Joaquin From The Book Of Life

"What...are ...you doing Mr. Professor?" She asked stuttering. "I know what I'm doing Ms. Khanna," He smirked to her. He took hold of her hands and placed them above her head. "Leave me," She said and struggled from his tight grip but alas no use. He stood there like a rock. "I won't leave you. What will you do Miss?" He queried. "I will complain to principal," She emphasised. With that he came close to her and crashed his lips with her. She was shocked for a moment. She stood like a statue in that place and shivered from his touch which affected her so much. "What will you do Ms. Khanna?" He prompted and went from there with a smirk playing on his lips. "I hate you professor," She screamed making his smirk grew wider. ************ Naina Kapoor. A beautiful, cute, intelligent, ambitious and lovely person. She loves her parents and her sister Meera. She wants to become successful in her career but one decision of her parents changes her life completely. Arranged marriage, selected by her parents and he is her sister's brother-in-law. Let's see what happens to her life. Shourya Khanna. A handsome, intelligent, caring and arrogant person. He loves his family so much. He is the CEO of Khanna Industries. He has a brother who loves him so much and his sister-in-law who treats him like her own brother. She wants him to get married to her sister. She thinks he is perfect for her. Will Shourya support her dreams or not?

Eliza Janice Montebon  Simpleng babae, matalino, masipag, madiskarte at malambing na anak. Lahat ay gagawin matupad lang ang inaasam na pangarap at mithiin.Ngunit may lihim na hinagpis sa kanyang nakaraang pagkatao. Ito ang nagsisilbing hugot niya upang magtagumpay sa buhay at makamtan ang inaasam na katarungan sa kanyang yumaong magulang.  Lorenzo Aragon Multi-billionaire and super hunk na business tycoon at a young age. Natotong tumayo sa sariling sikap dahil na rin sa walang makuhang suporta mula sa magulang dahil sa komplikadong pamilya niya. Walang babae ang hindi nahuhumaling sa kanya, lahat ay kanya lamang pinagbibigyan dahil sa tawag ng laman at pangungulila sa iisang prinsesa ng kanyang buhay na kanyang kababata. Isang krimen at trahedya ang nagpawasak sa malaprinsesang buhay ni Eliza. Musmos pa lamang siya nang walang-awang pinatay ang kanyang mga magulang sa loob pa mismo ng kanilang bagong biling lupain na niregalo ng kanyang ama sa kanya sa kanyang kaarawan. Ang mas masakit pa ay nasaksihan niya mismo ang pagpaslang sa mga ito at ang salarin ay walang iba kundi ang ama ng kanyang kababata at minamahal ng kanyang pusong paslit na si Enzo Aragon. Dahil sa takot at pangamba sa kanyang buhay naggawang magtago ni Eliza at mamuhay ng malayo sa kanyang nakasanayan. Sa paglipas ng panahon, nabuo sa kanyang puso't isipan ang galit at pagkapoot sa pamilyang sumira sa kanyang magandang kinabukasan. Isa na riyan ang paghihigante kay Enzo dahil wala man lang siya hinanap nito. Paano pagtatagpuin ng tadhana ang dalawang puso kung ang isa ay may masamang binabalak? Matatagumpayan kaya ni Enzo ang ibalik ang tiwala sa kanya ni Eliza kung ang kanyang puso ay puno ng hinagpis at mantsa ng nakaraan? Mapapatawad kaya ng pusong nasaktan at puno ng hinagpis ng pilat ng nakara.Mananaig kaya ang pag-ibig at pagpapatawad kaysa paghihiganti?

I never would've imagined I would be the one to deliver protection product to Edgar Graham and his female subordinate. I get to witness him cheating on me. I even politely tell the mistress, "Here's your order. Please give me a good rating."

Christelle Ramona Sandoval De Leon owner of CRDL Empire is a woman with dignity  pero dahil sa galit na namamahay sa kanyang puso ay nagpanggap siyang mahirap at nag-apply bilang kasambahay para makapasok sa buhay ng dating kasintahan at magawa ang paghihiganting matagal din niyang pinag-planuhan. But life is a mystery so as love dahil ang plano lang sanang paghihiganti ni Christelle ay nauwi sa pagmamahal at panibagong kasawian.

Following the success of her two novels, Cela receives an offer for the TV adaptation of her stories but a third story has to be written soon to complete a three-story special. She is not in to the project until she rediscovers the paper bearing the address of the meeting place of her supposed first date with Nate. Now that her mother is no longer around to interfere, she becomes inspired to reunite with him after many years and hopefully write the third novel based on their new story. Unfortunately, he is now about to get married in two months. Disappointed with the turn of events, she decides not to meet him again. She visits their old meeting place and finds it a good place to write but unexpectedly meets him there. They agree not to talk to each other if they meet there again but fate leads them to meet again under different circumstances leaving them no choice but to speak to each other. Suddenly, Nate’s fiancée starts acting weird and suggests that he spend the weekend with Cela while she is away. Although it confuses him, he figures that it is her way of helping him get closure. The two spend one Sunday reminiscing the past expecting a closure in the end but the wonderful moment they share this time only makes it harder to achieve that closure so Cela has to put a stop to it saying, “Please don't think even for a second that there is still something left or something new to explore after everything that happened or did not happen. This is not a novel. This is reality. We don't get sequels or spin-offs in real life. We just continue. We move forward and that's how we get to the ending."

