Joseph Simon Araneta Marcos

The mate bond ceremony had barely ended when Simon Thompson, Alpha of the Moonshade Pack, suddenly shoved me aside. "I picked up a human girl at the border. There's a storm tonight. I need to go stay with her." My head buzzed. "If you've already decided I'm your fated mate, why are you seeing her now?" He stood up and pulled on his clothes. The bite mark I had left was still visible on the side of his neck. "Tanya, I love you. But life is long. I need something fragile like that once in a while to feel something new." My throat tightened. "So on our mate bond night, you're dumping your Luna to sleep with a human?" "Well, technically, the ceremony is already over," he corrected me, then bent down and pinched my cheek. "You're the pack's Luna now. You should be more generous." "And if I can't be?" It was as if he had been waiting for that. He smiled. "Then we sever the bond. Just know you might end up exiled as a lone wolf. Think it through, yeah?" I collapsed onto the messy bed. Simon's scent still lingered in the air. Outside the window, the full moon that had witnessed our vows looked unbearably ironic.

Sahabat masa kecil yang berjanji akan menikah denganku begitu kami lulus kuliah, malah melamar gadis kaya palsu bernama Cita di hari wisudaku. Namun, Simon yang dikenal sebagai pria suci dari kalangan elite ibu kota, menyatakan cinta padaku secara terbuka setelah lamaran itu berhasil. Selama lima tahun pernikahan, dia memperlakukanku dengan lembut dan memanjakanku seolah aku adalah segalanya. Sampai suatu hari, aku tidak sengaja mendengar percakapannya dengan sahabatnya. "Simon, sekarang Cita sudah terkenal, kamu masih mau terus berpura-pura sama Monica?" "Lagian, aku nggak bisa menikahi Cita, jadi nggak masalah. Selama ada aku, Monica nggak akan bisa mengganggu kebahagiaan Cita." Kitab suci yang selama ini disimpannya dengan baik, tertulis nama Cita di setiap bagiannya. [ Semoga Cita bisa terbebas dari obsesinya, semoga dia damai lahir batin. ] [ Semoga segala yang diinginkan Cita tercapai, semoga cintanya tak pernah dirundung duka. ] .... [ Cita, aku nggak berjodoh denganmu di kehidupan ini. Aku hanya berharap di kehidupan selanjutnya bisa menggenggam tanganmu dan menemanimu selamanya. ] Mimpi selama lima tahun, tersadarkan dalam sekejap. Aku pun menyusun identitas palsu dan merencanakan sebuah insiden tenggelam. Sejak itu, kita tidak perlu lagi bertemu selama-lamanya.

In the seventh year of my marriage to Simon Heath, I finally walk away from him after his 32nd mistress shows up at my door. I join a classified government program and disappear from his world. Now he's falling apart and calling me non-stop. "Lily, I was wrong. Please come back." In the past, a single word of apology from him would have been enough to make me stay. But not this time. This time, he's bound to be disappointed.

Sobrang mahal na mahal ni Maxene ang kanyang nobyo na si Joseph at sa pitong taon nilang magkasintahan ay kahit kailan ay hindi siya nagawang lokohin nito at talagang napapag usapan na rin nila ang pagpapakasal. Pero hindi inaasahan ni Maxene na darating ang araw na lolokohin siya ni Joseph kaya naman sa sobrang sama ng kanyang loob ay sa isang bar siya napadpad. Dahil sa labis na sama ng loob ay nagpakalasing si Maxene at doon siya matatagpuan ni Bernard. Naibigay ni Maxene ang kanyang sarili sa binata dahil sa ang buong akala niya ay ito ang kanyang nobyo pero isang pagkakamali pala iyon. Kaya naman pagkagising niya ay agad niyang tinakasan ang lalaking kanyang nakaniig. Lumipas ang araw at doon na nalaman ni Maxene na nagbunga ang isang gabi na pakikipagtalik niya sa hindi niya kilalang lalaki. Halos gumuho ang kanyang mundo dahil kasabay noon ay isang masamang balita ang bumungad sa kanya dahil sa pagkalugi ng kanilang kumpanya. Isang offer ang darating kay Maxene pero ganon na lamang ang gulat niya ng makita niya na kamukhang kamukha ng kanyang ex boyfriend ang mag aalok sa kanya at doon na niya malalaman na tiyuhin pala ito ng kanyang ex-boyfriend na si Joseph. At doon na rin niya napagtagpi tagpi na ang lalaking ito ang kanyang nakasama sa isang mainit gabi. Tatanggapin ba ni Maxene ang offer na iyon ni Bernard gayong alam na niya na tiyuhin ito ng manloloko niyang ex boyfriend? Sasabihin ba niya rito ang tungkol sa pagdadalantao niya gayong hindi niya alam kung tatanggapin ba ito nito? O iiwas na lamang siya rito dahil parang hindi niya kaya na makasama ito lalo na at kamukha ito ng kanyang ex-boyfriend na si Joseph?

