different industries. Their marriage wasn't made from love, it's a contractual marriage that was pushed by Lucian's mother. That was also the reason why Lucian has the tendency to cheat with other women, but Adeline tried to understand. Until that day came, Adeline and her husband had a car accident. She was comatose for five years, while her husband survived to that unfortunate accident. She expected coldness from her husband when she finally woke up from the coma, but it was the opposite. Her husband, who was cold as ice, was now warm as the sun. He was an entirely different person, it was like he's a doppelganger.

In a bustling city, many were shocked by the deaths of four entrepreneurs, including a business magnate. The victims were found in their gruesome death. One of the suspects is a female victim of their sexual abuse. The search for the suspect became more intense when the police chief's only son suffering from hypersexuality disorder was also brutally killed by the slayer. The officer did not stop searching for the murderer, he ordered to catch her, dead or alive! But police were puzzled, the killer leaves a bloodstain-shaped lip at every murder scene. Investigators were very eager to investigate the case. They began to doubt the character of a timid saleswoman in the cafeteria. Police were confused, the woman disappears every time she menstruates. Is her menstruation related to the murder of sex criminals? Who is the real killer? Catch the twist in this detective story!

Owned by the Billionaire Chef *Synopsis* After a decade ng pagkakawatak-watak, unti-unting nagkakasundo ang pamilya sa likod ng **Velasquez Empire**. Akala nila sapat na ang panahon para ibaon ang nakaraan. Pero may mga katotohanang hindi namamatay — naghihintay lang ng tamang oras para bumalik. Para makabuo ng bagong legacy, nagdesisyon si **Arden Velasquez** na ipasa ang buong empire sa panganay niyang anak. Kay **Caspian Louis Velasquez** — ang Michelin-star chef na mas komportable sa init ng kusina kaysa sa lamig ng boardroom. Pero ang pagtanggap sa responsibilidad ay nangangahulugang pagpili sa pagitan ng pangako at passion. Sa pagitan ng apelyido niya… at ng pangarap niya. Sa gitna ng transition, makikilala niya si **Camille Vega** — isang calculated at fearless food critic na kayang magpatumba ng reputasyon gamit lang ang isang review. Matalim ang dila. Mas matalim ang isip. Unang pagkikita pa lang, banggaan na. Second meeting, mas personal na ang atake. Hanggang sa ang simpleng professional rivalry ay naging mainit na tensyon na hindi nila ma-control. Pero hindi lang basta critic si Camille. May koneksyon siya sa madilim na bahagi ng nakaraan ng Velasquez family — isang lihim na kayang gumiba sa bagong pundasyon na pilit binubuo ng pamilya. Kapag bumalik ang katotohanan, walang hindi masasaktan. At ngayon, kailangang pumili ni Caspian: Iligtas ang pamilyang nagbigay sa kanya ng pangalan? O ipaglaban ang babaeng maaaring maging dahilan ng pagbagsak nito? Dahil minsan, ang pinakamapanganib na kalaban ng isang legacy… ay ang pag-ibig na hindi mo kayang talikuran.

Unfortunately for some, Lucas Villareal, the devastatingly handsome and heir to a powerful business empire, is gay. But bound by the rigid terms of his inheritance, he’s left with no choice but to marry a woman, even if it’s only for show. That’s when fate brings him to Rhea. Once the cherished daughter of a renowned chef, Rhea’s world fell apart after a heartbreaking tragedy left her with nothing. Now struggling to get back on her feet, she finds herself at a crossroads when Lucas offers her a deal: a marriage of convenience that guarantees financial stability in exchange for pretending to be his wife. Will Rhea accept the unexpected proposal? What will she choose when her heart feels more than it should? And what happens when emotions, something neither of them planned for, begin to blur the lines of their arrangement?