We often anticipate the struggles for survival later in life. But for Iyunade, a nineteen-year old sophomore at the University of Ibadan, life's struggles pre-empts her growth as her struggles suddenly snowballs into her fending for her family even if it requires stepping off bounds.Fate, they say, works in mysterious ways! Along comes Olatunde, the gobsmacking, gorgeous twenty-two year old multimillionaire law student at the University of Ibadan who is beset with issues with his family. At first, Iyunade & Olatunde are oblivious of each others' presence but when their paths keep crossing, circumstamces set the ball rolling as they are left with no choice than to acknowledge each other.What happens when Tunde finds out Iyunade is a sex trader? Will Iyunade be able of turning a blind eye to Tunde's haunting past?Find out how these revealing secrets pan out as the journey of two grown ups from different worlds battle love and the trials of life...

Pandan Wangi Aditama Perkasa--designer lulusan Parson, The New School For Design, melamar pekerjaan sebagai OG di PT. INTI GRAHA ANUGRAH, demi sebuah misi khusus. Untuk mencari tahu siapa penghianat yang akhir-akhir ini melakukan switch dengan ADITAMA GROUP. Perusahan properti milik keluarga besarnya. Di tengah-tengah misi yang sedang dijalankannya, Denver Delacroix Bimantara--teman sekaligus musuh masa kecilnya, muncul sebagai sahabat baik sang atasan, sekaligus diduga sebagai sang penghianat. Dalam situasi yang rumit dan serba terjepit, mampukah Pandan menyelesaikan misinya? Sementara akibat kekeraskepalaan dan harga dirinya, ia kini telah berbadan dua. Bagaimana kisah mengharu biru Pandan berjuang mempertahankan kelangsungan perusahaan keluarganya? Dan bagaimana pula akhir kisah asmaranya, yang selalu saja berlabuh pada orang yang salah? "Walaupun cinta gue selalu nyasar dan tersesat di hati orang yang salah, tapi kali ini gue yakin kalau cinta gue akan berhenti di titik yang benar. Soalnya hati gue, udah gue unduh pakai aplikasi waz*." -Pandan Wangi Aditama Perkasa- "Ngapain susah-susah nyari cinta, kalau yang sudah teruji ketahanannya dari segala sisi sudah ada di depan mata? Cinta gue itu kayak batere jadul kucing hitam disambar petir. Kuat dan tahan lama. Percayalah!" -Denver Delacroix Bimantara-

Darcilana "Darcy" Arevalo, a kindhearted room attendant who ran away 2 years ago and took 20 million pesos out from her ex-boyfriend's bank account. She was pregnant with twins and her mom had lung cancer to be cured, the reason why she was in need of huge money. When she met the father of her twins again, which is the arrogant and powerful CEO of Casa de Saros Hotel: Caledon Aurelius "Caius" Melgarejo, she could not get away from him because of the debt she must pay. However, a monthly payment of 100, 000 pesos would suffocate Darcy to death that was why when Caius offered an insane sleep-together arrangement in exchange of her full monthly payment, she halfheartedly accepted it. However, two different world seems unlikely to collide as fate was not in favor of them. How would Darcy find happiness and tranquility with Caius if he was bound to marry other girl?

"No offense but you are always so grumpy, it's actually kind of cute." I bluntly say to him and watch him throw me a nasty glare, I just giggle at that. "I'm not." he defends himself in a calm yet stern voice keeping his face emotionless. "sure." I find myself saying sarcastically. I think I'm too drunk  because there is no way a sober River will have the courage to hold a conversation with a very grumpy Killian. I expect another scary glare to come towards me but instead I meet with a soft gaze that stares at me with an unreadable expression. "I'm not." This time he says softly, I see him biting back a small smile and , he smiles. I've never seen him smiling before, not this way. Standing on the edge of life, River breathes in and lets himself adjust into a new life, into a new family. After a horrifying past he finds his life wrapped around a shaggy orphanage and several foster homes which makes it hard to believe that he is actually being adopted. Having a family was always a desire of him but to his burnt luck, he doesn't feel like he belongs in his adoptive family. Everyone and everything around him make it clear that he wasn't born to be happy. River is waiting for another push, one last push to end it all and fall from the edge and that's when a grumpy looking Killian Price steps into his life. River can't decide if Killian is the saviour or the devil himself. River's life meets with unexpected secrets mixed with burning desire, adorning the melancholic attire. Soon, he finds out he isn't the only one standing on the edge of the cliff, or he realises he is far from the edge.

Mathematically put; 2blahdity - 6bluffity + 5whoopsie - 8oopsdaisy + Nerdiness.The Variable Life of Sam: where N(Nerdiness) is a constant.Has it crossed your mind to wonder how the first-all-Nigerian-schools excursion would be?Wonder no more as Sam takes us "out on dinner" with his "out of this world" narrative, weaving up his "breathtaking" adventures, with students from different schools. Hilarious moments, invented imaginations, teenage crush, life as a nerd, "The Battle of Wits: War Against Bullies"...Join this adventurous train on the railway of humour as Sam, the locomotive driver of the train takes us yonder.....