Keep Myself Sane

On the day of our engagement, just because Madison Calder wants to eat the ravioli my fiance Nicholas Olsen made, he decides to leave without hesitation. I can't help but try to stop him, but he slaps me across the face. "It's just an engagement party—we can have another one. What if Maddy starves?" Even my brother Brandon Lewis scolds me for being unreasonable. "You're older than Maddy. Can't you be more understanding?" I say nothing more and choose to let go and leave. They think I'm just throwing a tantrum and ignore me. They even clear their schedules just to take Madison on a vacation. It isn't until half a month later that they think to contact me, only to discover I have already joined a classified government weapons research program that will last ten years. Moreover, I have decided never to come home again. They completely panic.

"I'm sorry, Anna. I've made a mistake that can never be forgiven." My Alpha mate, Alan Thorne, is drugged with a powerful aphrodisiac—one only a she-wolf's touch can neutralize. His assistant, Leah Hawke, takes advantage and sleeps with him. Alan and I have been bound by a mate bond for eight years. His heartfelt apologies make me believe it is nothing more than a tragic accident. But six months later, everything falls apart. When I hear Alan is caught in a landslide during a business trip, I rush to his side without hesitation. I find him lying in the hospital bed, staring at Leah, guilt weighing heavily in his eyes. "Leah is three months along with my pups. She risked everything to save me, clawing through mud and rocks with bare hands until they were raw and bleeding. "Baby, I swear, you're the one and only Luna. But please... Let me make this right. Let me take care of her until the pups are born." Leah breaks down in tears, pleading, "These pups are innocent. Please don't punish them." At that moment, I feel like the villain tearing a family apart. With bitterness burning in my throat, I rasp, "Alan, you have to choose. Either end our mate bond or banish Leah from the pack." Alan shakes his head, anguish deepening his expression. "I can't break our mate bond, but I also can't turn my back on Leah. That's not who I am." In the end, Leah gives birth to twin pups. The entire pack celebrates, but not me. I already know my time here has come to an end. "Well, Alan, since you can't decide, I'll be the one to vanish from your world."

My husband has a dangerous condition - Jacob's syndrome, a rare genetic disorder where men carry an extra Y chromosome (XYY). But it's not just the genetics - he has an uncontrollable rage that turns him into a monster. It all started when I saved his life. After that, he became obsessed with me, relentlessly pursuing me for three years. He deliberately ran his car into my childhood sweetheart, leaving him permanently disabled. Then he threatened to kill my entire family unless I married him. For seven years after our marriage, his controlling behavior became pathological. He even had a tracking chip implanted in my body and completely controlled my freedom. Yet at the same time, he showered me with endless love and catered to my every wish. When my mother-in-law pointed her finger at me while speaking, he snapped it without hesitation. When my sister-in-law's child disturbed my afternoon nap, he threw them both out of the house and severed all family ties. I refused to have a child, terrified of what darkness might be passed down, so he invested his entire fortune into developing cutting-edge genetic screening technology, making it possible for me to conceive a healthy baby. But on the very day I discovered I was pregnant... My mother-in-law stormed into our home with a group of people, accusing me of having an affair and carrying another man's child. They beat me until I lost the baby. As I lay there barely clinging to life, my husband finally arrived. My mother-in-law thrust a doctored video in his face and said, "Troy! Your wife had an affair and got pregnant with another man's child. Look, here's the proof!"

Jolo Raymundo is the CEO. He is a monster when it comes to business. He is ruthless when his employees made a mistake. He hates mistakes! No one should make a mistake. Especially in his company. Everyone hates him and he knows it. He doesn’t need anyone as long as he has Angel, his fiancée, and his best friend Vincent on his side. Everything was smooth according to his wants. He was on his way to Baguio for a conference about his new upcoming product when an accident occurred. Nagising nalang siya sa hindi pamilyar na lugar. Ang dalagang si Shella ang una niyang makikita pagbukas ng mga mata. And starting on that day, she will be the one who decide if she will keeping the CEO or not.

Sa buhay maraming beses kang magmamahal pero may isang taong hindi mo makakalimutan. Isang taong mag-iiwan ng marka sa puso mo. Hindi man siya ang makakatuluyan mo pero mananatili siyang parte ng buhay mo. Bata pa lang, pangarap na ni Ava na balang araw, maiahon niya ang kanyang pamilya sa kahirapan. Nagsumikap siyang mag-aral para matupad ang pangarap na 'yon. Ngunit ganoon na lang pagkasira ng lahat nang makilala niya ang lalaking magpapa-ibig at wawasak sa kanyang puso. She felt tired, devastated, betrayed and heartbroken after malaman na ang lalaking pinagbigyan niya ng lahat-lahat ay pinaglaruan lang pala siya. How do you forgive someone who has caused you pain? How do you forgive someone who never asked for forgiveness? Is love strong enough to let go and forgive?

You can always choose whom you should keep with but you can never beg someone to stay if that person wants to let go. There is a great distinction between keeping and letting go of someone. Yna Grace Portillo is inlove with Brent Trence Jimenez. The moment he stepped inside the gym with his disheveled hair, broad shoulders and alluring smile she knew at that moment that she was captivated by his charms. But things were never on her side, Brent has never noticed her. It was her cue to make a move. She courted him. She didn't mind the standards. Well equality prevails. That's what she thought. Despite of everything she did for him. Her love was never reciprocated. She felt useless. Her pride as a woman has been downgraded too. She's done chasing him. What if fate had been kind to her and intervened? Would she grab that chance or slip it away? Is he sincere or is it just part of his game? Will she keep him again?

