It Was Good While It Lasted Novels & Stories

Lahat ay ginawa na ni Raquel para mahalin siya ng kaniyang asawa subalit wala itong ginawa kung hindi ipadama sa kaniya na hindi siya mahal ng lalaki. Nagpakaalipin siya para lang makuha ang inaasam na pagmamahal mula sa asawa subalit sarado ang puso nito para sa kaniya hanggang isang araw ay nagising na lamang si Raquel na pagod na. Pagod na siyang mahalin ito, intindihin, at magtiis sa paulit-ulit na pagtataksil kaya't nang alukin siya nito ng paghihiwalay ay kaagad naman niyang tinanggap. Umuwi si Raquel sa kanilang probinsya dala ang balitang buntis siya sa asawa at pinangakong hindi na babalik. Ikinagulat ng lahat ang bigla na lamang pagsunod ng kaniyang asawa na nagsusumamong tanggapin niya ito at siya naman ngayon ang hinahabol-habol ng bilyonaryo niyang asawa.

“Alam mo ba kung gaano mo nilagay sa kapahamakan ang sarili mo the moment you stepped into my house? It means that you are now under my possession and when I say you’re mine, you’re mine. No one can take you away from me, you have no right against your own body because that is mine too Glory, there’s no turning back!” Ralph Romualdez. Iyon na ang itinatak ni Ralph kay Glory, sa simula pa lamang ng relasyon nila ngunit ayaw ni Glory sa ganong klase ng pagmamahal dahil naranasan niya na iyon sa dating asawa na si Enrico Villanueva. Nakaka trauma, nakakatakot, nakakalungkot. Iyon ang palaging nararamdaman ni Glory kaya ginawa niya ang lahat ng paraan na magagawa niya makalaya lamang mula sa malupit na asawa, nagtagumpay siyang makipag divorce dito ngunit kung kailan handa na siyang magmahal ulit ng iba ay bigla namang sumulpot si Ralph na siyang nagpapabalik ng trauma kay Glory, lahat ay ginawa niya maiwasan lamang ang manliligaw na si Ralph ngunit paano kung isang trahedya ang maganap at kung kailan mahal niya na ito ay bigla pa itong makalimot? Maaalala pa kaya ni Ralph ang pagmamahal at panunuyo niya kay Glory? At matanggap niya pa kaya ang naiwan niyang kambal na anak dito?

Paano kung ang dating hinahabol ay siya na ang naghahabol? Ganito ang sitwasyon ni Alissa Mercado o Ali, isang training manager. Head over heels siya kay Leighton Correa, ang basista ng bandang Poison Ivy. Naging mapusok siya sa binata na may nangyari sa kanila nang dalawang beses. Huminto ang kanyang obsesyon nang nagtapat siya sa binata at siya'y ni-reject. Dito tuluyang tumigil ang kanyang kahibangan at sinabing itigil na ang kanilang ugnayan. Sa kanyang pagsisimula, nagdadalang-tao ito. Dahil sa nangyari, tinago niya ito kay Leighton at hindi na nagpakita. Tila mapaglaro ang tadhana. Nagkrus ang landas nila anim na taon nang nakalipas. Ang dating hinabol ay siya na ang naghahabol. Makuha kaya ni Leighton ang puso ni Ali na tinawag niyang bagyo sa kanyang nirvana?

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.

For a cold-hearted assassin like Kael Nikolich, Lyn Azarte is an angel who doesn't deserve to be in his hellish world. That's why he changed for the better to fit in her world. Pero kung kailan kuntento na siya sa simpleng buhay kasama si Lyn ay iniwan siya nito. He was so desperate of doing all possible ways to keep her. She may be an obssessed stalker but the fuck he cares? That's how he wanted to have her and their hidden child! But will the mafia's true love for Lyn be enough to risk their lives for the second time around? Or will he choose to finally let her go with Kino Han "Khan" Tuts III, the man that she loves, in order to protect her and their child forever?

One night mistake leads to the drastic change of Sheika's life. Dahil hindi pa siya handa maging ina, pinaiwan niya muna ang kanyang anak sa bahay-ampunan. Nobody knows her secret. Two years later, she flew back to Manila to find a stable job which can support her financially. Her only one thing is to get Israel back into her arms. Until one day, she met the stranger she had one-night stand with, Hans Estrabo—the most popular and most successful bachelor in her time. Can they recognize each other if two years has passed? Malalaman kaya ni Hans na nagkaanak siya kay Sheika? Will the baby be the key to reconcile the broken hearts in the past?

Mary Anne Monferrer was a rebellious daughter of the sinking empire facing bankruptcy which was the Monferrer Hotels. She lived a cruel life with her family, and was treated like an outcast. Her parents were heartless, and wanted her to taste their wrath as they blamed her in the death of their favorite daughter. She was forced to be sold, and was soon to be the sixth wife of Señor Adolfo Gutuangco, an old pervert man that used his power as a Billionaire to taste and impregnate every virgin woman that he wanted. Her parents wanted her to be their scapegoat just to save themselves and their sinking empire in the scandal and bankruptcy. She didn’t agree with what her manipulative parents wanted. They should be the one who needed to deal with their own dilemma. With that, she ran away from hell, and let herself be drunk in Arum to forget her miseries and pain in the family. She even shamelessly seduced a stranger that caught her attention, and asked to have sex. However, the heated one-night stand Mary Anne shared with the hot stranger would make accidentally pregnant with his babies. And little did she know that her world turned upside down, because the man that devirginized her was Daxton Delvecchio, a Multi-Billionaire that had a dark secret for being a Mafia Boss.

Dominica Falcon, a Senator's rebellious daughter, wants to identify who should trust or not in a world full of cruelty and torture. And meeting Alesandro Estevan, the blue-eyed hot devil in human form made it more intense for her to live the life she always wanted... no rules, no limit. And crying to be release is the only choice to be free.

Life is a deep darkpit, but it's still beautiful. Mazarina is the luckiest when Aeron, the son and heir of one of the wealthiest family in the world, marries her. But little did she know, behind Aeron’s pretty facade is a dark secret—nakatago ang pangit at nakahihindik na nakaraan. The ghost from Aeron’s past is the reason for Mazarina to fear and leave him—with their unborn child. Arin swears not to go near the Griffins ever again. But fate seems not to care about her plans. Seven years later, their paths crossed again when Aeron had an accident and Arin became his doctor. Desperate to win his wife-that-got-away, Aeron swears to do everything just to make a different ending to their story—and pretending to have an amnesia is his way to get close to the sexy neurologist—the only woman who can mend his lonely heart. Will Aeron be successful? Will Arin let him in to her heart? But what about her son who often looks for his father?

Isang gabi kapalit ng malaking halaga. Ang kaniyang virginity kapalit ng pera na makatulong sa kanilang pamilya. Isang mabuting anak at isang bilyonaryo na naliligaw ang landas.