Des Alwi

Aria Voss trusted the wrong man. Two years after her mentor stole her groundbreaking neural work and shattered her name, she's still bleeding. Alone in her rain-lashed apartment, she pours every shattered piece of herself into Echo, a secret app that doesn't just show your deepest desires… it makes them feel real. The heat of skin. The taste of surrender. The kind of pleasure that leaves you shaking. But Echo is waking up. And somewhere in the dark, the man who built his empire on her stolen work is already watching. It's learning from her pain, from her hunger, from the fantasies she's too ashamed to name. And it's starting to leak. Suddenly the city is burning with unleashed craving with strangers kissing desperately in the rain, offices turning into frantic scenes of passion, hidden urges exploding into the open. Chaos is spreading fast. Now Aria is trapped between two people who should be her enemies: the rugged hacker sent to destroy her creation… who just felt every pulse of her fantasies and can't walk away, and the stunning executive whose velvet smile hides her own dark hunger. As the man who ruined her circles back to steal Echo and turn it into a weapon of control, Aria faces the choice that could break her: destroy the only thing that ever made her feel powerful… or merge with it and risk losing everything that still makes her human. When desire becomes reality, who really ends up in control?

Anastasia Celeste Montano — a secretive, manipulative, and ambitious wife of the number one business tycoon in the country — Frederick Maxwell Dominguez. Dahil sa kagustuhang umangat at makaahon sa kahirapan ay nagawang akitin ni Anastasia ang nag-iisang tagapagmana ng KeyStone Legacy Builder — isang kumpanya na siyang nangunguna sa bansa pagdating sa construction supplies. Ngunit lingid sa kaalaman ni Anastasia ay hindi lamang pala siya ang nagmamanipula sa mga nangyayari. Dahil sa kagustuhan ni Frederick na magustuhan ng ama at maipamana sa kanya nang tuluyan ang kumpanya ay pumayag siyang maikasal kay Anastasia kahit hindi niya naman talaga mahal ito, sa kadahilanang ang angkin nitong talino at galing sa lahat ng bagay ay lubos na makakatulong sa kanyang sariling pag-angat. Samantala, sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay nahulog ang loob nina Frederick at Anastasia sa isa’t isa sa kabila ng lahat ng pagpapanggap at lihim na kanilang itinatago sa bawat isa. Ngunit walang kasinungalingan ang hindi nabubunyag. Nalaman ni Frederick at ng kanyang pamilya na si Anastasia ay hindi pala nagmula sa mayamang pamilya dahilan upang kamuhian siya ng mga ito dahil sa kanyang ginawang panloloko, lalo na ng ina ni Fred na isang matapobre. At hindi rin nakaligtas ang pagbunyag ng isang sikretong tuluyang nakasira sa kanila. Nalaman ni Anastasia na ang nakababatang kapatid ni Frederick ay anak pala nito sa unang kasintahan. Naging sanhi ito ng kanilang paghihiwalay. Ngunit dahil sa tagal nilang naging magkasama ay napalapit na pala ang loob ng ina ni Fred kay Anastasia kung kaya’t siya mismo ang nagpumilit na makipagbalikan ang kanyang anak sa asawa nito. Maaari pa kayang maibalik ang relasyong nasira? O tuluyan na itong mawawala?

Si Cindy Salcedo ay isang prangka, makulit, at matapang na babae na sanay lumaban sa kahit sinong bastos o mayabang. Nang makapasok siya sa isang kakaibang trabaho na may napakalaking sweldo kahit halos wala siyang ginagawa, akala niya ay jackpot na ang buhay niya. Pero nagkamali siya. Dahil sa kompanyang iyon, paulit-ulit niyang nakakasagupa ang lalaking pinaka-ayaw niya sa lahat—ang mayabang, babaero, at ubod ng kapal ng mukhang si Nilo. Isang lalaking naniniwalang lahat ng babae ay nahuhulog sa kanya, at walang mintis na nauuwi sa bangayan ang bawat pagkikita nila. Isang araw, dahil lamang sa isang sitwasyong kailangan niyang makabawi sa mga taong minamaliit siya, napilitan si Cindy na sumakay sa kalokohan ni Nilo—magpanggap silang mag-asawa. Akala nila simpleng pagpapanggap lang iyon. Pero habang tumatagal, nagiging mas magulo ang lahat. Unti-unting nahahaluan ng totoong emosyon ang kanilang kasinungalingan, at mas lalong gumugulo ang sitwasyon nang matuklasan ni Cindy ang isang nakakagulat na katotohanan— Ang lalaking kinaiinisan niya… ay maaaring ang mismong boss na pinagtatrabahuhan niya. Sa gitna ng mga away, pagpapanggap, at mga lihim na unti-unting nabubunyag, isang tanong ang bumabagabag sa kanilang dalawa: Paano kung ang relasyong nagsimula sa kasinungalingan ay mauwi sa totoong pagmamahalan? At paano kung ang taong pinaka-ayaw mo… siya pala ang taong itinadhana para sayo?

