Fake Friends

Matapos ang tatlong taong paghihirap ni Cassandra Andrada bilang asawa ng isang CEO na nag-ngangalang Dylan Almendras, ay tuluyan nang natuldukan ang kaninang pagsasama. Nauwi sa pirmahan ng divorce paper at pagkamuhi sa isa’t-isa ang dalawa. Hindi makita ni Dylan ang halaga ng babae sa tagal ng kanilang pagsasama bilang mag-asawa. Habang si Cassandra naman ay tuluyan nang naniwala na kung sino man ang gustong pakasalan pa siya ay nasisirain na ng ulo. Itinuon din nito ang kaniyang atensyon bilang isang magaling abogado sa bansa— na iilan lamang ay may alam. Ngunit hindi rin nag tagal ay dumating rin sa pagkakataon na nanaisin muli ni Dylan na mabawi ang asawa. Gagawin niya ang lahat upang pumayag ulit itong pakasalan siya kahit pa umabot sa puntong naghahabol na siya rito. Subalit ang matigas at determinadong si Cassandra ay ayaw ng magpadala sa kahit anong mga sinasabi at mga ipinapangako ng lalake. Patuloy niyang tinataboy si Dylan sa kabilang ng lahat ng pagmamakaawa nito. Tuluyan kayang mababawi ni Dylan si Cassandra kahit lingid sa kaalaman nito na ang asawang kaniyang hiniwalayan ay maraming tinatago tungkol sa kaniyang pagkatao?

“I will agree to whatever you want, Ms. Aragon. I will give you a million, but in return, you'll be my mistress and partner in bed...” Hindi kaagad nakahuma si Lalaine sa sinabing iyon ng lalaki. Paano mangyayari ang gusto nitong maging kabit siya gayong kasal sila? “P-Pero kasal tayo, hindi ba?” naguguluhang tanong naman ni Lalaine na may munting kirot sa puso. “Sa papel lang tayo kasal, Ms. Aragon,” sagot naman ni Knives na bakas ang iritasyon sa tinig. “Hindi ko na uulitin ang tanong. Ano ang sagot mo?” malamig pa tanong sa babae. Dahil wala nang pagpipilian pa ay sumagot si Lalaine kahit labag sa kanyang kalooban, “S-Sige, pumapayag ako...” Si Knives Dawson, ang pinakamayamang businessman sa buong Luzon ay palihim na ikinasal sa isang ulilang dalaga na si Lalaine Aragon. Napilitan lang na magpakasal ang dalawa sa isa't-isa dahil sa kagustuhan ng kanilang mga minamahal na lola. May mamagitan kayang pagmamahal sa dalawang taong langit at lupa ang agwat ng katayuan sa buhay? Paano kapag nalaman ni Lalaine na mahal pa pala ng lalaki ang first love nito at nakatakda nang magpakasal ang dalawa. Ipaglalaban ba niya ang kanyang karapatan bilang asawa gayong alam niyang walang pagmamahal si Knives para sa kan'ya?

On the day of my wedding to Elliot Wendell, a fake heiress committed suicide. In the second year of our marriage, we ended up enemies. He hated me, the true heiress, for returning and causing Celeste Dent’s death. I hated him for loving the woman who had taken my place as an heiress for twenty years. During the ten years of our marriage, we fought each other with vicious words and wished for the other to die. Then, there was an earthquake, and he shielded me beneath him. He protected me with his back. The building collapsed, and he ended up a mangled and bloody corpse. As he lay dying, he whispered into my ear, “If I had known that she would die, I would’ve never taken you home.” “If we ever meet again, it would be better if I were your only family.” In the end, I still died in the secondary quakes. When I opened my eyes again, I found that I had gone back in time. It was the day when he brought me to the Dent family to regain my rightful place among them. Elliot suddenly changed his mind and said, “Samantha, I was wrong. You’re not the daughter the Dent family lost twenty years ago.”

Joel Gleason, my childhood sweetheart and fiancé, promised he'd marry no one but me. But then, to help Jenny Swisher, my adoptive sister, get through her depression, he secretly married her. I didn't hesitate for a second before agreeing to marry Conrad Lennon, Jasselton's most untouchable heir, who'd been in love with me for years. After seven years of marriage, he still spoiled me rotten. He clung to me every night like he couldn't get enough. And there was nothing he wouldn't do for me. I really thought I'd found happiness at last. But one day, after we'd slept together, I heard him talking to his best friend. "Jenny's an international best actress now. When are you dumping Jean?" "It doesn't matter. I wouldn't end up with the person I love either way. Besides, I have to keep an eye on Jean. I can't let her ruin all the happiness Jenny worked so hard for." I booted up the computer in Conrad's study and stumbled upon a hidden folder. Inside were over 100,000 photos of Jenny, plus 100 unsent love letters. I'd been fooling myself long enough. It was time to wake up. I got myself a fake body and got ready to start a fire. That was it. Conrad and I were done for good.

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.

