First Maharlika

"Can I kiss you?" All it took were these four simple words and Jamie threw all common sense to the wind. It was just a kiss. A kiss shared at a college party without thought. And this kiss just had to be the thing to turn Jamie's life upside down but maybe that flip was all his life ever needed. ~ Jamie Martin has always been tied to his mother's wishes without question. After his father walked out on them when Jamie and his sisters were very young, his mother became mentally unstable. He doesn't want his mother to harm herself but always playing the "good kid" has him feeling suffocated. Trying to keep college, friends and his good relationship with his family, he is torn between sticking to his mom's wishes as always or giving in to the freedom, love and comfort that is Higan Parker.

She is Nadia Zariyah Helquino, born poor. Every coin is important to her saving is important to her. She had high dreams in life, but unfortunately she could not fulfill them because of the difficulties of life. But she believes that poor people like her still have value in this world. How many times has she dreamed of how happy she lived in a rich family. As the poverty of Nadia's world continues, she will meet someone who will change her life. He is Carrion Xavien Tadio, owner of a famous shoes company, with Carrion's wealth he can buy everything and do what he wants. There are many differences between the two, in other words, Carrion is rich and Nadia is poor. The worlds of the two will meet, they will fall in love, they will exchange sweet words but just like love stories, the two of them will not be end up together. Did they really know each other before entering into a relationship? Or they already know each other well but fate voluntarily separated them, because at that time they were destined to separate and when they met again, their love that was once separated would continue. Or maybe because of the trauma of the first time they broke up, Nadia will suddenly think that maybe she can't really afford the expensive love of him.

" I....I don't have anything else left with me, except my heart with love." She said crying her heart out with a pained expression in her black orbs. Staring at her vulnerable state, I went near her pulling her into my embrace and hugging her tightly preventing her from crumbling into pieces. Tears well up in my eyes too, but I blinked back squeezing my eyes shut. I didn't lie to her saying that everything will be okay and false promises that everything will be better. I stood there hugging her that would say enough for her that I'm there for her no matter what! Athena is a broken girl with only the memories of the horrible past which she hides it from everyone. She always smiles to heal her broken heart. Liam Knight is one hell of a successful and ruthless billionaire who owns Knight Industries. No one stands when it comes to business. To him, love means nothing but a trash and has no sympathy or kindness towards anyone. But she changes him at first sight. What happens when Athena is appointed as the Personal Secretary of Liam in which Liam tends to find the mystery about her that catches him off-guard. Will he protect her with all his life? Content/Trigger Warning: this story contains sexual content and deals explicitly with sexual assault and violence.

Bridget was born out of a teen mistake of her mother and her mother in the process of proving that she was not a failure put a tight leash on her and wanted her to be perfect no matter what. Bridget was kept from the outside world and the first time she would step outside, she also made the same mistake as her mother as she ended up getting pregnant for Mike, her neighborhood friend when she got admitted to the university. She couldn’t contact him and had to live with her cross as her mother abandoned her and baby ended up dead. She became a neurosurgeon after ten years and her past came rolling into her life as she crossed path with her mother and Mike, who was still interested in her. Will she be able to forgive them? Will she let Mike back in her life?

"Let's get divorced." Layla said quietly but firmly. She couldn't take it anymore. Her marriage with Nate has been a facade, constructed solely to fulfill her father's dying wish. Even though Layla used to think she could his heart through time, she finally gave it up seeing his ex-girlfriend coming back. She should be the one to stand beside Nate. After all, she has always been the one in his heart. That's why Nate never laid his hand on her throughout their entire marriage, wasn't it? Layla was a girl with dignity. If Nate didn't show any interest in her, she didn't want to be the wrong person to occupy him, even if it hurt to let go. However, why didn't Nate just accept it and move on? Seeing the divorce paper, he said to Layla coldly, "as long as the paper is not signed, you are still my wife and no other man can lay his hands on you."

Pinangarap ni Celeste na magkaro'n ng kapatid, pero dahil biyuda na ang kaniyang ina ay hanggang pangarap na lamang iyon. Isang araw ay may ipinakilala sa kaniyang lalaki, ito ay si Alexander ang boyfriend ng kaniyang mommy at dahil sabi nila ay hindi na sila bumabata pa kaya napagdesisyon na nilang magpakasal agad. Samantala hiniling ng kaniyang Tito Alex na ro'n tumira sa mansyon nito. No'ng una ay nag-alangan si Celeste, subalit ng sabihin sa kaniya na ipapakilala ang kaniyang magiging kapatid ay gano'n na lang ang pananabik ni Celeste, kaya agad itong pumayag. Ang akalang masayang paninirahan ni Celeste ay nag kamali lang pala, dahil simula ng makilala niya ang kaniyang Step-Brother ay naging magulo ang kaniyang mundo, lalo na ng mapaibig siya rito. "Damnt it Celeste your mine ONLY MINE" at sabay sunggab nito ng halik.

