Novel & Cerita I Walked With Heroes

Liora Nyssa Cortez gave everything... her time, her heart, her trust for the people she loved, but one lie destroyed it all. Branded a bully for something she didn't do, she was left humiliated, betrayed, and abandoned by the very friends she once called family. The most painful part was Thorne Lucien Silva, the boy she loved deeply, didn't speak. He didn't ask for the truth. He didn't stay. He walked away like she never mattered. Seven years later, Liora is no longer the fragile girl they broke. She is stronger, fiercer, and successful on her own terms. Just when she thought she had finally moved on, fate pulls them back into each other's lives. Thorne is now a famous idol. Liora is the girl he once ruined. And the past still lingers, waiting to be faced.

"The humiliation and pain she gets from someone she trusted the most, would she continue to despise him or would she find herself in the hands of a deception again?" There's only one thing that Castidy regretted, and that was trusting and surrendering herself to someone she didn't think would trample her dignity as a woman. Feeling ashamed, she walked away from everything and now after years the broken pieces of her got fixed with the help of her new beginning; her son. However the worst thing happened, she again met the man that made her feel that she was a high class prostitute four years ago, but in her new world where she's just an ordinary person and cannot match the wealth of his ex-boyfriend, how can she escape from him when he finally discovers what she has been hiding for a long time? ⚠️ WARNING: MATURE CONTENT

Sa mundo ng matataas na lipunan, si Elena Dela Vega ay isang mahalagang piraso lamang sa laro ng kapangyarihan. Nakatakdang ikasal sa mapagmataas na si Julian Monteverde upang pagbuklurin ang dalawang higanteng imperyo, ang buhay ni Elena ay isang gintong kulungan—hanggang sa gabing nagtagpo ang kanilang mga landas ni Dante Valez. Si Dante, na kilala sa underworld bilang ang "Shadow," ay isang mersenaryong binuo ng galit at mga pilat ng nakaraan. Ang kanilang engkwentro ay hindi lamang isang pagkakataon, kundi ang simula ng isang marahas na obsesyong babago sa kanilang tadhana. Marahas na kinuha ni Dante si Elena bago ang kasal, hindi upang iligtas, kundi upang angkinin. Sa kuta ng Shadow, naranasan ni Elena ang bagsik at init ng isang lalaking hindi kumikilala sa batas. Doon, ang takot ni Elena ay unti-unting naging isang masidhing pagnanasa na hindi niya matakasan.

Sa gitna ng milyun-milyong makukulay na ilaw at nakabibinging ingay ng malaking siyudad, magtatagpo ang dalawang pusong parehong nagtatago sa sarili nilang dilim. Si Chrisha, isang mahusay na chef na sugatan, ay lumipat sa Maynila bitbit ang mga piraso ng kaniyang nadurog na puso matapos ang isang masakit na pagkabigo sa pag-ibig. Ang kaniyang tanging hiling ay ang makapagsimula muli, patunayan ang kaniyang sarili, at lunurin ang mga alaala ng kahapon sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang hilig sa pagluluto. Ngunit sa isang gabi ng matinding pangungulila, dinala siya ng kaniyang mga paa sa isang high-end bar kung saan ang isang basong inumin ay naging mitsa ng kaniyang kapangahasan. Doon, sa ilalim ng malamlam na lila at gintong neon lights, sinalo siya ng isang makapangyarihang estranghero. Si Wesley Mendez—isang bilyonaryo at striktong CEO na sanay na nakukuha ang lahat ng kaniyang gusto. Ang isang gabi ng purong apoy at mapusok na pagnanasa na walang mga pangalan ay mag-iiwan ng malalim na marka. Sa pagtakas ni Chrisha, mag-iiwan siya ng isang galit at determinadong lalaki na gagawin ang lahat mahanap lang siya. Ang hindi nila alam, ang tadhana ay may mas matinding laro dahil ang estrangherong kaniyang tinakasan ay ang mismong bilyonaryong kaniyang paglilingkuran.

