Del Cano Novels & Stories

04:00 AM. JFK International Airport. I switched off airplane mode, and my phone lit up. The first notification was an Instagram story from my husband, Donovan Valentino, Don of the Valentino family, posted at 3:30 AM: a photo of Seraphina Moretti’s back, captioned, “Run 50 completed. Package delivered safe.” An hour before that, my flight had hit catastrophic clear-air turbulence, dropping two thousand feet in seconds. I’d clung to my seatbelt until my knuckles turned white, the crumpled threat letter from a rival crew pressed like a blade against my ribs. In those blind, falling seconds, one thought burned through the panic: If I live through this—if Donovan is waiting at arrivals—I’ll tear up my transfer papers to Dubai and stay. But there were no missed calls. No messages. He’d been too busy collecting Seraphina. He knew my flight details. He just didn’t care. Four years of marriage. 50 fully armed security details for Seraphina. For my 112 long-haul flights over those same four years? The most I ever got was a driver in an unmarked sedan. Even the night Gambino’s crew tailed me from Manhattan, and I spent six hours locked in a diner bathroom. He didn’t pick up until dawn, after the twelfth try. My transfer to Dubai was confirmed. The signed divorce settlement was in my bag. This was the last time I’d ever come back for him.

Struggling college student Lena Carter works late-night deliveries to keep herself afloat, surviving on tips, exhaustion, and determination. Every night she delivered to his door. Every night he gave her another reason to stay. Lena thought Adrian Cole was just a customer. She was wrong. He was temptation in a tailored suit. And once he decided he wanted her— walking away was never part of the story. What begins with after-hours orders soon spirals into a passionate connection neither of them can control. The deeper she falls, the harder it becomes to tell where attraction ends… and obsession begins. Because Adrian doesn’t pursue halfway. And Lena may be the one thing he refuses to let go. Late Night Deliveries: The After Hours is a story filled with longing, tension and the kind of chemistry that burns hottest after dark. Some deliveries arrive late. Some change everything.

O ex-marido de Cecília sempre foi um homem frio, distante, incapaz de demonstrar afeto. Durante o dia, ela era sua secretária e à noite, sua esposa. Em dois anos de casamento, não recebeu sequer uma fração de amor genuíno. No dia em que a amiga de infância dele voltou do exterior, os dois assinaram pacificamente os papéis do divórcio. Inesperadamente, seis meses depois, Cecília descobriu que estava grávida. Depois de anos de amor, ela simplesmente desistiu do ex-marido e foi embora grávida, sem olhar para trás! O ex-marido assumiu publicamente o relacionamento com a sua amiga de infância? Ela não tinha nada a ver com isso! Ele pediu a amiga de infância em casamento? Ela fez questão de mandar felicitações! Desejou-lhes que fossem felizes para sempre e que tivessem muitos filhos. Mas quem diria que o mesmo ex-marido que, supostamente, estava prestes a se casar com a outra apareceria na porta da sala de parto no dia em que ela deu à luz, implorando implorando para reatar com ela! — Sr. Heitor, o bebê não é seu! — Cecília balançou a cabeça repetidas vezes. — Mesmo que não seja, eu ainda quero tê-lo! — Heitor respondeu, sem hesitar.

Después de que me despidieran, mientras buscaba trabajo, me encontré con una publicación: —¿Qué trabajo da dinero más rápido? La respuesta con más me gusta decía: —Obvio, conseguir un sugar daddy es lo más rápido. El mío tiene poco más de treinta y ya es presidente de un grupo empresarial. Me mantiene con varios miles de dólares al mes, es guapo, atento… y en la cama ni se diga, puede pasar toda la noche conmigo sin cansarse. Alguien preguntó cómo lo había conocido. —En mayo del año pasado discutió con su novia. Estaba solo en un bar, borracho. Al verlo, fui a consolarlo y, al final terminamos juntos. Me dijo que su novia era una aburrida y anticuada, que parecía una vieja en la cama. Y que ya había perdido el interés en ella. Los hombres son así, siempre buscan algo nuevo afuera. Cuando leí eso, mis dedos se quedaron congelados. Pues en mayo del año pasado, yo también había discutido con mi novio, Bryan. Esa noche no volvió a casa. Y cuando regresó al día siguiente, traía un fuerte olor a alcohol. Seguí mirando, y vi que la chica también había subido una foto. —Miren, le dije que no tuve cuidado cocinando y que sin querer me corté el dedo, le dije que me dolía y él prometió que venía a cuidarme esta noche. En la imagen, llevaba un anillo de diamantes en el dedo anular, cubierto parcialmente por una curita. Ese anillo era exactamente igual al anillo de compromiso que Bryan me había dado. Casi al mismo tiempo, sonó mi teléfono. Del otro lado de la llamada se escuchó la voz de Bryan. —Bella, surgió algo urgente en la empresa. No me esperes en la noche, no regresaré.