Ako nga pala si Antonnia Yulliene Villa. One-half Bisaya, one-half Ilonggo, and 99.9% NBSB. (08)036-024-36 Nakakalungkot mang aminin pero hindi 'yan ang vital statistics ko. Telephone number ng bahay namin 'yan. Wala lang... In case may gustong umakyat ng ligaw. Chaar. Pero seryoso, kung may balak kayo, tumawag muna kayo para naman maitali ko nang maigi ang bulldog naming si Djangga. Ilang magnanakaw na rin kasi ang napaospital namin dahil ang hilig manlapa ng bitch. PS. I-a-update ko lang 'to kapag may progress na ang love life ko. Uunahan ko na kayo. Pasensya na kung slow. *insert chef's kiss* Xoxo, Toyang

Matagal nang hinahangaan ni Tamara si Alas mula highschool hanggang sila’y magkatrabaho, kaya laking tuwa niya nang malaman na parehas sila ng nararamdaman para sa isa’t isa. Magsisimula na sana ang kanilang happy ever after, ngunit dumating ang kakambal ni Alas na si Apollo, isang strict, cold at self-centered Boss. Siya ang bagong Chief Executive Officer ng kompanya na kanilang pinagtatrabahuhan. Gumawa si Apollo ng mga patakaran at paghihigpit, kabilang ang pagbabawal ng romantic relationship sa pagitan ng mga empleyado na naging dahilan para maputol ang kanilang relasyon. Matutuloy pa ba ang pagkakamabutihan ni Tamara at Alas sa kabila ng hadlang ng kakambal nito? O dito mabubuo ang kanyang magandang relasyon sa estriktong Boss na si Apollo? At May pag-asa pa bang lumambot ang matigas nitong puso?

Addison Bautista is a strict and straightforward, and the kind of person who will do everything to have her father's company. She serves as the acting CEO of his father's company, and she will do everything to be able and she will do everything to be able to prove him that she deserves to be his successor and the next Chief Executive Officer of the Bautista's Group of Companies. The story begins when she received a red envelope, an invitation. Written in it is the information of a week reunion with her senior year batchmates. She has no plans on coming into that reunion but seems like destiny wanted her to come. When the reunion day arrived, everything is fine and according to what a reunion should look like. The the caretaker gone missing, they tried to find him but he's nowhere to be found. The next day, they smell something unpleasant and found a body in the island's storage house. It is the caretaker that is lying on the ground, lifeless with blood around his body. Will it still be a normal reunion, or a reunion that is full of terror and lives at stake?

Blurb: Nang malaman ni Kana Marie Ramirez Palma na bilang na lang ang araw niya sa mundong ibabaw, nagpasya siyang i-enjoy na lang ang sarili sa pamamagitan ng pag-travel. At hindi niya inaasahang makikilala si John Serrano sa isang bar sa Malaysia. At dito niya ipinagkaloob ang matagal na niyang iniingatang perlas. Para sa kanya, para saan pa ang iniingatan kung kukunin na siya ni kamatayan? Si Master Sergeant John Serrano ay isang sundalo na kasalukuyang may misyon sa bansang Malaysia. Pero napagbintangan siya sa isang kasalanang hindi naman ginawa. Nakulong siya ng dalawang taon ngunit nakalaya din para sa isang misyon- ang maging personal bodyguard ng anak ng isang Chief of Staff ng Pinas at ng Bilyonaryang. Ano kaya ang magiging reaksyon ni John kapag nalamang ang babaeng inaakalang nasa langit na ang kanyang magiging amo?

Sa araw, siya ang mahinhin at maparaan na chief secretary, at sa gabi, siya ang malambot at charming na kapares sa kama. Paglipas ng tatlong taon ng mutual support, akala niya ay minahal siya nito. Nagpropose siya sa binata, ngunit narinig niya ang sinabi nito: "Ito ay laro lamang na kasali ang katawan pero hindi ang puso. Sa tingin mo seseryosohin ko to?" Sobra siyang nasaktan at lumingon paalis. Simula non, ang buhay niya ay umangat, umangat din siya sa career, at naging gold medal lawyer na walang sino mang nangahas sa legal community. Merong hindi mabilang na manliligaw sa paligid niya. Pinagsisihan iyon ng binata at tinulak siya sa dingding na may namumugtong mata: "Ang katawan ko, ang buhay ko, lahat ay sayo, will you marry me?" Maliwanag ang mga ngiti niya: "Pasensya na, gumilid ka, hinaharangan mo ang panibagong buhay ko."