Fake Friends

On the day we were supposed to get our marriage license, the groom's name was swapped out. The woman my boyfriend was now promised to—the pampered mafia princess nestled in his arms—looked at me with a triumphant smile. "Isn't it perfect?" she sneered. "A fraud of a bride for a fake heir. What a match." I ignored her and turned to the man I loved. This was the man who endured three days of brutal punishment just for the right to marry me, when the Rossi family first acknowledged him as their true heir. Now, he just nodded along with her. "Don't be so dramatic. It's a joke. You're not actually mad, are you? It's just a piece of paper. Once Sienna's had her fun, you two get a divorce, and then it'll be our turn. I promise." I smiled. Then I turned and walked straight to the so-called "fake" heir. "The marriage license is filed, honey," I said. "Let's go plan our real wedding."

"Mom, Dad. I've changed my mind. I'm willing to go back to Bimern and marry Mr. Coleman, even if he's in a coma." I keep it a secret from Frederick Kirby, my boyfriend of seven years. I'm going ahead and arranging a wedding with someone else. Lennon Downey, Frederick and I grew up together. I had fallen in love with Frederick when I was a teenager, while Lennon was always like an older brother to me. We are close, and we've always been that way. That is, until the three of us went on a trip and got caught in a flash flood. Florence Cooper, the fake heiress, stole the credit for saving their lives and even lied that I left them behind to save myself. Since then, they've taken her side in everything. They've even hurt me for her. I cried, fought, and tried to explain over and over again. I thought that they would see her for who she really is one day. However, they never did. All I got in return was betrayal, again and again. I'm done. I just want to leave. I want to disappear from their lives and never, ever see them again.

I'm dying at seven months pregnant, and the one behind it is my husband. Hearing that a premature baby's blood can save my sister, he conspires with a shady clinic to take the baby out through surgery. After draining the baby's blood, he walks away—leaving my fragile preemie to die. Later, my parents say, "You owe Yvie. It's time to repay her." My husband says, "We can always have another child. A baby's life can't possibly be more important than Yvie's, can it? The overwhelming rage and grief cause me to bleed to death. My soul floats above them as I watch them prepare my sister's surgery. They don't even bother to change me into clean clothes. No one mourns me. No one loses their mind over my death. Without a care, they wheel me into the morgue and celebrate Yvonne's recovery. When I open my eyes again, I've gone back three months earlier—to the day my whole family forced me to divorce.

After she found out that her friend Elaine was dead she became obsess to know who is her friends killer... she wanted to know and get justice for his friends death and when she graduated she take criminology and master degree until she graduated as a com laude in her college school She became an Investigator in her early age and because she is intelligent she became a well known to the country and met her boyfriend a tycoon business man but what happen to her obsession to her friends killer... What if she found out that they've met for a long time

My wife—Nancy Valente—had been "missing" for three months after some fake skiing accident. I spotted her at a bar. She was draped over Finley Bennett's shoulder, laughing like she hadn't wrecked my life. "Good thing you came up with this plan. I almost forgot what freedom felt like." Her crew kept clinking glasses, asking when she planned to pop back up. She glanced down. "Maybe in a week. I'll show up once he's lost his mind." I stayed in the shadows, watching her bask in her little escape act. Then I grabbed my phone and called a buddy at the Vital Records Office.

Ms. Melody—isang maganda, palaayos sa sarili, mayaman at isang ‘CEO’ ng malaking kumpanya. May boyfriend ito na nagngangalang Grabriel, ang lalaking pumunta ng US upang doon ipagpatuloy ang trabaho nito. Ngunit isang araw, gumuho ang mundo ni Melody; sapagkat nalaman n’yang may ibang babaeng iniibig si Grabiel sa US. Kasabay ng araw na ’yon ang pagtawag at pagtatapat mismo ng lalaki sa kanya nang hindi personal, sa pamamagitan ng video call, “I’m sorry for this melody…..” paunang salita nito. " We have to break," sunod pa nito. Pagkatapos marinig ang mga katagang iyon binaba na nito ang cellphone. Mabuti na lamang ay nand'yan ang isang lalaki upang damayan at saluhin s’ya. Si David na matagal na n’yang secretary. Pogi at maskulado ito. Isang billionaire man. Ngunit nang mamatay ang mga magulang nito sa murang edad n’ya ay nalugi ang kanilang negosyo. He didn't know how to manage it at that time. When David was already twenty-two years old, he applied as a secretary in a company owned by the Fuentes family, where Ms. Melody Fuentes was a member. Nang gabi ding iyon niyaya ni Melody si David na uminom para na rin mabawasan ang sakit sa puso n'yang dulot ng pag-ibig nito sa lalaking si Gabriel. Habang umiinom ang dalawa patuloy na humahagulhol ng iyak si Melody. 'Di naman gano’n kadaling mag-move on. PRETENDED COUPLE Habang nagpapanggap ang dalawa bilang magkasintahan, hindi ito naging madali para itago. May mga time pa nga na naghahalikan sila sa harap ng iba para mas mapatunayan nilang mag-couple talaga sila. Marami pa silang pinagdaanang problema bago sila ikasal. Nagkaroon ng dalawang anak at nalimutan ang mga bad past scenario. ”Dahil sa pagpapanggap, nagkaroon ng pag-asa ang puso kong nasugatan, ngunit agad na humilom noong dumating ka…….. David." -Ms. Melody.