What does it take to keep someone at all cost? Jezrel Tanya Ynares was an epitome of woman who was lucky enough to meet the society's standards with her beauty and brain. Because of it, men tried to hit on her but nobody made her felt sorts of emotions she had been aching for. People don't know the hollowness inside of her. Not until Dwight Dela Torre came into the scene breaking off her hatred towards men after her father cheated on her mother. Her perception on love was tainted. She loved her boyfriend but suddenly things weren't normal anymore. Her heart was torn and her views in life were swayed when this man came as a confusion dressed in clarity. She was the calmness in the storm. Both sides of the poles collided. Meeting with each other was a catastrophe. And, so they still crashed together. They knew they were doomed yet they kept each other. For the sake of love.

Nag runaway bride ang dalagang si Girly, sa kadahilanang hindi niya mahal ang lalaking pakakasalan. Tinakasan niya ang kanyang mapapangasawa sa mismong araw ng kanilang kasal. Humingi siya ng tulong sa estrangherong lalaki na naka-encounter niya, ngunit ayaw naman siya nitong tulungan. Sa kadesperadahang makalayo ni Girly sa bayan nila ay nagbitiw siya ng salita na gagawin niya ang gustong ipagawa sa kanya ng lalaki basta ilayo at itago lang siya nito sa kanyang ama at kay Vincent. Nagkataong nangangailangan din ng tulong ang binatang bilyonaryo na si Enrico Briones kaya pumayag na siya na itago si Girly. In one condition, magpapanggap ang dalaga na girlfriend niya. Pumayag naman agad si Girly ng hindi na inisip ang maaaring maging consequences ng pagpapanggap niya. Sa angking karisma at gandang lalaki ni Enrico, hindi kaya ma-in love sa kanya si Girly? Ano kaya ang mararamdaman ni Girly kapag nalaman niya ang tunay na dahilan kung bakit siya pinagpanggap na girlfriend ng binata? Hindi kaya siya magsisi sa pagpayag niyang maging fake girlfriend ni Enrico? Masaktan kaya ang puso ng dalaga sa kanyang mga madidiskubre?

Architect Miles Muñoz, isang matapang, palaban at kabigha-bighaning probinsyana. Nasa kan'ya na ang lahat pero lingid sa kaalaman ng iba ay ginapangan na siya ng pagkabahala sapagkat sa edad na dalawampu't siyam ay ni minsan hindi pa niya naranasan na magkanobyo. Nais na niyang magkaanak at bumuo ng sariling pamilya ngunit paano nga ba niya iyon maisakatuparan gayong kahit ni isang manliligaw nga lang ay ni wala siya? Engineer Jeffry Shaun Villafuente, isang matagumpay at mayaman na business tycoon. Isang happy-go-lucky guy at certified playboy. "What? You are looking for a baby maker?!" tila nawala ang pagkalasing ni Jeff sa narinig. Kasalukuyan silang nag-uusap sa bar habang umiinom ng alak. "Are you that desperate? You will be looking for an anonymous man para lang maging baby maker mo?" Umiling-iling ito at diretsang nilagok ang laman ng hawak nitong baso. "Ano naman ngayon? Uso na ngayon 'yan sa mga nais magkaanak lang." "You have a point." Tumango-tango ito ngunit sandaling natigilan. Nilingon sya nito at muling nagsalita. "Why don't you just ask for my cells then? By that, you don't have to look far." Sumilay ang pilyong ngiti sa labi nito. Siya naman ang nagulat. Sandaling tinitigan niya ang mukha ni Jeffry at napaisip sa suhestiyon nito. Sinubukan niyang basahin at sukatin kung gaano ito kaseryoso sa sinabi. Hanggang sa huli ay nagkibit-balikat na lamang siya. "Sa bagay pinamimigay mo lang naman kahit kanino iyang sperm cells mo. Fine. Just give me a baby, no more no less. How's that?" Isang desisyon ang kanyang pinakawalan, pasyang kahit siya ay lihim na nangamba. Tila napatda pa ito sa agaran na pagsang-ayon niya bagama't kalakip naman nito ay ang nabanaag niyang pagkislap ng mga mata ng lalaki. "Well, that's great! Then your wish is my command!" he said with a teasing smile.

Lumaking walang kinikilalang ama ang dalagang si Queenie Rose at bago siya tumuntong sa kolehiyo ay ang kanyang ina naman ang namaalam. She did everything to survive to sustain her everyday lives and her studies. Kahit na nga ba ang ibig sabihin noon ay kailangan niyang magtrabaho sa isang club bilang waitress na ume-extra bilang customer entertainer. Ngunit hindi pa man siya tumatagal sa trabahong iyon nang makilala niya si Red Wein Rivas. Ang lalaking bumihag sa kanyang puso at inakala niyang mag aalis sa kanyang pangit na sitwasyon. Red made her fall. Hard and deep. And when she found out that she is pregnant with the child of Red Rivas, bigla nalang itong naglaho. Queenie made everything to move on and forget him. Lumipas ang limang taon at inakala niyang tuluyan na niyang nakalimutan ang binata. Ngunit isang sitwasyon ang naging dahilan para hanapin niya si Red Rivas at humingi ng tulong dito. Their child is in the hospital and she has nothing even a penny. Kakapalan na niya ang mukha niya para maipagamot ang anak nila at pagkatapos noon ay maglalaho na ulit sila sa buhay ng isa't isa. Dahil alam niyang hanggang doon nalang iyon dahil nakatakda nang ikasal ang binata sa ibang babae. She has no intention of getting him back. Even though she is keeping the child of Red Rivas.