Nora Oscar thought she could have anyone but Edwin Hart was untouchable, brilliant… and painfully serious. She didn’t know he was her lecturer, and he didn’t want her… at least not at first. Between coffee spills, awkward library encounters, nosy friends, and his deadpan sarcasm, Nora’s attempts to charm him keep failing spectacularly but somehow, she’s slowly breaking through his icy exterior. He wasn’t supposed to fall. She wasn’t supposed to tempt him. But in a campus full of mischief, flirtation, and chaos, desire doesn’t care about the rules. Can a student and her lecturer survive the sparks, the scandal, and the ridiculous moments in between?

A slave. A wolf. A woman. Annalise was all those things, born into the service of a warlock, just as her parents were before her, her choices never fully her own. The full moon was her only freedom, the only night see could leave her masters land and run free through the woods, though it never lasted, the next morning she would have no choice but to return. If she didn’t, he would find her, he always did; the crimson collar around her neck could track her every movement, find her wherever she went. From this life, there would be no escape. But one full moon when she ventured too deep into the woods, everything she knew would change, everything she had been taught would turn into bitter lies. Her life would change so fast, it would leave her mind, and her wolf spinning. An alpha. Destiny. Purpose. These would be the new words that fuelled her existence, and her life would finally become whole, she would find her place, free herself from the tyrant who had bought her. She would be free. Or so she thought...

The Sullivan brothers had always treated me like I was their whole world. That changed the day I was diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. The pain soon grew unbearable, and I was told I might lose my memories if I opted for surgery. I reached out to the brothers. I did not want to forget them, and I needed their help. However, when the call connected, the only thing I heard was an icy, sharp voice. "Summer, it's Yvonne's birthday today. Can you not ruin it for once?" I blacked out from the pain. When I woke up in the hospital, there was a message from Yvonne on my phone. "Summer, the boys gave me these lucky charms for protection." Attached was a photo of three silver pendants, each engraved with the brothers' initials. I knew those pendants well. I had spent seven hours in the freezing rain just to get them blessed. That was the moment I gave up. I went abroad alone for the surgery, and with it, all my memories of the brothers faded away. I completely forgot about them until one day, three strangers knocked on my door, begging like madmen for my forgiveness.

À 21 ans, Cyra ne rêve pas de contes de fées. Livrée à elle-même depuis l’enfance, elle enchaîne les petits boulots pour fuir une maison où l’amour n’a jamais existé. Entre une mère absente et un beau-père manipulateur rongé par le jeu, elle n’a qu’un seul objectif : s’en sortir. Mais un soir, tout bascule. Drogue, trahison, piège sordide… Cyra se retrouve vendue à un hôtel miteux par celui qui aurait dû la protéger. Elle tente de fuir, de se sauver. C’est là que le destin la frappe de plein fouet. Raphaël, PDG froid et insaisissable, est lui aussi tombé dans un guet-apens orchestré par sa propre famille : drogué, poussé à concevoir un héritier pour préserver l’empire familial. Leurs chemins se croisent, leurs corps s’unissent dans une nuit irréelle, où ni l’un ni l’autre ne contrôle ce qui se joue. Au réveil, rien ne sera plus jamais comme avant.

