Crystal Shoes

Alice Long and I were caught in the crossfire. When my boyfriend—a combat medic responsible for saving the wounded—came to our rescue, he pushed me aside. Gently cradling Alice, the girl I had shielded, he shot me a cold glance and said, "Crystal, I'm deeply disappointed in you. She needs immediate care to avoid infection!" What about me? Was I meant to die instead? When my flag-draped coffin arrived home, he had the nerve to weep openly at my memorial. This once-renowned combat medic, celebrated around the globe, never set foot outside his room again.

A story about a wounded heart that is not so desperate to find love * * * Miss Ann liverbert doesn't want a prince charming... After leaving her short country life in shame, all miss Ann wants is not to be noticed and when she meets the dashing duke of westonhigh, she's even more determined to reload her arsenal of defense, as those grey eyes of his always manage to make her melt in her shoes, and worse of all shatter every defensive wall... Lord Richard Arnold is the catch of the season and the darling of every ambitious mama's eyes, but he is just as determined to escape them...when he meets the petite miss Ann and her lovely smiles, he can't help but pursue his interest... But he knows behind those lovely smiles she has been hurt badly and Richard will do everything to heal her... SCARS...

Puot at sakit sa puso ang dinamdam ni Crystal Fuentes matapos magpakasal sa kanyang kapatid ang long-time crush niyang si Royce Consunji. Sa mismong gabi ng kasal, laking gulat niya na dinalaw siya nito sa kanyang silid at isang pagkakamali ang kanyang nagawa matapos ibigay ang sarili dito. Ngunit hindi lang iyon isang beses na nangyari, nasanay siyang dinadalaw siya nito tuwing hating gabi, at kahit alam niyang mali, tinanggap niya sa sariling kabit siya nito. Iyon nga lang, nasasaktan siya kapag umaakto itong parang walang nangyayari sa kanila sa tuwing kaharap ito sa umaga. Hanggang sa nalaman niyang buntis siya ngunit sakto ring buntis ang ate niya. Makasarili man, siya mismo ang nagsiwalat ng relasyon niya sa asawa nito. Ngunit dumoble lang ang sakit na nararamdaman niya matapos nitong itanggi ang lahat maging ang pinagbubuntis niya, gulat na gulat pa ito at sinabing ni minsan ay hindi siya dinalaw sa kanyang silid. Sa galit ng kanyang mga magulang ay ipinatapon siya sa ibang bansa upang pagtakpan ang kahihiyan ng kanilang pamilya. Sa kanyang pagbabalik, nagulat siya noong muli siya nitong bisitahin sa kanyang silid sa kalagitnaan ng gabi. Galit na galit ito. "How dare you leave me and hide my daughter, Crystal?"

An inosent women named Crystal Cestin become a sex worker from a famous bar in the Philippines. She doesn't know what she entered because she was desperate to have a job just to pay back all things for her Tita but she's too lucky, she met a man named Swenn Tristen Fontaime, a rich, handsome, smart and goodboy who just pulled by his playboy friends in the bar just to move on to his ex. But the world is too small for the two. An innocent women meets the innocent man for the first time. Let's found out how the world will turn between the two.

When I woke up, I had somehow become trapped in the body of my disobedient daughter. I had sacrificed everything, living frugally to send her to the best school. Yet, she called me almost daily, claiming—like someone trapped in a paranoid delusion—that her teachers and classmates were out to harm her. She was willful and rebellious, picky about food, befriending the wrong crowd, and even dating a troublemaker at a young age. As a sister, she was far from kind, constantly bullying her younger brother. And school? Surely, it couldn’t be harder than working a full-time job. But then, as I lived in her shoes, a group of girls cornered me in the restroom, kicking me mercilessly. Returning home, I was met not with care but with a sorry excuse for a meal. Only then did I begin to understand the pain my daughter had endured...

Caroline Ann Turner is the new student at Harbinger high. After getting expelled from her previous school for punching and breaking a guy's nose, she is sent away by her parents to her uncle's house to attend high school with her cousin brother Tyler Martin who is not only a goody two shoes but also the top scorer and model student at Harbinger high. On her first day, Caroline happens to run into a huge trouble after colliding with the school's popular nerd and basketball captain, Asher Carter. Not only does Asher welcome Caroline to Harbinger high by rewarding her a one week detention but also keeps on troubling her. What will happen when Caroline decides to take her revenge on Asher by hacking his social media account? Will she be successful? Or, will strange things happen in her life that she never even imagined?

'I really don't like repeating myself Ms Senchez' he saying glaring. 'I also don't like having a one sided conversation with myself' Suddenly I felt like crawling in a and not coming out. Zoe has always been a goody two shoes and a perfectionist,but little did she know that her world would be turned upside down when she entered Chance Melendez office for a job interview. Chance Melendez is the most feared man in the country being that he was ruthless when it came to the business world and that he was the leader of the most feared gang in the world. He is also known to be very cold in that he never let's himself to be attached to anyone. Join the roller-coaster ride of Chance and Zoe. As Zoe tries to melt the beast heart but will she reach a breaking point and quit? and will Chance be able to protect what's his from his enemies?

Steal the CEO's Black Card or his cold heart? "Please... Please sir I'm begging you, I didn't steal the card. Please believe me" Belle hopelessly begged, tears welling her already messy face. "You deserve to be in prison...fraud!" the store manager exclaimed in pure disdain, glaring as he snickered. Belle was an orphan from a young age, struggling for her dream. A dream of becoming a great doctor. A dream she weaved together with her late parents. For several years, a tiny room in a dilapidated building served her humble home, living at the mercy of others. Most of the time she has empty pockets and an empty stomach. She endured the ridicule from wearing worn-out clothes and torn shoes for medical school. Life is a struggle for her but never did she think of stealing, especially the BLACK CARD of the famous and cold CEO, Ethan DelValle.

Athena, a gifted pianist, loses everything after a mysterious accident robs her of the use of her hand. As she struggles to rebuild her life, dark secrets about her husband Leon and her best friend Crystal come to light—their betrayal runs deeper than she ever imagined. With the help of Arthur, a mysterious man with a vendetta, Athena devises a plan to expose their deceit. But as they work together, the lines between trust and suspicion blur, leaving Athena wondering: is Arthur truly her ally, or does he have ulterior motives? As their game reaches its peak, will Athena find justice, or will she become ensnared in an even darker web of betrayal?

Nathalia Sarmiento is enjoying her peaceful and simple life to the fullest. She's just one of those ordinary teenagers, who wishes to graduate from college to help the people she treated as her real parents. Everything seems to be perfect. She had a bunch of good friends, loving parents and comfortable life. Not until her eighteenth birthday comes. She's about to go home when suddenly, a black van stopped right in front of her. Before she could even react, a group of men came out and took her away. The next thing she knew is that she arrives from a familiar mansion. When she finally met the one who planned it all, the realization hit her hard. She was captured by the mafia boss. It's not just it. To her surprise, he even had the pair of her shoes that she lost before.