The day my college acceptance letter arrived, Dad cooked a whole table of my favorite dishes. Then he poured himself a full glass of liquor and downed it in one go. “Nineteen years ago, I switched you with my biological son so he could grow up with the city’s wealthiest family and live like a prince. “I kept you from studying because I was afraid you’d turn out too impressive and they’d come looking for you. “But today, their whole family is moving overseas. You’ll never find your real parents now.” He smiled cruelly. “You’re just a loser who got into some mediocre college. You were beaten half-deaf, and you’re missing a kidney. Why would they ever want you back?” I looked at him in silence. What he would never know was that the wealthy family had switched the babies back nineteen years ago. I had been his biological son all along.

Os dois irmãos com quem eu ia me casar... Se apaixonaram pela filha adotiva da minha família. Para agradá-la, me enganaram para raspar a cabeça e me trancaram sozinha numa estação de esqui por uma noite inteira. Por causa do pedido dos meus pais, eu suportei tudo em silêncio. Mas naquele dia, quando a filha adotiva cortou o dedo ao fatiar frutas, eles me obrigaram a doar 2000ml de sangue no hospital. Chorando, supliquei que parassem. Eles apenas disseram que aquilo era o castigo por eu maltratar a princesinha deles. Foi ali que meu coração morreu de vez. Virei as costas... E entrei no carro do irmão mais velho deles. Os dois, que viviam dizendo que queriam romper o noivado, apareceram no meu casamento... Chorando de arrependimento.

This story chronicles the life of Damien Sky and Adeline James from their teenage years to adulthood. When Adeline James met Damien Sky in her new high school, she instantly hated him. He was arrogant, obnoxious, and a playboy. She wanted to avoid him at all costs. But Damien felt different. He thought Adeline was the most beautiful girl he had ever laid eyes on, and he decided he had to have her no matter what. Much to his dismay, Adeline avoided him like the plague. She thought she could escape him forever, but fate had other plans for her. She realized that no matter what, she could never escape Damien, especially since he had been harboring a secret. A secret that will change her life forever and bind them together. Will she continue to hate him? Or will Damien finally win her heart? ***This book is co-written by Eva Harlowe***

* On Alice's wedding day, she receives a message from her hacker friend which contains videos of her fiancee and Sister. She goes to room 305 not ready to believe but is met with the shock of her life, she takes pictures and videos of them there and posts them on social media with the caption "Cheaters forever." She locks them in the room and goes to the hall to call off the wedding. The guests bash her for making them waste money but the filial and quiet Alice was gone already. * Alice and Arnold both share a sexual relationship on the night of the wedding, Alice escapes from there the next morning and places a 50-dollar note on the table for him thinking he is a nobody. Arnold wakes up and finds the money he was given, he looks around for Alice but can't find her. He decided to find her and teach the pathetic bride a lesson for messing with him. * Alice goes to Fishes River, ready to drown herself and die. She could not take the betrayal of her fiancee and sister to her, she couldn't even show her face to her family after spending a nightstand with a man she didn't know. She continues crying till various cars surround her, the men try to convince her to go with them but she refuses to threaten to kill herself there. * The man calls Arnold and reports to him the situation and he tells them to hold on, after five minutes he arrives there with his assistant ready to drag the pathetic bride to his house. Alice is stunned by seeing and mistaking losses her step falling into the river.

Sa pagbalik ni Ariana ng Pilipinas muli niyang makakaharap ang cold, playboy at distant niyang nakatatandang kapatid, si Brian Gil. Ang kapamilyang bukod tanging hindi malapit sa kanya. Wala siyang ibang hinangad kundi ang makuha ang loob ng nakatatandang kapatid at maging malapit dito. Ngunit, paano kung sa paghahabol niya sa affection nito ay higit sa inasahan niya ang handang ibigay ni Brian? Tanggapin kaya ito ni Ariana? O hahayaan na lang ang relasyon nilang bumalik sa zero?

They poisoned me. Cremated me. Erased me. But death wasn't the end. I woke up in another woman's body, a scandalous supermodel with mafia ties and dangerous secrets. Now I have a new face, a new name, and a ruthless stepbrother who sees through every lie I tell. My husband doesn't recognize me. Perfect. He married his mistress and stole my son. They think they won. They have no idea what's coming. Because the woman they killed was weak and trusting. The woman who came back? She's something else entirely. Revenge never looked so good