Fruits In The Basket

(Series 2, Seven Families) Si Candice ay isang bagong guro sa orphanage, ngunit hindi niya inaasahan na magbabago ang takbo ng kanyang buhay when she witnesses a crime, a kidnapping na dahilan na mapunta siya sa Police station upang maging witnessed. But an unexpected twist happened, hindi niya inaasahan na magiging girlfriend siya ni Kaizer Monravon, in a fake relationship. Hindi alam ni Candice na isa sa heir ng seven Families si Kaizer, seven powerful mafia families, sworn enemies of her own father. Desperate for a taste of freedom away from her father's control, Candia assumes a false identity as Candice Lopez. Habang tumatagal ang fake relationship niya at ni Candice, hindi niya inaasahan na ang matigas at walang nararamdaman niyang puso ay unti-unting nagkakaroon ng nararamdaman kay Kaizer, hanggang tuluyan siyang mahulog dito. Alam niyang may mahal na iba ang lalaki. At hindi siya nito mamahalin, lalo na kapag malalaman nito ang katotohanan kung sino siya. Candia Ice Salvistri, the ruthless cold assasin, as everyone had known her in the black underground. Mamahalin ba siya ni Kaizer kung malalaman ang totoo kung sino siya?

I was the sole front desk clerk at a haunted hotel. Welcoming players, checking in on the bosses’ quarters, and slacking off a bit were all part of the job. At least, that was what I thought. It turned out my days were far from ordinary. A blood-drenched little girl in a tattered red dress kept ringing the service bell. Her eerie voice echoed, “Miss, why didn’t you come play with me?” A creepy black cat with glowing eyes wouldn’t stop meowing and rubbing against my legs. And then there was the old woman with claws like knives, cheerfully knitting me a sweater… out of players’ skin. One day, I took a day off to care for my sick mother. That was my biggest mistake. The entire game instance erupted in chaos. Bosses interrogated players, demanding to know where their precious front desk clerk had gone. “Did she abandon us? Is she never coming back?” I ran. They chased. But no matter how fast I fled, their grip on me only tightened. In the end, escape wasn’t an option.

My father's adopted daughter was only locked in the cramped storage closet for around fifteen minutes, yet he punished me by tying me up and throwing me inside. He even sealed off the ventilation with towels. "As Wendy's older sister, if you can't take care of her, then you should also experience how scared she was," he declared coldly. He knew I was claustrophobic, but my desperate pleas for mercy, my terror, were met with nothing but heartless reprimands. "Let this be a lesson on how to be a good sister." As the last sliver of light disappeared, swallowed by the oppressive darkness, I struggled helplessly. A week passed before my father finally remembered my existence and decided it was time to end my punishment. "Let's hope this week served as a good lesson for you, Jennifer. If this happens again, you will no longer be allowed in this house." He would never know that I had already taken my last breath in that suffocating room. My body had begun to rot in the darkness.

"You either walk away now," Aiden said, his voice sharp and cutting, "or you stay and deal with the consequences." Tristan's chest tightened as he met Aiden's gaze, the challenge blazing in his dark eyes. Every instinct told him to run, to leave before things spiraled out of control, but his feet wouldn’t move. “What’s it gonna be, Tristan?” Aiden’s voice was low, almost taunting. “Because if you stay, there’s no turning back. You won’t just be here. You'll be mine. Every inch of you, every breath, every thought... mine!" ...... Even before they became stepbrothers, Aiden and Tristan had never been on good terms, not since high school. Tristan couldn’t have imagined that the arrogant guy he despised—the same one he hated with passion—would one day become his stepbrother, a fact he refused to acknowledge. But after a drunken night led to an accidental , something shifted in Aiden. He began to see Tristan differently, from an angle far removed from brotherhood. It enraged him. He fought to keep hating him, to remind himself how wrong it was. Yet, the harder he tried, the more he missed him. The more he wanted him.

Knock Knock “Boss?” “Come in.” Pagkatapos ng pahintulot, agad na bumukas ang pinto ng opisina. “Narito na po ang mga dokumentong kailangan ninyo.” “Dalhin mo rito,” utos ng lalaki. Nag-aatubili ang sekretarya na lumapit—marahil dahil naroon pa ang ina ng kanyang boss at ayaw niyang makisali sa usapan. Maingat na lumapit ang dalagang may maayos na tindig, at iniabot ang mga dokumento sa presidente ng kompanya na nakaupo sa kanyang upuan. Ngunit sa halip na kunin ang folder, hinawakan ng lalaki ang kamay niya at hinila siya paupo sa kanyang kandungan Nanlaki ang mata ng babae, nanigas sa gulat, at hindi makapagsalita. “Lorien! Anong ginagawa mo sa kanya?!” Napabalikwas ng tayo ang ina ng lalaki sa labis na pagkagulat. “Mula ngayon, hindi mo na kailangang uminom ng pills. Gusto na ng mama ko ng apo.” “Ano???” Nagulat si Madame Hazel sa narinig mula sa anak.