It had been ten years, and Ethan—my mate—and I still didn’t have a pup. One day, he suggested we adopt one from the Werewolf Orphan Charity Agency. “My mate,” he said gently, “pregnancy is too hard for you. You’d have to go through so many checkups and herbs. Your wolf shouldn’t have to suffer like that.” When others heard this, they all said Ethan loved me deeply—that he couldn’t bear to see me in pain. But I saw the truth with my own eyes. He took an infant pup from another she-wolf. “Luckily, Mia isn’t pregnant,” he said. “That way, the excuse of adopting an infant works—and the pup can have a legitimate status in my clan.” I knew that she-wolf well. The same one Ethan used to call a “stupid omega.” Swallowing the bitterness in my heart, I called my mentor at the Werewolf Research Academy. “I want to devote myself to herb research,” I said calmly. Three days from now, during the pup’s first New Moon blessing, I’ll fake my death in a fire. No one will be able to stop me.

How cruel a world is when you're being forced on marrying someone you avoided after getting cheated on from someone you thought was the one? Can they be compatible? Will they be able to reconnect? :)

Dahil sa pagpapakalat niya ng exposed photo ng dalawang lalaking naghahalikan, nauwi ito sa kasalan. Si Isobel Ituraldez, pasaway na anak at tagapagmana ng Raldez Corporation, ay kilala sa pagiging rebelde at sanhi ng stress ng kanyang ama. Samantalang si Alejandro Talleno, CEO ng Cagel Talleno Logistics, ay hinahangaan ng maraming babae. Ngunit dahil sa iskandalong kumalat, naapektuhan ang kanyang reputasyon. Isang gabi, aksidenteng nagkita sila sa hotel. Pareho silang lasing at nagkatapat. Kinausap siya nito tungkol sa iskandalo, ipinaliwanag na biro lamang iyon kasama ang kaibigan niyang lalaki. Imbes humingi ng tawad, iginiit ni Isobel na bakla siya dahil sa malambot nitong kilos. Dala ng kalasingan, hinamon niya itong halikan at buntisin siya kung tunay na lalaki ito. Sa kaguluhan, natumba sila at nagpatong ang katawan. Hindi napigilan ni Alejandro ang sarili, hinawakan nito ang bewang para pigilan tumayo. Sisigaw sana ito ng bakla nang hinalikan niya ito at nauwi sa pagtatalik. Nagising si Isobel, nagmamadaling umalis. Ngunit naalala ng binata ang lahat at nagkaroon ng interes na hanapin siya. Paulit-ulit niya itong pinuntahan sa kompanya, ngunit iniiwasan siya nito. Kaya tinarget niya ang ama nito, nag-alok ng suporta sa naluluging negosyo kapalit ng kasal nila. Mabilis na napapayag si Mr. Ituraldez dahil din sa atraso ng anak. Matapos ang kasal, nawalan ng kapangyarihan si Isobel. Sa gabi, ginagapang siya ni Alejandro at unti-unti ring bumigay sa romansa nito. Ngunit natuklasan niya na planado lahat, mula sa iskandalo. Ang kaibigan niya ay ispiya pala ni Alejandro upang makakuha ng personal na impormasyon sa pamilya nila. Ito ay bahagi ng paghihiganti dahil may kinalaman ang ama niya sa pagkamatay ng mga magulang ni Alejandro. Si Isobel ang naging target niya para sirain, pero sa huli nahulog siya rito. Pipiliin ba niya ang plano ng paghihiganti o ang tunay na damdamin?

Mapili si Patrick Santiban sa babae. Dapat may breeding, mahinhin, etiquette, hindi malakas tatawa, hindi magaslaw, elegante at lalong hindi easy to get. Tumama naman s'ya sa huli. Ngunit sa lahat ng ayaw n'ya ay ang pagiging hindi easy to get lang ang nakuha ng dalagang si Inday. Si Melanie, o mas kilala sa palayaw na Inday. S'ya ng gusto ng mga magulang ni Patrick para maging asawa nito. Niligtas ng magulang ni Inday ang ina ni Patrick mula sa kamatayan, at halos mag buwis ng buhay ang magulang n'ya. Sa galak at awa narin sa dalawang matanda ay inalok sila ng magulang ni Patrick, at iyon nga ay ang nakatakdang pag pa-pakasal sa dalaga upang mabigyan ito nang magandang kinabukasan ng kanilang anak. Masagana sa lahat ng bagay ang binata. Ngunit mahirap itong pakisamahan, malupit ito lalo na sa taong hindi niya gusto. Baon ang pangarap, pangaral at ang tatlong legendary panty n'ya na pinag lumaan na ng panahon. Gagawin ni Inday ang makakaya n'ya para pakisamahan si Patrick, na kahit butas-butas man ang panty n'ya at wala ng garter. Sinisiguro niya na mai-inlove parin sakaniya si Mr. Patrick Santiban.

Siya ay isang Pilipinang psychiatrist, naniniwala na ang mga karamdaman sa pag-iisip ay pangunahing sanhi ng mga biyolohikal at henetikong pagkakamali. Ngunit, ipinagpaliban niya ang kanyang karera upang magsilbing pansamantalang CEO ng Del Fuego Industries. Pero paano kung ang lalaking kanyang binu-bully noon ay muling lumitaw at nag-aalok ng kanyang tulong? Tatanggapin ba niya ito, o pipiliin niyang balewalain ito?