Hither Thither Staff

After helping my husband build his business from the ground up, I settled into life as a full-time housewife. When our daughter's tenth birthday approached, I planned to host a grand celebration for her. I booked a party that cost 2 thousand dollars per table. But when I swiped my card at the hotel, the staff gave me a strange look. "Mrs. Richmond, this card doesn't even have fifty dollars in it to charge." Flushed with embarrassment, I went home to confront my husband. He wore an apologetic expression. "Lately, the company's been competing for contracts. The new government official is insatiably greedy, and I've had to spend a lot under the table to smooth things over. Once the funds turn around, I'll make sure our daughter gets the grand birthday she deserves." I gave him a gentle, understanding smile—but as soon as I turned away, I began tallying our assets. Because that so-called "new government official" was none other than my father. And in his office, there hadn't been any bids or contracts at all. Now I intended to find out exactly where my husband had spent all our money.

May isang araw na lang si Iris Celeste Delgado para bayaran ang utang ng kanyang ama—kapag hindi, mareremata ang tanging tahanan nila. Bilang isang utility staff, wala siyang sapat na pera, kaya sa isang desperadong hakbang, pumayag siyang ibenta ang kanyang pagkabirhen sa isang matandang mayamang kliyente. Ngunit nagkamali siya ng silid. Pagkagising, hindi matanda ang nasa tabi niya—kundi si Alexander Corañez Jr.: ang gwapong, tahimik, at misteryosong CEO ng kumpanyang pinagtatrabahuhan niya. At sa halip na kalimutan ang nangyari, inalok siya nito ng isang kasunduan—isang pekeng kasal. Walang emosyon. Walang tanong. Pero may isang kondisyon: Bawal siyang mapalapit sa kahit sinong lalaki... maliban kay Alexander. Habang pinipilit niyang itago ang damdamin, hindi niya alam na ang lalaking ito ay hindi lang basta umaarte. Dahil para kay Alexander—lahat ng ito ay totoo. At sa pagbabalik ng ex nitong si Brigitte, magagawa pa ba ni Iris na panindigan ang kasunduan—kahit posible siyang masaktan?

After my husband picked up his secretary and our son, they went into the hotel for a business meeting. Photos of them were trending online. I gave him a call to ask him about it, but he hung up on me impatiently. “I’m meeting a client. Obviously, we’re meeting at the hotel! Can you stop being unreasonable?” I was busy contacting IT support to retract the trending topics. Two hours later, I received a call from the emergency department of the hospital. When I reached the hospital, my son was already dead. In his hand, he was still holding a staff ID tag. The secretary’s name was on the tag. I broke down crying. My husband, Zac Davis, had blocked my number so I could not reach him. After I completed the hospital procedures, Zac finally returned my call. He sounded very angry and impatient, “Did you fetch our son? Why didn’t you inform me? Don’t you know that we’re all waiting for him to pass us the agreement? Just send the document over now!” After that, he immediately hung up and blocked my number again. I stared at the notification on my phone and sneered. I was going to snatch your clients and force you into a dead end!

I worked for a restaurant, and our boss loved making empty promises about giving us restaurant shares. The boss said we would start with zero shares, but we could earn 0.01% for every two hours of overtime, covering someone else’s work or saving the restaurant 1,000 bucks. I suggested she write this down in an official document and have someone track it properly. She just smiled and told everyone to work harder. She never actually put it in writing. The experienced staff did not believe her, but one prep cook took it seriously. At the end of the year, he went to the boss to claim his shares. The boss said, “Sorry, the head chef told me there’s no official document, so it doesn’t count. You can’t claim any shares.” The prep cook worked hard all year and got nothing for it, so he took his anger out on me. The day before I was going home for the New Year, he killed me with a knife. “If you hadn’t said it doesn’t count without an official document, this whole restaurant would’ve been mine!” I lay in a pool of blood. When I opened my eyes, I was back to the day the boss first made those empty promises.

My mother, Mariana Heimann, has terminal cancer. She wants me to get married before she dies. It takes 57 days of me pleading with my boyfriend, Hayden Weatherford, before he finally agrees to marry me. On the day we agreed to register our marriage, he's a no-show even after the city hall staff have clocked off from work. At the same time, Hayden's childhood friend, Scarlett Needham, shows off a photo of her and Hayden holding up their marriage certificate. It's captioned, "Time sure flies. In another week, we'll have been married for two months." It dawns on me that Hayden and Scarlett were married on the day I first begged him to marry me. I receive a message from Hayden on my phone. He apologizes, "Scarlett's family members were forcing her into marriage, Lucy. I couldn't stand by and watch her suffer, pressured into marrying a stranger. We'll get divorced in a week, after which you and I can get married." … One week later, I send Hayden a message as he waits for me in front of the city hall, dressed in a suit. "We'll never meet again, Hayden."