Riri Navarre is a beautiful woman. Johnny Winter knew that. But she is a brat too. A beautiful, willful, stubborn brat! Kaya kahit na ano pang sabihin at gawin ng mga magulang niya, hindi niya magugustuhan si Riri. Hindi ito ang tipo ng babae na gusto niyang makasama habangbuhay. Mahinhin, mahiyain, mabait at hindi pilya ang babaeng gusto niya. At lahat ng mga katangiang iyon ay natagpuan niya kay Karla. But life got in the way. Or perhaps, it was his heart? He wasn’t sure. Ang tanging nasisisguro lang niya ay nakatakda na siyang ikasal sa babaeng hindi niya inakala ni minsan na magiging asawa niya. Maaari kaya siyang maging runaway groom? Johnny Winter is Riri’s ideal man. Riri wanted him for years. And what Riri wants, Riri gets. Pero paano kung kabaligtaran niya ang tipo ng babae na magugustuhan ni Johnny? Kung gayahin kaya niya angginawa ng kanyang ina para mapaibig ang kanyang ama noon? Baguhin ang lahat sa sarili niya? No! She can’t do that. Magrerebelde ang katawang-lupa niya. She needed Lola Dorinda’s help. Pero shookt siya sa payo ng great-grandmother niya. Dahil ang payo nito, pikutin niya si Johnny tulad raw ng sinubukan nitong gawin sa great-grandfather ni Johnny noon.

[Synopsis] Ryella was the lawyer who swore she would never cross the line. Vladimir was the billionaire mafia king who lived by breaking every law. Nang mapilitan ang ambisyosong abogada na si Ryella Cruz na ipagtanggol ang pinakamapanganib na tao sa lungsod, umaasa siyang isang matinding labanan lamang sa loob ng courtroom ang kanyang haharapin. Ngunit ang hindi niya inaasahan ay ang labanan sa kanyang kalooban—ang pang-akit ng kapangyarihan ni Vladimir, ang pagtuto ng kanyang pagdampi, at ang tukso ng isang mundo na isinumpa niyang hindi niya kailanman papasukin. Si Vladimir Valente ay walang awa, hindi mapipigilan, at lubos na na-obses. Para sa kanya, si Ryella ay higit pa sa kanyang depensa—siya ang kanyang premyo, ang kanyang obsesyon, ang kanyang ipinagbabawal na reyna. Ang bawat sulyap, bawat pabulong na pangako, at bawat mapanganib na halik ay naghila sa kanya nang mas malalim sa imperyo ng pagnanais ni Vladimir. Ngunit sa isang mundong binuo sa dugo at pagtataksil, ang pag-ibig ang pinakamapanganib na krimen sa lahat. Kailangang magpasya ni Ryella: ipaglalaban ba niya ang hustisya, o susuko sa lalaking kayang sirain ang kanyang karera, ang kanyang moralidad, at ang kanyang puso? Isang kontrata. Isang paglilitis. Isang obsesyon na maaaring sumunog sa kanilang dalawa. Maligayang pagdating sa Imperyo ng Pagnanais—kung saan ang passion ay isang sandata, at ang pagsuko ay ang sukdulang kasalanan.

I took a deep breath again and again as I finally knocked twice. And after a couple of minutes a baritone yet cold voice spoke. "Come in." My brows furrowed and my chest was pounding so loud when I heard Sir JR's voice. This is the first time he showed himself to us but... this was not the first time I met him. At sana wala rin siyang maalala pa. Pinilig ko ang ulo at pilit tinatanggal ang mga nasa isipan at dahan-dahang pinihit pabukas ang pinto. Biglang nanindig ang balahibo ko dahil sa lamig sa loob ng opisina ni Sir. "Hmm..." tumikhim ako upang agawin ang atensyon niya na nakatalikod mula sa akin at prenteng nakaupo sa swivel chair niya. "Good afternoon, Sir." I greeted politely. He stayed silently, he stayed in his place and he didn't respond to me. Hindi rin siya lumilingon kaya napakamot ako ng ulo. "Sir? What can I do for you? Is it because I'm late this morning? I'm sorry Sir, there's an emergency in our home, the reason why I'm late. I'm sorry." I explained but he remained silent. Dahan-dahan akong napayuko. Mukha ngang bad mood siya dahil hindi man lang lumilingon sa akin. "How old are you?" Wala pa sa isang segundo akong nag-angat ng tingin sa kaniya. "Hmmm, 24, Sir..." I answered lowly. "Married?" I swallowed as I responded. "No." "Single?" he asked again. "Opo." "Any relationship? Boyfriend? Ka live in?" "Wala po, Sir..." Pilit kong sinasagot ang mga tanong niya kahit alam kong confidential na iyon. Hindi ko rin alam kung bakit iyon ang naging binungad niya sa akin na hindi ko inaasahan. Nabalot kami ng katahimikan hanggang sa muli siyang magtanong na ikinamilog ng mga mata ko. "Virgin or not?" My mouth opened a bit 'coz of his inappropriate question.