Lapu Lapu Real Name

As I took my newborn daughter from the nurse, I heard the voice of the baby in the next bed echoing in my head. “Don’t take her, Mommy. I’m your real baby!” The doctor and nurses did not seem to hear a thing. I thought I was hallucinating due to my fatigue, so I continued nursing my baby girl. “How dare you cry, you burdensome wretch? I’ll pinch you if you keep crying!” The baby’s grandmother picked him up and walked outside, but the voice came again, crying, “The mean old lady is taking me away. Mommy, look over here quickly! Look at the birthmark on my left ear!” I froze. My first child, who had died in an accident, had a birthmark on his left ear.

My parents’ adopted son, Tyler Levesque, saw me as his enemy. Thus, I went abroad to live a more peaceful life. However, he came up with a scheme to trick me into coming back home. He locked me in my room and humiliated me. He did his very best to put me under his thumb…

Two years ago, she was convicted of deliberately injuring the woman he loved. To him, her crime was unforgivable. He had her found guilty and was thrown into prison, destroying not only her leg but also every shred of her pride. Now, two years later, she believes she has finally clawed her way out of hell. She swears never to cross paths with him again, never to let their life interact again. But some devils never let go. And the man who once ruined her… is the very one who refuses to release her.

“I never loved you. You were never meant to be in my life—you just showed up, uninvited, and ruined everything like a curse I never asked for.” Iyon ang pinakamasakit na katagang narinig ni Zenie sa kanyang asawa na si Aice Bustillos, ang CEO ng Nexora, isang leading car company sa Pilipinas. Isang magandang buhay ang tanging hinangad ni Zenie, kaya’t labis ang kanyang tuwa nang makilala niya si Aice. Ngunit sa loob ng walong taong pagiging mag-asawa nila ay walang ibang hinangad si Zenie kung ‘di ang maging maganda ang kanilang pagsasama, ngunit kabaliktaran iyon sa kanyang inaasam. Simula na maging mag-asawa sila ni Aice ay hindi niya naramdaman ang pagmamahal nito ni kahit isang beses, kung ‘di puro panunumbat dahil sa pagsira sa buhay nito at sa buhay ni Naiana, ang childhood sweetheart ni Aice. Kahit anong gawin niya para tanggapin ng pamilya ni Aice ay hindi siya nito magawang tanggapin, dahil ang gusto rin ng mga ito ay si Naiana para sa kanilang anak. With all the pain Zenie had endured, where will it lead her? Will she rise and reclaim her worth—or will it destroy her? Or will it ignite a fire in her to make every person who mocked her regret ever crossing her?

Bu Siti tak menyangka jika menantunya yang begitu lembut, Yang selama ini memperlakukannya dengan penuh kasih dan juga penuh hormat selayaknya kepada ibu kandungnya sendiri, nyatanya hanya kamuflase belaka untuk menutupi sifat aslinya dari sang suami. Seperti apa kehidupan keluarga Bu Siti setelah kedatangan Inggit, menantu yang disangkanya akan menjadi pelengkap keluarga mereka? akankah seperti yang dibayangkannya selama ini, atau malah sebaliknya?

Bujang, pria matang yang tak lagi memikirkan pernikahan karena selalu gagal dalam perjodohan. Dia menepi di hutan menikmati kesendirian. Lalu, bagaimana jika Keke, gadis manis, muda dan cantik datang padanya menawarkan pernikahan?

Aslan Del Piero, pria matang yang sangat sukses jatuh cinta kepada Aiko De Angelo. Gadis yang tidak sederhana karena dia adalah mantan pembunuh bayaran. Demi membuktikan cintanya kepada Gilbert sang kekasih, Aiko rela menyingkirkan Aslan yang menjadi musuh Gilbert. Namun, siapa sangka Aslan lolos dari maut yang membuat Gilbert khawatir diirinya terancam sehingga dia menyiksa bahkan akan membunuh Aiko. Saat semua orang mengira Aiko telah lenyap dari dunia ini, gadis itu muncul dengan wajah dan penampilan baru untuk membalaskan dendamnya. Aiko kembali bertemu dengan Aslan dan sebuah insiden membuat mereka menghabiskan malam panas bersama yang menumbuhkan benih-benih cinta di hati Aiko. Aiko bertekad untuk meluluhkan kembali hati sang bujang lapuk, tidak perduli bahwa pria itu sangat membencinya saat ini. "Sudah ku bilang jika aku membencimu, Aiko!" ucap Aslan tegas kepada Aiko. "Cinta dan benci hanya beda tipis, Aslan. Dulu kau mencintaiku, sekarang membenciku. Aku akan menghadirkan cinta itu lagi di hatimu." Aiko tersenyum manis menatap Aslan penuh cinta.

The convent was his safe haven. For Jerald, running away from the web of lies of his parents and not fully understanding why they had to do it but the pains from having been lied to clouded his vision and made him leave home. ************** Amari had lived most of her life in the convent and wondered what lies beyond the horizon of the church walls, longing for the outside but caving herself in the church until he came and within the spurs of the moment, showed her what it means to love and be loved back. *********** It's against the doctrine that a reverend sister is falling in love with a man who ought to become a priest, it was counted as the Devil's will and not of God.

When American engineer Evan Hart arrives in Rome, he expects worn stones, ancient architecture, and a chance to quietly rethink his failing marriage. He doesn’t expect Livia Moretti—the enigmatic archivist whose fragile intensity pulls him into a slow-burning, dangerous affair he never meant to start. Livia is brilliant, secretive, and a little broken… and Evan can’t stay away. But when he finally tells his wife Leah he wants a separation, she collapses, claiming she’s been diagnosed with a devastating neurological disease. Overnight, Evan’s guilt becomes a trap. Then Livia disappears without a trace. Anonymous photographs of him and Livia arrive in the mail. A stranger begins watching his apartment. And Leah—sweet, steady Leah—starts behaving in ways he can’t explain. When Evan finds hidden documents and photographs connecting the two women in his life, he follows a clue to a remote coastal village, where he learns Livia once lived under a different name… and may have been running from something far darker than heartbreak. As Evan digs deeper, he uncovers the edge of a conspiracy built on identity, memory, and manipulation—one determined to keep its secrets buried. Someone is pulling strings. Someone is rewriting the truth. And someone wants Evan to stop asking questions. Caught between a wife he no longer understands and a lover who may not be who she claimed to be, Evan is forced to confront the one question he never thought to ask: If the women in his life are wearing borrowed identities… then who has been shaping his? In a story of seduction, deception, and emotional obsession, All the Names She Wore explores the dangerous terrain between love and control—and what happens when the truth becomes the most terrifying lie of all.

Adam Ocampo is a premier world-class painter who went back to his hometown in search of a perfect place for his art and a home for his heart. His search for Teresa Milan draws him closer to long-lost memories, past grievances, and the closure of forgiveness.