How To Pronounce Devour

"How much do you want?" Pagkakuwa'y saad ko. Kay bilis niyang napalingon sa akin muli ay masama niya akong tinignan. "Hindi ako mukhang pera!" I scoffed again. "Hindi nga ba? E, anong pinunta mo rito? 'Di ba sabi mo hindi ka papayag na 'di ko panagutan ang virginity mo? Kung ayaw mo ng pera what the hell are you here for? Nag-iskandalo ka pa talaga." Napangisi ako ng magkaroon ng idea. Puno ng panghuhusga ko siyang tinitigan. "Oh, don't tell me you want me to marry you instead because I was your first?" Nakita ko ang guilt sa mga mata niya. Hindi siya muling nakapagsalita. "And you thought just because nakuha ko virginity mo I am oblige to marry you? Oo nga naman! Kung pakakasalan kita mas malaki nga makukuha mo dala dala mo pa ang apelyido kong Montefalco." Bahagya akong natawa sa isipin. "You're just hallucinating Ms. Suarez! You're not even an inch to the woman I love."

She's too young to know the meaning of love and to fall in love, they say. But Victoria Abbel Stanislaksi knew better. She believes that sooner rather than later, Trevor Dmitri will like her back as long as she shows how persistent she can be, but that was what she thought. After loving him for 10 years, she got hurt and tired of feeling disregarded. Kahit anong paraan ang gawin niya, hindi siya mapansin-pansin ni Trevor Dmitri. Who wouldn't? Despite being handsome and famous, he is snob and a man of few words. However, Victoria as weird as she is, a guy like Trevor Dmitri, makes her turn on, sexually speaking. Not until something happened. She woke up in Trevor Dmitri's room wearing nothing but her birthday suit. At kung kailan niya napagpasyahan na lumayo sa binata, doon naman nagpapakita ng interest sa kanya si Trevor at nagpapatibok muli sa puso niya. He's like a calculus subject to Victoria, hard to understand, but she's willing to take it despite the growing tension between them while discovering the truth behind Trevor's aloofness towards her. Truth hurts, but can she take it all?

Trisha was sold by her own mother to a billionaire. She has to please the billionaire for one night for fifty thousand pesos. At a young age she was forced to do things she should have never known. Her mother taught her how to seduce men. But she's still young, that's why she doesn't lose her fear, but she does everything to do the things her mother taught her. Luke is a billionaire who is willing to squander money on frivolous things. He thought of buying a woman who would make him happy for one night. But he was shocked to see the woman who would make him happy. An angel-like and very innocent girl was in his bed who didn't seem to know what to do. As soon as he saw it, he felt pity. He knows she don't like what she's doing. That's why he talked to her deeply and offered something that would change the girl's life. To be his wife. He bought Trisha forever from her mother for ten million pesos. And that's where the love between Luke and Trisha begins. Can they be happy if there are many obstacles in their love? What will Trisha have against Luke's parents if they find out that she was just bought like a cheap thing by Luke?

Hi, I'm Lauren Agustin. Seventeen years old and I lived by myself. My parents were killed right in front of me. Pero hindi ko nakita kung sino ang taong pumatay sa kanila dahil bulag ako. After my parents' death, my eyes miraculously healed. However, I started to have a vision of people's death. And then I met Luke. A guy whose death was also seen in my vision. I told him about my vision of his death but he didn't believe me. Although Luke mistook me as a crazy girl, I still tried every possible way to help him to avoid his death. Luke didn't die because of me, and later on, we developed a special feeling for each other although we sometimes bickered because he doesn't believe in me. Ginamit ko ang kakayahang ito para bigyan ng babala at mailigtas ang taong makikita ko sa aking pangitain na siyang susunod na mamamatay. Ngunit sino nga bang tao ang maniniwala sa aking mga sinasabi na hindi ako pag-iisipang nababaliw? How did I have this mysterious ability? And will I be able to find my parents' real murderer?

Bettina Alvarez is a loving wife, beautiful and independent. Ginawa niya ang lahat para matugunan ang pagiging mabuting Asawa. She loves her husband more than anything, siya ang buhay niya. But how can she stand in her feet when her ground is slowly shattering in pieces. Gumuho ang lahat ng pagmamahal na iyon nang malaman niyang may nauna sa sinasabi niyang sakanya lang. Ang pinakamasakit pa ay may labing isang taon itong anak na mas matanda pa sa relasyon nila. She thought it's okay, ayos lang at kaya naman niya iyong tanggapin. She just needs his explanation, saying that it was a mistake, na hindi sinasadya ng asawa niyang makabuntis noon. She can accept it. Pero tila nabasag na baso ang lahat ng malaman niyang peke lamang ang kasal nila. All that happened in their wedding ten years ago flashed in bettina's memory like a recorded film, his beautiful smile na lalong nagpapatibok sa puso niya. That beautiful smile, na ngayon ay hindi na siya sigurado kung para sakanya ngang talaga.

