Hard-hitting

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have no sense of taste? Everything just tastes so bland. You do not know what is sweet, sour, salty, or bitter. You won't enjoy eating food. Aisha Fortunatus knows that the life she always wanted will not always remain in dreamland. She only wants to live life and taste the experience to the utmost. Pero paano nga ba niya matitikman ang buhay kung isinilang siya sa mundo na walang panlasa? No one knows her secret aside from her family and close friends, and they want it to remain secret even in the afterlife. Yet, even if she doesn't have the sense of taste at all. With her hard work and perseverance, she is known as famous Chef Aisha. The most in-demand chef and people admired her excellent cooking skills. She believes that as long as she is still living. In no time, she will taste the love on her lips.

Louise Nimby De Jesus is living her life to the fullest even without wealth on her side. She has her Best Bud Mnebane, Her mother, and her best friend Bleatish. But the day where her birthdate arrives, blowing candles and a little cooked food, her mother had a heart attack, a house mortgage, and a debt her father had before he dies. Having a hard time getting money to sustain her mother’s heart operation and to pay all the debts her dead father has. That is when Hyrous happen, Bleatish Offered her a job by marrying Hyrous Valleur her best friend's fiance.

MJ grew up in a poor family, no matter how hard life was. She pushes to finish her study. She decided to have a part-time job, and even do her classmate's project. Janna is her friend who helps her to work in a CEO's house where the sufferings begin.

I'm Odelia, a woman 'maldita' to fall in love with a waiter macho dancer in a bar. Masakit man na iwanan niya ako noon. nalaman ko pang, hindi lang ako ang babae sa buhay niya. I will regret too late, Hindi ako makakapayag na ang lalaking iniwan ako. Mapa-sa inyo, Akin lang siya, hindi siya sa iba. Mahirap ba akong mahalin? At, lahat ng taong minamahal ko iniiwan lang ako. Who am I? Is it hard to love me, my loved ones leave me? — Iniwan mo ako. Iniwan kita. Mahal mo ako, minahal mo na siya, mahal ka niya, mahal kita. Hindi ako nakabalik, hindi mo na ako nahintay. I'm yours. You are hers. You're mine! You choose, Me or Her? She or Am I? — Copyright 2017 © Xyrielle All Rights Reserved No Copy Stories No Plagiarism Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

A disguised ordinary student, Gemini Leah Pelatrosa, was made to work or to obey her father. Living a nasty life was hard to repel but she had no choice. She thought that someone couldn't stop her from being egregiously bad, not until a man who can manipulate everyone, even her, came into her life. A man with a strong sense of wisdom and a man who can control her crashed into her life. What will that man do if Gemini dug deeper about his true personality and pure intention? "It's a matter of life and death, I will never surrender you until I lose my breath."

SHE NEEDED help, and Ivan's father help her in times of need. But, there's a condition, that completely changes her life, no — their lives. Ivan doesn't want to marry her in the first place, and so he did everything to make her life miserable as his life. But, did he succeed? Or, he made it worst case for him, too? Can love make everything fall for it's place? Or, it will just make it hard for them? "You can't decide for my life, Ivan. Never again." "I can't? Oh, but, I already did. You can never change that, Celine. You are once mine. And will be mine again. By hook, or by crook. Always remember that, Love.

Growing up poor, Francesca Ynes Gomez really knows the importance of hard work and perseverance. Lumaki siya sa paniniwala na lahat ng minimithi niya sa buhay ay makukuha niya basta’y magsipag lamang siya at magtiyaga. Ngunit binalewala niya ang prinsipyong ito ng tanggapin niya ang alok na magpanggap bilang ibang tao, bilang fiancee ng isang playboy. Upang magawa ang misyong iyon ay kailangan niyang pakisamahan sa iisang bubong si Damon Dela Rue, ang eredero ng isa sa pinakamayamang angkan sa bansa. Ang magarbong mansiyon nito ang magiging entablado niya sa mga pagpapanggap at mga kasinungalingang pikit mata niyang isasagawa. Magtagumpay kaya siya? Sapat na kayang dahilan ang kayabangan at pagiging babaero ni Damon upang maprotektahan niya ang kaniyang puso mula rito? Subalit ano ang gagawin niya kung mahulog siya sa lalaking mapapangasawa ng babaeng pinagpapanggapan mo bilang ikaw? Kaya mo bang isuko ang lahat kahit kapalit naman nito ang kapakanan ng iyong mga mahal sa buhay? Ng dahil sa bunga ng kanilang pagmamahalan ay mapipilitan si Francesca na balikan ang mga taong matagal niya ng binaon sa nakaraan. Sa muli niyang pakikipagsapalaran ay may matutuklasan siyang magdudugtong sa kaniya sa mga taong kaniyang kinamumuhian. Handa na ba ang puso niyang magpatawad at...muling balikan ang lalaking minamahal?

WARNING: MATURE CONTENT! I never should have applied for a job to the Cromwell's Corporation–because the only available position is to become his fake wife... James Ethan Cromwell a half British-Filipino billionaire. Tall, dark and handsome, not to mention his oozing sex appeal. He had an appearance that was tightly restrained, dominating air, and a smoldering stare that instantly made me shiver. His absence of humor is the only aspect that sucks worse than his attitude. But to be honest. Sadly, he's also the one who could save my mother's failing health. So, when he offered me the chance to work with him; to pretend as his fake wife, I accepted it. Besides, it's only a couple of days during his family's visit. It's not like I'm in danger of falling in love with the most notorious bachelor in town. But at the end, I eat my own words–ended up falling so hard for him.

With her heart-shaped face, Argentine eyes, sweltering lips, and gorgeous body, Ryza Reyes was branded as the most Seductress Supermodel of all time. Men fall at her feet, but she never catches any of them. Tired of being in the spotlight, she went to the Philippines to escape and found herself at La Roché - the all-in-one private Hotel where her unexpected "sexcapade" begins. ***** Ruther Ford had only three important things in his life. His friends, his mother, and the wealth that anyone was trying so hard to own. He got everything in life. Money. Wealth. And his private Hotel called La Roché. Women will do everything to get his attention or even just a minute of his precious time. But no woman had ever succeeded in doing so... except for one. Ryza Reyes - the world-renowned seductress who was drunken herself to the fullest as if that was her last shot. He was not supposed to like her. He was not supposed to lust over her. But what Ruther didn't see coming was falling in love with a woman who has a scandalous scandal with his soon-to-be-married half-brother after another scandal with his cousin's husband. He had a lot of things in his mind. A lot of plans, and he had no time for distraction even if that distraction was peacefully sleeping beside him underneath his blanket nothing but her birthday suit. But fate has a very twisted humor and things don't usually go according to his plan. So when things go south with the seductress Ryza Reyes, he knows he's in trouble. And that trouble started with his private room, in his very own private hotel - La Roché. “Welcome to La Roché, where anyone's most depraved desire and ‘sexcapade’ begins."

EL JEFE #1: MY COLD-HEARTED BOSS [LACHLAN VILLAFLORES] Cyra Clementine Madrigal is an independent woman. Even at a young age, she worked hard to educate herself. However, after she graduated, she faced a devastating blow. She was desperate to find a job as her sibling was still studying, and her mother was ill. Despite her heartless employer's mistreatment, she persevered. Like everyone else, she is not a robot; she gets tired and hurt too. How will Lachlan Harick Villaflores make amends with the secretary he desired, especially now that she has finally broken free from him? How can he do it now that she has realized the extent of his actions?