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My wife's gym is celebrating its grand opening, and I drag my buddy along to check the place out with a 9.90-dollar trial class I bought through an e-commerce platform. For the entire time, I never once let it slip that I'm the owner. Right after we finish training, a male coach tosses a price sheet at us. His eyes sweep over us with contempt as he says, "You two look like freeloaders. Our private sessions cost a few hundred each, and we don't offer freebies to people like you." I let out a disbelieving laugh. "We paid for this trial class. How is that freeloading? Go get your manager." He rolls his eyes and makes it seem like he's enforcing a very important rule. "Don't bother looking for the manager. My girlfriend owns this place, and she hates broke losers who try to get free classes." He dials her number right in front of us. His voice sounds both arrogant and pitiful. "Babe, two guys showed up and tried to con us into giving them a free class. They even told me to call the manager. Come over here and show them what's what!"

Kristen Sterling bounces back after a rough past, landing a job where she reunites with the CEO, Marcus Everhart, who once rescued her. Things get wild when they attend an engagement party, only for Kristen to realize it's her ex and best friend tying the knot. Marcus offers her a marriage deal to shield her from her troubling ex, suggesting to turn their fake marriage into a revenge plot, giving Kristen a chance to face her past.

"Ava, now!" Virin's voice sliced through the suffocating darkness, sharp and urgent. My body moved before my mind could catch up, legs burning as I sprinted toward the van where Kyra and Priti waited, their faces pale with terror. "Run! Faster, Ava!" Priti's frantic scream tore through the night, her fists slamming the steering wheel as if sheer willpower could propel me forward. My lungs screamed for air, my legs trembled with exhaustion, but I couldn't stop-not when freedom was just ten steps away. Ten. Nine. Eight- "Ava!" His voice cut through the chaos, low and venomous, freezing me mid-stride. It wasn't a command. It was a threat-a promise of destruction. "If you don't stop right now, I'll kill everyone who dares to stand between us!" The weight of his words coiled around me like chains, choking the air from my lungs. I knew he didn't bluff. I knew what he was capable of. "Not now, Ava! Run!" Virin's desperate voice shattered my paralysis as his grip yanked me forward, dragging me the final agonizing steps to the van. We tumbled inside, slamming the doors shut. For a fleeting moment, I dared to look back. There he stood, his figure looming in the distance, chest heaving with fury. His dark eyes burned with a rage that made my stomach twist. Slowly, he raised a finger, pointing at me. "You are mine," he growled, stabbing the same finger into his chest. Over my dead body. ***** Ava's life once seemed perfect-best friends, a family she adored, and a love that felt like destiny. But perfection shatters. Caught between two men-one who sparks a fire she can't extinguish, and another who offers solace laced with shadows- Ava is thrust into a web of secrets, lies, and dangerous temptations.

Lilianna was the daughter of a successful businessman, their life was perfect but there's one thing in Lilianna's life that she's been longing for. A mother. Her mother died in a car accident when she was young. Her dad did his best to raise her alone and provide her all the love a father could give. Finally her dad found someone who would love them or so they thought. Alejandro Fray Eleazar was a billionaire who once indebted his life to Lilianna's father. The time came when a news came to him, Lilianna's father's sudden passing and all of his company suddenly went bankrupt. He knows that there's something wrong going on, he wants to pay back Lilianna's father by igniting their company and saving all the properties that've been left to Lilianna. When her stepmother was notified that Alejandro wants to help she proposes a deal to Alejandro saying that in order to strengthen the company he must marry her daughter. Lilianna's stepsister, but in all of their shock Alejandro declined saying that he will only marry Lilianna and if not he will not be helping their company from bankruptcy. Alejandro takes this chance to claim Lilianna and stop her from avoiding him, because ever since something happened to them two years ago from that bar, Lilianna was doing her best not to cross paths with Alejandro. Thinking that what happened to them was a mistake because Alejandro was his father's friend. But Alejandro was determined to make Lilianna his, even the big difference of their age doesn't stop Alejandro. From him paying Lilianna's father back and making Lilianna his wife, he feels like he's hitting two birds with one stone.

No quinto ano do meu casamento com Caetano Targino, veio à tona o escândalo: a amante que ele escondia num hotel, Isadora Travassos, foi exposta pra todo mundo ver. Pra evitar que ela ficasse marcada como “a outra”, Caetano apareceu com os papéis do divórcio: — O Prof. Travassos me ajudou muito no passado. No leito de morte, ele me pediu pra cuidar da Isadora. Agora que isso veio à público... eu não posso virar as costas. Durante todos esses anos, Isadora sempre foi a prioridade do Caetano. Na vida passada, quando ouvi isso, perdi o controle. Gritei, chorei, me recusei a assinar. Caí numa depressão profunda. Caetano, acreditando num comentário da Isadora “Aurélia não parece doente”, achou que eu estava fingindo. Que era tudo joguinho emocional, chantagem. Então armou uma história de traição minha... e entrou com pedido de divórcio. Só aí, entendi que eu nunca fui páreo pra dívida de gratidão que ele tinha com o pai dela. E, desesperada, acabei tirando minha própria vida. Quando abri os olhos de novo, não hesitei um segundo. Assinei o divórcio.