Elyse Saavedra, galing sa isang mayamang pamilya na ipinagkasundong ipakasal ng kanyang mga magulang sa anak ng kanilang kaibigang bilyonaryo, si Kyrex. Kahit na sa kanilang hindi magandang unang pagkikita, malamig na pakikitungo sa isa't isa dahil sa hindi kanais-nais na kagustuhan ng kanilang mga magulang, nagka-developan pa rin sila sa isa't isa nang totoong nararamdaman. Ngunit, lahat nang ito ay nagbago nang si Marco, childhood friend ni Elyse at si Maui na ex ni Kyrex, complicate things between them. Pagkatapos malaman ni Elyse na siya'y buntis at nasaksihan ang hindi kanais-nais na nangyari kay Maui at Kyrex, tinanggap nya ang alok na pera ng ina ni Kyrex kapalit nang paglayo kay Kyrex at pag-atras sa kasalan. Nagpakalayo-layo si Elyse kasama ng kanyang ibinubuntis na anak nila ni Kyrex.

Prologue Celine Dela Cruz never imagined na mauuwi sa ganito ang buhay niya. Sa probinsya, simple lang ang mundo niya—gising ng maaga para tumulong sa tindahan ng pamilya, makipagbiruan sa mga kapatid, at mangarap na balang araw… magkakaroon din siya ng love story na parang sa pelikula. Pero isang gabi, habang sabay-sabay silang kumakain, bumagsak ang bombang hindi niya inasahan. “Anak…” mabigat ang boses ng tatay niya. “May kasunduan tayo. Ikakasal ka.” Nag-freeze si Celine. “What? Papa, seryoso ka ba?” At doon niya narinig ang pangalan. Liam Alcantara. CEO ng Alcantara Group. Isa sa pinakamakapangyarihang tao sa Maynila. Mayaman, guwapo raw sabi sa mga balita, pero kilala ring cold at walang puso. Arranged marriage. Hindi niya choice, hindi niya gusto. Pero dahil nalulunod na sa utang ang pamilya niya, wala siyang nagawa. Sa moment na iyon, narealize niya—hindi lahat ng love story nagsisimula sa kilig. Minsan, nagsisimula ito sa kontrata. At minsan, ang taong akala mong magpapabagsak sa’yo, siya pala ang matututunan mong mahalin.

Politics. That's the reason why I'm here sitting on a long dining table with the family of my father's best friend and with their kids. Aurelia sighed with boredom as she watch her parents to arrange her marriage to someone she doesn't like. Xavier, the son of her father's bestfriend. She doesn't like him. First and only reason because he's a womanizer, he bedded a lot of woman already. "Can we go now?" Aurelia asked in a plain tone. "I'm tired and... Just tired." She added while playing with her untencils. "Aurelia, honey, don't you want to talk to Xavier first and get to know him?" Her mother, Selene Miller asked. "Nope. I already know him." She said and she looked at him. He's lips curved with cocky smile. "You already know him? Great! How did you know him?" His father, Thomas Andrada asked. "I met him with some sluts stories on how he fuck different women." She said while looking at him. Well she can not blame the girls for having a crush or infatuation over him. He's hot, handsome, billionare with his own money, and based on stories he's good in bed. The thing is he's ruthless and possesive when it comes to women. "I see that's how you met me." He said in a flirty way. It's like he's proud of himself. Aurelia just rolled her eyes and stared at her father again her eyes asking to go home. "No, we need to finish the food. Besides what's the rush? We're not on rush." Her father said with a firm tone. "And we will talk about your wedding for next week." Her mother said proudly. Her eyes widened. "Next week!?!" She said with a high tone. Hell this can't be real. She's getting married next week!

Dante Matino Cruz is a delivery rider, sweating day and night just to keep food on the table and medicine for his ailing mother. Life is hard, but his pride is harder—no shortcuts, no handouts, no selling himself for money. Celestine Isla Navarro is a CEO who thrives in a world where hesitation means weakness. She’s used to buying what she wants and bending people to her will. But the day she crosses paths with Dante—sun-bronzed, stubborn, and infuriatingly unyielding—something inside her shifts. Her first proposition is reckless: a single night, no strings attached. Dante’s answer? Not for sale. But fate doesn’t end with one rejection. Celestine offers him something else: a job. A dangerous but well-paid position as her personal bodyguard. The money could save his mother, even secure work for his childhood friend, Liza. It’s everything he’s been breaking his back for—served on a silver platter. Now Dante faces a brutal choice: swallow his pride to protect his family, or stand firm against a woman who never takes “no” for an answer. What begins as a battle of wills turns into a dangerous, slow-burning game of temptation. Pride versus desire. Fire against fire. And in this game, someone will surrender. The question is—who will break first?