Hayami Wavyon, isang babaeng pursigidong mapansin ng kababatang si Grayson Xavier. Lingid sa kaalaman ng dalaga na matagal na siya nitong gusto ngunit pinapangunahan lamang ito ng kaba. Simon Florez, siya ang matalik na kaibigan ng dalaga. Handa nitong gawin ang lahat para sa mahal na kaibigan kahit siya pa man ang mawalan. Sino ang pipiliin? Ang lalaking hindi ka iniwan simula umpisa? O ang lalaking unang nagpatibok ng puso niya?

Si Kyle Joseph Alonzo ay isang pet lover at isang manlalakbay kasama ang kanyang mga kaibigan ngunit sa kanyang paglalakad, naligaw siya sa gitna ng kagubatan at napahiwalay sa kanyang mga kasama. Sa kalagitnaan ng kanyang pangamba dahil siya ay nag-iisa na lang ay nakasalubong niya ang isang babae na nababalot ng kulay puting damit. Sila ay nagkagulatan kaya napatulog siya nito at nang muli siyang magising ay iba na ang kanyang kapaligiran at tila siya ay napunta sa isang lugar na hindi pa niya nakikita sa buong buhay niya.

Sejak kematian ibu dan kakaknya, hidup Isabel menjadi sebatang kara. Menyandang status sebagi Putri Mahkota adalah beban terberat bagi Isabel. Kehidupan bahagianya telah lenyap, tergantikan dengan banyaknya penderitaan yang menghantuinya. Sampai suati ketika, Isabel dipertemukan dengan Joseph—billioanaire playboy—yang hidupnya selalu di kelilingi wanita-wanita cantik. Semua bermula dari sini, hasrat keinginan mereka bersatu layaknya percikan api yang siap membara. Akan tetapi perjuangan mereka bersatu tidaklah mudah. Mereka harus menghadapi badai yang menerpa. *** Follow me on IG: abigail_kusuma95

Maria Airaleen Alfonso never thought about falling in love. It never crossed her mind because she has her own priorities and that doesn't include falling in love with someone. But then there's Zandrey Joseph del Fuerto, who managed to get into her system. In a span of one week, a lot have happened. She could've stop it, but she didn't. What she thought she felt for him was something, so she held on to it. However, after that week of romance, Zandrey suddenly disappeared, leaving her clueless and broken. How can she move on now when he gave her so much to remember?

My girlfriend is the true heiress of a wealthy family, yet she suffers from severe paranoia. She's convinced that everyone is out to exploit her. She never believed in my love. In her eyes, I stayed with her only for status and money. To prove my sincerity, during our seven years together, I never spent a single cent of hers. I handed over every paycheck I earned. As for myself, I couldn't even afford a few dollars for a taxi. Every day, I walked five kilometers to work. Then one day, my mother was in a sudden car accident. The doctor called and told me to come see her for the last time. The hospital was thirty kilometers away. There was no way I could make it on foot in time. Left with no choice, I asked my girlfriend to transfer me thirty dollars for a taxi. She flew into a rage. "Simon, thirty dollars is your entire monthly living expense. How dare you ask me for that much all at once? I almost believed your feelings were genuine. But now I see—you're no different from those gold-diggers!" In the end, I never made it to see my mother one last time. When I returned home in a daze, I found my girlfriend throwing a birthday party for her childhood sweetheart. He was wearing the latest luxury watch, his face full of smug pride. "This is the one you bought at an overseas auction, right? Worth thirty million," he said. "You wouldn't even give Simon thirty dollars for a taxi. You're really generous with me." My girlfriend smiled indulgently. "It's only thirty million. It's not like I can't afford it. "Besides, how could Simon ever compare to you? Today, he dares to ask me for thirty. Tomorrow, he'll dare to ask me for thirty thousand. "I've always known it. He's been with me just to take my money." I stood there, frozen, my heart sinking into the abyss. 'It's fine. I don't want her money anymore. And I don't want her, either.'

Ketika pacarku, Simon, berlutut untuk melamarku untuk ke-66 kalinya, aku akhirnya tersentuh oleh keteguhannya dan menerima lamarannya. Namun di hari menjelang pernikahan, dia tiba-tiba mengatakan bahwa dia ingin memiliki anak dengan adik tirinya, Fiona. Aku merasa itu tidak masuk akal dan bertengkar hebat dengannya. Yang tak kusangka, di hari pernikahan, aku berdiri di venue sambil memeluk buket bunga, menunggu selama tiga jam, tapi yang datang hanya sebuah kalimat ringan darinya, "Pernikahan ditunda." Hanya karena hari itu dia dan Fiona sudah janji untuk melakukan program bayi tabung bersama. "Fiona sejak kecil disiksa oleh ayah kandungnya. Seumur hidup dia tidak mungkin menikah dengan seorang pria. Aku hanya ingin memenuhi keinginannya untuk punya anak." "Ini cuma program bayi tabung, bukan seks sungguhan. Kamu jangan berpikiran sempit, bisa nggak?" Telepon pun diputus secara paksa. Dan aku ditinggalkan begitu saja di venue pernikahan, sendirian menghadapi tatapan ratusan tamu dan kamera wartawan. Ayah sangat marah sampai masuk ICU. Aku pun menggenggam tangannya sambil menangis di sisi ranjang. "Ayah, Ayah benar. Aku tidak akan menikah dengan Simon lagi." "Aku janji, minggu depan aku akan pulang dan mengambil alih perusahaan keluarga."