LOVE COMES IN UNEXPECTED WAYS. SOMETIMES EVEN WE FALL IN LOVE WITH A WRONG PERSON IN A RIGHT TIME AND VICE VERSA WE FALL IN LOVE WITH A RIGHT PERSON BUT IN A WRONG TIME. IN THE NAME OF LOVE, WHAT YOU WILL DO TO FIGHT FOR YOUR LOVE? HOW YOU WILL FIGHT FOR A LOVE THAT IT'S NOT YOURS? ARE YOU READY TO FACE THE CONSEQUENCES THAT IT MAY CAUSE? WHEN THE TRUTH PREVAILS, ARE YOU ABLE STEP FORWARD AGAIN AFTER THE STORMY SEASON? She is Leonora Lopez, the only daughter of Veronica Lopez and Fernando Lopez. They are one of the richest family in Madrid, Spain. And they are Roman Catholic. They have everything in life. But her father wants her to marry his best friend that about the same as his ages. She can't resist the will of his father even her mother can't do anything about it. She's the young woman who will become the billionaire's wife but she will fall in love with their private lawyer from the Philippines. They will have a intimate affair. But the midnight that she's with her lover, Aries Dale, her husband passed away. The fruit of their relationship, Theodora Aries, never say a word since she was born but the doctor says that there's nothing wrong with her. But the question is, where is Aries Dale now? After they parted their ways that dawn she never heard anything from him anymore.

Astrid once believed in 'happy ending' until Nich, her ex-husband and now a succesful businessman, broke her heart and left it in pieces with their annulment paper. It has been three years but she still hates him. Paano ba naman simula nang maghiwalay sila ay puro kamalasan na ang nangyayari sa buhay niya. Matagal na sana niyang tanggap ang lahat, not until a lawyer comes and gives her a key of condo unit. At dahil pinapaalis na siya ng landlady sa apartment na tinutuluyan she accepted the unit without knowing that her ex-husband will be her freaking housemate. It's a total disaster at first, but with Nich's presence she can't help falling in love with him again. Trying to get rid of her feelings she tries to date her childhood friend but how will she ever move on when all Nich does is make her fall in love even more. She knows that her feeling is not enough to forget the pain she had been through, but what if she discovers something that can change her made up mind? Will she ever withstand living with her jerk ex-husband? Or will she leave him just like he did years ago?

Ayon kay Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher, be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you—na siyang isinasabuhay ko. I only have my mother and my two friends, Charlynn and Reisha. My mother works for Charlynn's family. We are not really poor and definitely we're also not rich but we're living comfortably. Nevertheless, I am contented with my life. But, after meeting the man that I like, I started to dream for more. I started to ask for more just to equal his riches even though I know for sure that it was impossible. Life is meaningful. Full of life lessons, full of challenges, and battles that you need to surpass. Pero no'ng nawala sa akin si Mama, iyon ang hindi ko kinaya. Sinisi ko sa lahat ang pagkawala niya. Nagtanim ako ng galit sa pamilya na tinuturing kong pangalawa kong pamilya. And he was there, just accepting my madness. But, what if everything that I believed was all a lie? Paano kung lahat ng sinisi ko, maling tao? Would I be able to get to his life again? Or our memory will remain just like how we first met? Dark.

Isang duguan at walang malay na lalaki ang sinaklolohan ni Lalaine. When he regained consciousness from a coma, the man did not remember what had happened. Ni hindi nito maalala ang sariling pangalan. Ayon sa doktor na sumuri sa estrangherong lalaki, nagkaroon ito ng temporary amnesia. Dahil walang pagkakakilanlan, napilitan si Lalaine na kupkupin ang lalaki. Sa pagkupkop ni Lalaine sa lalaki na binigyan niya ng pangalang Lukas, naging palagay ang loob nila sa isa't isa na 'di naglaon ay nauwi rin sa pagmamahalan. Subalit isang umaga ay bigla na lang itong naglaho na parang bula. Labis na pighati ang idinulot nito kay Lalaine kaya ninais niyang lumuwas ng Maynila para hanapin ang lalaking minamahal. Pero paano niya mahahanap si Lukas gayong hindi niya alam tunay na pangalan nito? Until fate itself brought Lalaine to the man she loved. But how will she deal with the man when he turns out to be a powerful person in society? Will she be able to love someone who feels like she is trapped in his dangerous elysium?

[Action-romance story] For over 20 years, Eiress never experienced having a family. All her childhood days were spent in training. She mastered all forms of combat and became a huntress, hunting people for her father's own benefit. She was dissatisfied and wanted to leave, but an unexpected event occurred during her last mission. A mysterious man tricked her into drinking a medicine that increased her lust and prevented her from completing her task. That night, she unintentionally grabbed someone to help her cope with the pill’s effects, but it was the same man. She was claimed by that man and became pregnant. A day had passed, and a good chance presented itself to her. She finally escaped her previous life and left everything behind. Eiress lived a normal life and got to be a different person. Happiness and peaceful life is all that she needs. She had never felt such a strong feeling as she did when she became a mother, but danger was always after her. She’s willing to do everything to protect her child, even if it means turning back into her old life. How is she going to manage raising a child while fighting a threat? What if her path crosses with that man again, will the man support her or take advantage of her? Let’s figure it out.