"Ganyan ka ba talaga kadesperada, Airith? Pati kapatid ko ay pipikutin mo para lang guminhawa ang buhay mo? Pera lang ba talaga ang habol mo sa isang lalaki?" Iyan ang katagang dumurog sa puso ni Airith sa muli niyang pagbabalik sa bahay ng pamilya Vergara, lalo pa't nagmula mismo ang mga salitang iyon sa dati niyang asawang si Sebastian. Anak ng pinakamayamang negosyante sa kanilang syudad si Airith Almazan, pero inilihim niya ang pagkakakilanlan niya sa pamilya Vergara. Kaakibat ng kontrata nilang kasal ni Sebastian ay itrinato lang siya sa pamamahay ng pamilya nito na higit pa sa isang katulong sa loob ng isang taon, hindi bilang isang manugang. Hindi lang iyon, napagdesisyunan pa ni Sebastian na makipaghiwalay sa kanya sa parehong araw na ibabalita niya sana rito ang tungkol sa kanyang pagbubuntis. Makalipas ang dalawang taon, isang araw ay ipinadukot siya ni Stephen, ang nakatatandang kapatid ni Sebastian. Humingi ito ng tulong sa kanya at inalukan siya nito ng isang pekeng kasal upang tuluyan na nitong manahin ang kumpanya at maisalba sa nagbabadyang pagbagsak. Nalaman niya mula rito na mayroong makapangyarihang tao ang umaatake sa kumpanya ng pamilya Vergara kaya ito nalagay sa ganoong sitwasyon. Saka niya lang din nalaman na kagagawan pala mismo iyon ng kanyang ama, upang kaparusahan sa pang-aapi sa kanya ng pamilya Vergara noon. Sa kagustuhang ayusin ang ginawa ng kanyang ama, napagdesisyunan niya na tulungan si Stephen. Kasama ito ay muli siyang nagbalik sa bahay ng pamilya Vergara. Kalaunan, ang akala niyang pekeng kasal nila ni Stephen ay unti-unti na palang nagiging totoo kasabay ng unti-unting pagkahulog ng kanyang loob dito.

Do you believe that opposite attracts each other? Meet the bitchiest girl in town, Devyn Amelie Corazon. She is a mess, rule breaker, and doesn't give a damn on everything. She hates everyone, except a one guy. Cosmo Klaus Buenaventura is the perfect example of a perfectionist. He wants everything to go on his way so he's working hard for every thing that he wants. Including his dreams and goals. Destiny played its part on their life, they met, they fell in love, and they fall apart, and who knows if love will conquer the hatred that they feel towards each other? Will they be just a once in a lifetime in each other's life or will they spend the rest of their life in each other's arms?

Luxy Galledo is happily engaged to one of the well-known real estate businessmen. It was only an arrangement but she was willing for he has a good reputation. That was what she thought, not until she found out how playboy that man is. One dinner night, a photo of a girl and her fiancé in bed came to her, instead of the man. That made her entertain the handsome waiter flirting with her that night while she was waiting for her date. They got drunk and she even gave herself to the handsome stranger waiter that night. And that’s how everything was ruined, including the reputation that she was maintaining. Soon, she found herself running away and falling in love with her knight in shining armor, Bron. Little does she know, Bron was not just a handsome waiter she met on a one-night stand.

My son is severely allergic to pollen, and because of his rare blood type, he must receive a specific desensitization injection at a bigger hospital in a different state. To make that happen, I deliberately booked the same flight as my wife just so our son could get help as soon as possible. But she insists on waiting for her late-arriving first love, refusing to let the plane take off. When I confront her, she says, "All passengers are equal. If the plane can wait for you, why can't it wait for him? Cam still needs to celebrate Josie's birthday. It's just ten minutes. Nothing will happen!" However, by the time we arrive at the hospital, the doctor tells us we missed the critical window for treatment. We were just ten minutes too late. Our son has now become a vegetable.

My father abandoned me and took away my mother.I experienced q lot of things while growing up but it never stops me to become a successful person because I am hoping that one day he will give my mother back. Until that day came a letter from my father telling me to be ready because in two months I will marry a guy he wanted me to in exchange of being with my mother. I just wish that this man will protect and love me despite my past.