Kasabay ng pagkamatay ng kasintahan ni Catalina na si Dominic ay ang pagkatuklas niya sa totoong pagkatao nito. He's not the simple office staff that she thought he was. He's the underboss of the Blackstone Organization, an organization led by his eldest brother, Apollo. Dahil sa relasyon niya kay Dominic ay biglang nalagay sa panganib ang kanyang buhay, lalo na nang matuklasan ng organisasyon ang tungkol sa kanya at sa pagdadalang-tao niya. It's not just her life that's in danger, but as well as her unborn child's. It was when Apollo decided to get her against her will for her safety. As the mafia don, it would be easy for Apollo to protect her. But it got more complicated. Their rival was after her and her unborn child. At iisa lang ang nakikitang paraan ni Apollo para mas mapanatili siyang ligtas---iyon ay ang pakasalan siya. As the mafia don's wife, she will be untouchable. Paano pa maibabalik ni Catalina sa dating tahimik ang buhay niya? At paano na lang kapag natuklasan ni Apollo ang lihim tungkol sa pinagbubuntis niya? Will she find a way to escape their dark world? Or will she be forever trapped as Apollo's obsession?

Kasih yang kini hanya jadi seorang office girl di tempat Vania---kakaknya yang supercerdas bekerja, selalu dipandang remeh oleh keluarga karena terlahir dengan kemampuan rata-rata. Bahkan Vania tak mau jika orang kantor mengetahui jika mereka itu adik kakak. Staff kantoran dengan seorang OG itu beda kasta, itu menurutnya. Namun pada akhirnya dapat membungkam semua nyinyiran untuknya. Pertemuannya dengan Evan---seorang tukang ojek online, yang awalnya dipandang hina oleh keluarga, pada akhirnya dapat membungkam semua nyinyiran mereka. Evander Gasendra tak lain adalah putra dari Dierja Gasendra---pemilik perusahaan di mana Vania bekerja. Karena sebuah masalah keluarga, Evan memutuskan untuk keluar dari rumah dan memilih sendiri jalan hidupnya. Hingga akhirnya Kasih dan Evan bersepakat untuk menikah. Dalam pernikahan suci itu terdapat perjanjian, jika misi mereka sudah tercapai maka mereka bisa memutuskan untuk berpisah. Namun rupanya, cinta itu tumbuh dalam hati Kasih lebih awal. Tepat pada tiga bulan pernikahan mereka, perjanjian itu harus diakhiri. Akankah perpisahan itu terjadi? keduanya menemukan kebahagiaan setelah semuanya berakhir?

Simula nang isinilang si Mhelcah ay kadiliman na ang nakikita niya. Paano kapag nakilala niya ang lalaking dahilan ng pagbilis ng tibok ng kanyang puso? Paano niya ito tatanggapin sa buhay niya kong hindi niya ito nakikita. Kaya bang magmahal ng isang bulag? Sa isang lalaking misteryoso para sa kanya. Kilalang masugit, arogante at walang puso si Simon Blake. Sa edad niya ay masasabing isa siya sa mga pinakabata at pinaka matagumpay na businessman sa buong bansa. Kilala siya hindi lang sa Pilipinas kundi sa iba pang panig ng mundo. Ngunit mailap ito sa camera tanging mga staff lang niya sa kumpanya ang nakakakita sa kanya. Isa siya sa kambal na anak ng mag-asawang Luke at Caye. Simula noong bata siya ay napaka tahimik at napakaseryoso niya. Masasabing may pagkamisteryoso ito. Ano ang mangyayari kapag tumibok na ang puso ng isang misteryosong lalaki? Kaya ba niyang ipakita ang tunay niyang pagkatao sa taong mahal niya? Paano ipaglalaban ang pag-ibig na puno ng kasinungalingan?

I sighed again. "I understand. I'm sorry for using the tone I used before." I ran a hand through my hair in frustration. "Why didnt you tell me about your problem on day one? I would have spoken louder. I wou-" She shook her head. "That's not necessary." "Why isn't it?" "T-t-there's something about your voice," she stammered nervously as she gently tugged at her fingers. "My voice?" She nodded again. "It's hard to ignore." "I don't understand where you're going with this." "Your voice," she looked down as a light blush stained her cheeks, "is the only voice that I can hear perfectly." ~ Alexia Dawson is a partially deaf woman who struggles to fit in with the other staff at her workplace. Being heterochromic as well, she is the main target for gossip and this makes her very insecure. One night, she is humiliated during a party by one of her coworkers and leaves the building in tears. In the parking lot, she meets a stranger who listens to her troubles and this man later turns out to be the boss' son who happens to be taking over the company the following week! As these two come together in this beautiful romance, a jealous younger brother and ex fiancée get thrown into the mix! What will become of this pair of lovers?

On the day we receive our bonus, one of the staff members of the finance department gives me 500 dollars worth of vouchers for the fast food restaurant downstairs. He tells me that my wife, Jillian Dunn, who is also the company's president, specifically ordered him to do so. In utter disbelief, I seek out Jillian and question her. "Didn't we agree that whoever secures the project will get a 50,000-dollar bonus? Stop messing around! I still need to pay for Freya's cochlear implant!" "I'm not messing around with you," Jillian answers seriously. "These vouchers can last you for a whole month. I wouldn't even give them to you if you were anyone else. "Money is tight right now at the company. Besides, Freya has been deaf for more than a decade now. She can survive being deaf for another decade." The next day, Jillian gives one of the interns a sports car that's worth 50,000 dollars. I look at the photo she uploads of her and the intern grinning widely as they sit in the car and give it a like. Jillian must assume that everything is proceeding smoothly since she has signed the contract. However, she misses the additional condition that's printed on the last page of the contract. I dial her rival's number, asking, "Ms. Swan, are you interested in Project Charlie?"