"I was naive and grateful. Happy that I had a place I could call home, but I was wrong. He was surrounded by evil and too blind to see it. I had to pay the ultimate price for his blindness..." Willow.*************** Willow Brooks learned a hard lesson that she wasn't meant to recover from. Framed for murder and executed for it. She was given a second chance to rectify her mistakes, save lives and change the outcome of events. The catch was she had only one year to fail or succeed; if she failed, both she and her wolf would be damned forever, never to be reborn. The other problem that loomed in her mind was if she succeeds, will she live beyond the year?

She is a to die for beauty, twenty-seven years without a husband or boyfriend, her first love who she never got to make hers is the only man she has ever learned to love and was it. People have been calling her a spinster unknowingly o her. And the first day someone calls it to her face, it was him, the most wanted bachelor in the country. But no one knows him, he is a mysterious man known worldwide but no one knows his real identity. Her rock-hard heart skips when she hears his voice for the first time, “You are mine for tonight, spinster Kira” “Then you will be my boyfriend, I am no spinster.”

Isang doktor na nahulog sa kanyang pasyente. Dinakip at sapilitang inalok ng kasal. Makatatakas pa kaya s’ya? ***** Unang araw ni Claire sa Hope Psychiatric Hospital bilang isang sikayatris nang nakawan s’ya ng halik ng kanyang pasuway na pasyente. Ang buong akala n'ya ay kaya n’yang tulungan ang pasyente sa Room 213. Ngunit nagkakamali pala s’ya dahil ang lalaki ay higit pa pala sa pagiging isang hamak na pasyente lamang. “Si—Sino ka ba talaga..” Isang ngisi ang umusbong sa mapulang labi ng lalaki habang pinagmamasdan ang nakagapos na si Claire. “Me? I’m your patient, remember?” Dahan-dahang lumapit ang lalaki sa kinakabahang doktora. “And I need you as my medicine to cure this crazy obsession of mine.”

Mula pagkabata ay pangarap na ni Princess ang maging isang modelo. Sa taglay niyang tangkad at ganda ay hindi siya nahirapang abutin iyon. Naging maganda ang kanyang modeling career maging sa local at international kaya naman masaya siya sa tinatakbo ng kanyang buhay. Ngunit isang balita ang biglang babago. Ipapakasal siya ng kanyang magulang sa isang lalaking hindi man lang niya kilala. Siya ay si Ethan Rodriguez. Gwapo, matangkad at malakas ang sex appeal lalo na sa mga babae. Sa unang pagkikita pa lamang nila ay may kakaiba ng namamagitan sa pagitan nilang dalawa. Noong una ay napagkasunduan nila na magkunwari na masaya sa pagsasama bilang mag-asawa. Hahanap ng tiyempo at kukumbinsihin ang kani-kanilang magulang na palayain ang isa’t isa s dahil hindi sila masaya sa company ng bawat isa. Magagawa pa ba nilang ituloy ang plano nilang paghihiwalay kung tuluyan ng nahulog ang loob nila sa isa’t isa? O aamin sila sa tunay na nararamdaman nila upang itama ang pagsasama nilang nasimulan?

Simula pagkabata ay lihim ng minamahal ni Marycole si Rowan Martinez. Ngunit hindi ito makita ng binata, kahit na magpapansin siya dito ay dedma lang ang beauty niya. Hanggang sa sumapit ang debut niya at hiniling sa lalaki na maging last dance niya ngunit binigo siya nito. Mula noon ay iniwasan na niya ito dahil tanggap niya na kahit kailan ay hindi siya nito magugustuhan. Hanggang sa nagtungo siya ng ibang bansa upang tanggapin ang opportunity na maging isang sikat na modelo. Paano kung may pagkakataon na matupad ang matagal na niyang inaasam na pagibig? Susugal kaya si Marycole kung alam niyang simula noon ay hindi niya maaangkin ang puso nito. Paano niya paninindigan ang nakatago niyang pagmamahal sa lalaki kung araw-araw niya ito makakasama at makikita? Paano kung lingid sa kaalaman niya ay pareho silang may damdamin sa isa't -isa? Mananatili kaya nilang maitatago ang siyang sinisigaw ng kanilang puso? How does Marycole Barraca keep from Rowan Martinez that she is Secretly in love with him from a long time?