Could Have Been Meaning

“Miss Megan Gomez,” he grins. “What a beautiful name for a gold digger and social climb—.” He couldn’t continue his words when my palm met his cheeks. Hell… Who am I to do this to him? "I did this to save my siblings from debt and my father’s hospital bill, I have no interest for a personal reason. And the deal with your tricky old man is too simple for me not to grab the opportunity." He grins even more. “I see. Prove it then by following my rules. But each time you break my rules, I’ll claim a part of your body as mine.” “That’s not part of your old man's deal with me, I just need to marry you and live for two months!” “Heh. Are you afraid?” Megan Gomez was tricked by the old man to marry the heir of the largest mafia syndicate for a sudden financial need. "Live with my son for two months. If you don’t fall in love with him, I’ll cancel your debt and the marriage.” She agreed. She will be going to live with handsome, hot, and domineering Damian Quinn for the next eight weeks, without falling for his charm in order to break the contract. Or else, she is going to bear his child. However, not only can his physical charm lure Megan to fall for him, but there are rules to living with the devilish CEO. And as Megan breaks them, she learns pleasure that she never knew existed. But do the two have a future together when Damian is in love with someone else and Megan is confused about her real feelings toward him? If it is lust, she didn’t lose the game, but if it is love, she failed herself.

After ten years of silence, a call from the Philippines disrupts Katharina Esmeralda Grimaldi’s carefully constructed life. Once treated as a burden by her family, she fled their chains to carve out her destiny in Europe. Now a Duchess of Monaco and a powerhouse in the business world, Katharina has no intention of letting her past taint her success. But when the request comes for her to return, curiosity drives her to face the place she once called home. What could possibly demand her presence after a decade of independence? As she steps back into a world she vowed to leave behind, Katharina finds herself entangled in a shocking twist—a forced marriage to Rome Benjamin Azcárraga, the cold, enigmatic CEO of Asia’s largest shipping empire. Power collides with passion, and the stakes are higher than ever as Katharina navigates a dangerous game of love, revenge, and ambition. Will the Duchess who conquered Europe bow to her past, or will she rise even stronger?

One day, Ivy suddenly wake up from her bed and found out she went back 15 years before her death. In her past life, she was like vicious villian of those romantic novels who tried to humilate the female lead due to anger and jealousy! Which later on became miserable due to karma. Her brother died, their company fall into bankruptcy, her ambition to became a successful violonist shattered, and finally she went insane. However, it seems that her misery wasn't enough. Ivy got into an accident and became paralyzed, unable to talk and unable to move. She can only silently hope that her life would end sooner, so she could apologize to her brother in the after life. When she thought that this would be her end, dying all alone in her hospital bed, a man suddenly showed up in front of her and make her realized that there's rainbow after the rain. Unfortunately before she could confess, she died tragically without saying goodbye—such deep feelings were all given to her in vain. But now, she was back again and this time, she would be a better version of herself, she would achieve her dreams, and she would be the one to find him. Will Ivy's glory as a prodigy can be heard again? Can she fulfill her regrets? What would happen when she finally found out the earth shattering truth of her miserable life before? Will she choose to rewind or continue?

Stacey Galvez has been working for Golden Gates Corporation under the research department for more than two months. Tahimik at magaan ang takbo ng buhay niya, nagtatrabaho siya para sa sarili at sa kaniyang pamilya. Sa pagnanais maibsan ang boring cycle ng buhay, mag-isa siyang nagtungo sa bar sa unang pagkakataon. Hindi niya lubos akalaing sa matindi niyang paghahangad na magliwaliw ay naisuko niya ang pagkabirhen. Never in her wildest dreams did she think of having a one night stand with the Chief Financial Officer of the banking company she works for. But it happened. Stacey and the CFO came up with a mutual agreement to keep their secret all by themselves. Will it be easy for her if before their one steamy night she already has feelings for the dazzling CFO bachelor Izaac Buencamino? Her burning desire for him is out of control, so she comes up with a plan to seduce and make him hers.

In life, you don't know if you're always on top. Hindi mo alam kung kailan ka mananalo o matatalo-kung kailan ka paglalaruan ng tadhana. Destiny is our greatest enemy. Parang lahat kasi ng mangyayari sa buhay natin, nakatadha na-at wala kang magagawa kundi tanggapin ito. I have always been on top. All the people I know are proud of me-look up at me because I am good at everything. Pero tama nga silang hindi ka laging nasa taas. Sino bang mag-aakala na isang beses lang akong babagsak pero sobra iyon? Sobra-sobrang nahatak ako sa baba ng malaking trahedya sa buhay ko at hindi ko alam kung paano ako aahon. Mabuti na lang, bumalik siya. Siya ulit. Siya lang ang nag-iisang taong nagmamahal sa akin nang lubos kahit iniwan ko. It's always him. Walang iba.

