Jess Mariano

“Be my wife.” Lucia looked at him, questioning his sanity. “You're out of your mind.I don't even know you ”. Lucas Mariano's voice was icy, his gaze unreadable. “You need help.Your sister requires care.I can help you both.You have quite the image so I'm sure you'll need it. It's transactional-nothing more.”He finished. Once the rising star in the ballet world, Lucia Moretti's life is shaken after a brutal divorce and a terrible fire that leaves her and her sister homeless. Now, with her dreams buried,her heart is guarded and her main focus is keeping both herself and her sister alive. Enter Lucas-Merciless, cold and sinfully compelling.He offers a contract marriage which comes with everything Lucia needs but at a cost she doesn't understand…yet. What started as a formality quickly grows into something far more twisted when her ex-husband,Matt-lucas’s best friend-returns, determined to have her again. “You got married to Lucas?” Matt snarled,fury dripping from his voice. “Is this your revenge?” He continued icily. No, Lucia said without emotion. “This is survival.” As sparks fly and secrets come to light, Lucia Finds herself torn between a past that nearly broke her and a man who might shatter her in a brand new way. In a world of socialites, betrayal and fake love, Lucia must ask herself: Is she the puppet or the one holding the strings?

Pertemuan dengan cinta pertama, begitu membara dan panas. Pertama kali mata bertemu mata, da gairah yang mendesir membuat desakan demi desakan untuk menyentuh kian intens. Jiwa muda yang membara, membuat Angela kian nekat menggejar cinta Edward. Perbedaan 20 tahun itu tidak menghalangi Angela sedikitpun untuk mendapatkan perhatian Edward. Kehadiran Angela membuat Edward kacau, dia tidak menginginkan wanita lain dalam hidupnya, namun juniornya berkata lain. Angela bukan gadis yang mampu ditolak. "Jess, kamu kah itu?" Edward menatap tidak percaya, masa lalunya hadir di depan dirinya, begitu nyata. "Ed?" Suara lembut itu masih sama, Edward langsung memeluk tubuh ringkih wanita itu. Wanita itu hanya diam, sesekali menyentuh pungguh lebar Edward. "Akhirnya aku menemukanmu, Jess." "Kamu mencariku?" Wanita itu melepaskan pelukan Edward. "Kenapa?" Pertnyaan itu membuat Edward mematung. Ya ... dia hanya mencintai wanita itu secara diam, tanpa ada ungkapan. Bahkan sampai sekarang. "Loh, mama dan Om Ed saling kenal?" Pertanyaan Angela sukses membuat kedua orang itu menoleh. Sementara Angela masih bingung, kenapa mamanya bisa mengenal Om Edward. "Dia mamamu?" tanya Edward tidak percaya. "Iya!" jawab Jessika tegas.

"Please...!' Let me explain,...." Pagmamakaawang pakiusap pa ng dalagang si Zairyl sa kanya habang pinipiit siya nito na wag umalis at pakinggan ang kung anung kasinungalingan pang balak nitong sabihin sa kanya,. Ngunit bigo ang dalagang si Zairyl na muling mabilog pa nito ang kanyang ulo dahil nakapagpasya na siya at walang kapatawaran ang sakit na ginawa nito sa kanya. Matapos siya nitong paglaruan at paibigin ay ipinagkalulu siya nito at ipinahamak kay Don Mariano ang taong tumulong at nagtiwala sa kanya, isa pang mas dumurog sa kanyang puso ng maspinili ng dalaga ang makulong siya kasya pumayag ito na magpakasal sa kanya dahil lingid sa kaalaman niya na meron pala itong ibang Mahal at pinaglaruan lamang nito ang isang katulad niya. Matapos pa siya nitong hayaang makulong ay ipinabugbug pa siya at walang awang ipinapatay nito para lamang tuluyang mawala siya sa landas nito upang walang maging hadlang sa pagpapakasal nito sa isang mayamang negosyante, kaya mula noon ay pinatay narin niya ang kanyang sarili maging ang kanyang katauhan at pinaltan niya ang kanyang buong pagkatao. Kaya halinat subaybayan natin ang sakit na idinulot ng dalagang si Zairyl sa Binatang Si Tom Walter kung muli ba siya nitong maibabalik at sa dating siya at mapapalambot pa Kaya nitong muli ang kanyang damdamin. Thank you and God bless.

Si Vegee Mariano, isang heartbreaker, binayaran siya ni Steffi, eight-hundred thousand. Ipapahinto niya ang kasal ng babae at magpanggap na nobya sa nobyo nitong si Gabriel Quiros. Nagawa niya ang trabaho. Dumaan ang linggo, nagpakamatay si Gabriel Quiros dahil sa matinding depression. Siya ang sinisisi ng pamilya nito. Dahil sa takot umuwi siya ng Bohol. Naging payapa ang buhay ni Vegee sa probinsya. Hanggang isang araw, dumating sa buhay niya si Wilson Montreal. Naging pamilyado si Vegee sa mukha nito. Ito ang lalaking nakasama niyang kumain sa fast-food chain noon sa Manila. Nasa probinsya na ito at may business. Araw-araw itong bumibisita ang lalaki at nagsabi ito ng totoong nararamdaman nito. Hindi manhid si Vegee sa naramdaman ng lalaki at ganoon din siya sa kanyang sarili. Naging mapusok sila sa kanilang naramdaman. Isang gabi, nagyaya si Wilson sa resort nito. Nagpunta kaagad si Vegee ngunit nandoon si Steffi. Pinahiya siya ng babae at doon niya nalaman na si Wilson ay ang kapatid ni Gabriel Quiros. Kaya bang ipaglaban ni Vegee ang kanyang nararamdaman sa lalaki kung naghihiganti lang pala ang lalaki sa pagkamatay ng kapatid nito? Kaya niya bang ipaglaban pa rin ang kanyang pagmamahal sa lalaki kung nalaman niyang may relasyon si Steffi at Wilson? Paano kung nagbunga ang mapusok nilang mga gabi?

When I was in college, my mom had terminal cancer, and our family company collapsed due to heavy debts. Just when I was at my lowest, my childhood friend Zach Hall rushed back from overseas. For seven years, he stayed by my side and helped me heal. …Until the night before our engagement ceremony, when I was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. I wanted to tell Zach, but instead, I overheard a conversation between him and the lead surgeon who had operated on my mother. "Zach, your fiancee's mother could've been saved back then. But you stopped me from treating her, just so Jessica could get that poor woman's corneas. If Jessica is the one you love, why marry your fiancee?" "I do feel guilty toward Annie, but I don't regret it. It was the only way for Jess to pick up a brush again and keep chasing her dreams." Through the crack in the door, I saw clearly the tenderness on Zach's face when he mentioned Jessica. "What if Annie finds out?" the surgeon asked. Zach fell silent, rubbing the band on his ring finger. "I don't know. I've already decided to marry her. I'll love her, protect her, and spend the rest of my life making it up to her." The pain hit me so hard at that moment that I almost collapsed, as if my heart was being ripped out.