​In the high-stakes theater of the Philippine legal elite, Danah Elise Laureano was the ultimate masterpiece—a woman sculpted by expectations, bound by a golden engagement, and destined for a throne of power. Every breath she took was calculated; every move she made was a victory for her family’s legacy. Alongside her fiancé, the formidable Adrian Villareal, she was half of a dynasty that the world deemed untouchable. ​But perfection is a fragile glass, and it only takes one stone to shatter an empire. ​That stone was Lucas Salazar. ​The rebel. The rival. The man who dared to seize the crown she was born to wear. When the Bar Exam results were etched in stone, the world didn't see Danah Elise at the summit. They saw him. And in the wake of her "failure," the pristine mask of the Laureano heiress began to crack, revealing a woman suffocating under the weight of her own name.

"We will never come back here next summer. We won't." Kuya Dusk's voice sounded with finality. I heard my brothers sighed heavily. They both kissed me in my forehead, and the next thing I knew, my vision were blocked by darkness. I am to reckless for giving trust. I am a foolish when I gave love. It's all absurd, but I did all that. For him, for the man I thought of never gonna hurt me. I want to forget you. I hope I could wake up tomorrow with no worries, tomorrow that I will no longer remember you, Trevor. I wish I could forget how I gave my whole stupid heart to you.

“I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride!” The moment I closed my eyes for that first kiss, I suddenly remembered how I fantasized about marrying Lucas Sandoval. I recalled when I aimed to have a complete and a happy family and how willing I am to spend a lifetime with him. I felt a tear fell from my eyes as I felt his lips against mine, as I have realized that I just rather want to die right now in front of everyone than to live with him. Before, I was dying just to be with him. Now, I am literally dying for being with him. I dreamt about walking down the aisle to be with my love. Now, I just want to run away from him and never come back. I once prayed to be part of his life. Now I am— his battered wife.

"I thought I was invisible to him. Turns out, I was the only one he saw." Messiah Avenido—my cold, arrogant, and impossibly gorgeous neighbor. He’s the kind of guy who never spares me a glance, always pushing me toward his mischievous brothers as if I didn’t matter. I hate him. I hate his piercing stare. I hate his annoying indifference. I hate the way his presence makes my heart race. But despite it all… I love him. And just when I finally decided to let him go, and when I thought I had already found someone who could truly love me—Messiah turned around. This time, he chased me. This time, he refused to let me slip away. And before I knew it… I was no longer free. Because to Messiah Avenido, I wasn’t just the girl next door. I was his.

The silo is about to confront what’s written in the history, remaking and repainting the old one, with an endless soul that keeps on coming back to the same path they walked through. Talia Carmela lost her husband. She became so dull and lifeless, as if grey is the only shade that is existing. However, the alluring Lexus Payne – an irresistibly compelling and impenetrable ex-boyfriend of her during their law school years appears in her life right in time. It took her less than a minute for her soul to recognize him. Her life takes a thrill and terrifying turn of events, remembering all those moments she had with him. What Talia doesn’t realize is that the closer she gets to him, the more she couldn’t refuse and resist his presence. But sometimes we have to lose some of the dearest thing we have and make a room to unfold things right. But that endless ‘sometimes’ can be an opportunity to expand the kind of life that were always meant for us. Could love become sweeter in the second time around? Or staying-out of their lives will do good? The tides and lows of destiny will still inevitably comes to the right one, to the endless soul that awaits.

One day I thought I'd be lose again. “Kaya pa ba? Napapagod na ako.” Eternity finding how I'm going to face billionaire's enemy. What should I do? To run again and do nothing? I thought the same day passed by it would enemy's victory. Running and accepting that in every fight I would lose. Luckily, for the second time I'm not the 'vanquish' I used to be. “I'll fight, that I'm the billionaire's wife." — Velier Traizy Prenco The Billionaire's Wife