Takira need to be a parent in her young age for her sister and brother. There was a tremendous case in their city about kidnapping ang murder, And the victim is only woman about her age. Takira was force to work in a bar because she's desperately wants to have money for her sister's bill in hospital. Unluckily Takira was kidnap and raped. She escaped death and come's back after one week. She thought that she's already free not until she found out that her professor was her rapist. How can she continue her studies if she can see her rapist everyday? How can she survive if they will hunt her again? "How did you escaped death, Takira Mendez?"

Buong akala ni Hope Vasquez ay siya na ang pinakamasuwerteng babae sa buong mundo nang pakasalan siya ni Dr. Isaac Monteverdi, ang lalaking pinapangarap niya simula pa noong bata pa lamang siya. Hindi lingid sa kaniyang kaalaman na ang dahilan lamang ng pagpapakasal ng lalaki sa kaniya ay para sundin nito ang kagustuhan ng kanilang mga magulang at para na rin takasan nito ang masakit na alaala sa dating kasintahan. Hope gave her all for Isaac para matutunan din siya nitong mahalin. She even gave up her glamorous career in show business and became the kind of wife every man dreams of. Subalit gumuho ang kaniyang pangarap na mamahalin din siya ng asawa nang biglang bumalik sa buhay nito si Angenette, his first love. Kung kailan nagsisimula niya nang makuha ang loob ni Isaac ay saka naman ito bumalik para bawiin ito sa kaniya. Despite of everything Isaac did that could ruin their marriage, Hope remained loyal to him. Handa siyang magpakatanga at tanggapin ang pagtataksil nito as long as na hindi siya iiwanan nito. Subalit isang trahedya ang nagpabago sa kaniyang pananaw at sa pag-ibig niya para rito na buong akala niya ay walang katapusan. She wanted revenge. Gagawin niya ang lahat para iparamdam dito ang sakit na pinaramdam nito sa kaniya. She's willing to risk everything para maisagawa ang paghihiganti niya kahit pa ibig sabihin n'on ay kailangan niyang gamitin si Zeke, ang best friend niya na totoong nagmamahal sa kaniya. Saan kaya hahantong ang paghihiganti niya?

Aliyah never chose whom to love, it was beyond her control. She had a mission to turn a demon's lust into love. She made a promise after her friend died at the hands of the demon. She never thought that her hatred and fear of the demon who made her life miserable could turn into love. Lorenzo was the demon she was referring to. He was the son of Asmodeus, the demon of lust. The man whom she was offered in exchange for a debt, erased her memory and claimed her as his woman. His darkness made her love him. Would her light save him from the darkness too?

Aiden and Wyatt have been best friends since they were kids. Wyatt's grandfather wished to see his girlfriend before he died, but the problem is Wyatt doesn't have one. And so, he thought of hiring a fake girlfriend. Since Wyatt is popular, a lot of girls applied to be his girlfriend, but he didn't like any of them at all. And that's when the craziness hit Wyatt, he asked for his best friend- Aiden to pretend to be his girlfriend in exchange for paying his father's hospital bill. Will Aiden accept the offer? If yes, what would happen with their friendship? Will something change or will they still be friends? Will they get a happy ending? Will their friends and family accept them? How do you think the judgmental world will comment on them? Can they overcome the problems that await them?

{Warning: Some chapters of this story, entails erotic and matured contents. Read as your own dim fit, or at your own detriment. Consider this an authors advise.} "Then I realize what it is. It's him. Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Or turn into liquid. Or burst into flames." * * * Amethyst Villarreal had been secretly in love with her best friend - Sebastian Almonte. But something between her dream to win the heart of the man she love. Pietho, her cousin who is her best friends fiance. Alam n'ya na mali ang mahalin ito ngunit ayaw paawat ng kan'yang puso. She tried to hide it, even if it pains her the most, but she couldn't believe and never expected that Wade Harris Coleman - Seb's best man, knows her romantic feelings toward her best friend since then. Ngunit sa kabila ng inis n'ya rito ay natagpuan n'ya ang kan'yang sarili na ibinubuhos dito ang lahat ng sakit na dinaramdam n'ya sa mahabang panahon. And the next morning she found herself next to his bed . Now, how was she going to get out of that mess? ✓ Collaboration Series of PaperInk Publishing House ✓ Not for minors