'Hindi kasalanan ng anak ang kasalanan ng magulang. At hindi lahat ng kasalanan ng magulang ay kailangan akuin ng isang anak.' Mula pagkabata, namulat na si Carl Angelo sa dinanas na hirap ng kapatid niyang si Caren dahil sa kagagawan ng isang baliw na lalaki. Nasaksihan niya ang paghihirap ng kapatid dulot ng hindi karaniwang sakit nito. Masakit at mahirap makitang nasa ganoong kalagayan ang kanyang kapatid at habang lumalaki siya ay may namumuong galit at paghihiganti sa puso niya sa taong gumawa noon sa kanyang Ate Caren. Hanggang sa lumipas ang mga taon at dumating sa buhay niya ang isang babaeng kayang palabasin ang lahat ng nakatagong emosyon sa loob niya. Sa unang beses na masulyapan pa lang niya ang magandang mukha ng dalaga ay nagawa nitong buhayin ang lahat-lahat sa kanya kasama na doon ang nasa pagitan ng kanyang mga hita. At doon pa lang ay itinatak na niya sa kanyang puso't isipan na pagmamay-ari niya ang babaeng nagngangalang Vanessa Joy Gayla. Pero paano kung dumating ang panahon na malaman niyang ang babaeng kinahuhumalingan niya ay anak pala ng taong kanyang kinasusuklaman? Paano niya maisasakatuparan ang paghihiganting nabuo sa kanyang isipan? Isang magandang pagkakataon na para maging sandata niya ang dalaga laban sa ama nito. Pero kaya nga ba niyang gamitin ang dalaga na sa simula pa lang ay walang ng ibang ginawa kun'di ang mahalin at pagsilbihan siya? Kaya ba niyang saktan ang babaeng nagmamay-ari na ng puso, isipan at katawan niya? Matuto pa rin kaya siyang magpatawad kung alam niyang habambuhay na nagdudusa ang kapatid niya dahil sa kagagawan ng ama nito? Alin ang pipiliin niya? Pagmamahal o paghihiganti?

Sometimes you need to give up on people not because you don't care but because they don't. Samantha Corrine Dela Vega - She has the life everyone was dreaming of. Money, fame beauty, she got everything. She is sweet and vulnerable, very friendly and kind. Loved and sheltered, she grow up with two over protective brothers. She is pampered. She gets everything that she wants but she remained gentle and charming. With her enchanting beauty, men easily captivated. But there's one man detached and indifferent and doesn't seem to care at all. One of her brother's billionaire friend, the famous Agricultural Engineer and part time professor, Knight Wharton Sarmiento. He's always irked and irritated by her presence. She was ignored, forsaken and deserted, but that doesn't stop her from pursuing him. Knight Wharton is the only man she admired and she will do everything to get him. Even if it means being broken hearted and left devastated in the end.

Since childhood, Erish is the one Angela loved dearly and her dream came true when he proposed to her on their last day of graduation. A few years later, the wedding finally took place and she became his wife. By marrying him, she felt like she had achieved everything. Her love story is just like a dream. Now she needs nothing from her god. However, soon she realized everything was her illusion… The man she's married to is not the same one whom she fell in love with. He is not Erish but his identical twin brother Eric. He is the one who married her. And this realization hit her hard. Her world was destroyed and she felt betrayed by her own second family. Now, what would she do? Will she leave him or forgive him? Can she fall in love with her husband after knowing his identity? What would be her response when she came to know Eric always loved her? Even before she knew what true love is!

"Every one action led to undesirable future, where outcomes were always vague, that was always the consequences." When Paul Simons lost his childhood friend during the last days of September, he was devasted and put himself in great grief. Wishing to wake up from the nightmarish, horrible reality of September, hoping to meet Serina Green again that died due to an odd case of suicide, The case itself was suspected to be a murder by Paul, and it further flames the anger on his heart. Drowned by agony and anger, Paul woke up another day only to realize he came back to the first week of September, where both Serina and him promised to have a concert at the September Ends, which will happen at the end of the month. Determine to fix the tragedic future, and to find the one who is responsible, he prepares himself to investigate the town before September Ends, but, Is the town and the incident as simple as it seems? Is the knowledge about the future is enough? Venture as the suspense of the lurking mystery was surfacing in the town, what did happen to the horrible tragedy of September Ends, what was the cause, who is the culprit. September End was a story mixed with romance, music, and thrill, every chapter will make you question; What really did happen? what lies around the fog of town, its dark secrets, and finally, The lurking shadow that was needed to get caught until it kills the one you love.