Manhwa Light And Shadow

CONTRACTS AND SECRETS BY JET HERRERA Synopsis: "We keep on searching for a person whom we can spend our lifetime with, not knowing that they're just an inch away." -Captain Gerbacio Escalante Matapos mabigo sa pag-ibig ay gusto na lamang ni Antonia Buenafe na maging successful sa kanyang career. She’s doing fine until one pregnancy test and a double red line changed everything. Ginawa niya ang lahat para hindi malaman ng kanyang ex-boyfriend ang tungkol doon. Captain Gerbacio Escalante needs a bride. Hiniling ng kanyang lola na nasa ospital na mag-asawa na siya at ang gusto nitong pakasalan niya ay si Antonia. Ang problema, hiwalay na silang dalawa. Malapit na ring matapos ang kontrata ng pagtatrabaho nito sa kanyang opisina. Pero dahil ayaw niyang biguin ang kanyang lola, kinausap niya si Antonia at nagkaroon sila ng kasunduan. Kapalit ng malaking halaga ay magiging asawa niya ito sa loob ng isang taon. Naging maayos naman lahat ngunit isang umaga ay bigla na lamang itong hinimatay sa loob ng kanyang opisina.

I receive news of my husband being hospitalized after accidentally eating mushrooms causing hallucinations. I ignore the pain in my sprained ankle and limp to the hospital. When I enter the hospital ward, my husband sidesteps me. Instead, he excitedly throws his arms around the young woman behind me. "You're finally here, honey! I missed you so much!" The young woman gives me a challenging look. Then, she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him, her face red. They cling to each other and act all lovey-dovey like there's no one with them. After a while, my husband seems to realize I'm there. He scratches his head in embarrassment, looking like a young man who's just fallen in love. "Mom has done a good job in maintaining her appearance, honey. She doesn't look like she's 50 at all."

The day before our wedding, my fiancé Cyrus eloped with his long-lost love. I chased after him, but he shoved me away viciously, causing me to lose consciousness. When the doctor called him as my life was on the brink, all he did was scoff and say, “She’s just pretending again. In a coma? Hah, she’s still alive, isn’t she?” That moment, my heart shattered. After I was discharged from the hospital, I cancelled the wedding, just as he wanted. But then he began to regret it…

In the glittering skyline of New York City, four women, all brilliant in finance, dominate the boardrooms by day—but their personal lives are a battlefield. Each is navigating heartbreak, failed relationships, and the challenge of maintaining their faith in a city that never sleeps and rarely forgives. Main Characters: Amara Bennett – The fearless hedge fund manager whose sharp mind earns billions for investors but whose heart has been closed off since a devastating betrayal. She’s fiercely loyal to her friends but struggles to trust God with her life and love. Lila Torres – A venture capitalist with a magnetic personality. She’s a hopeless romantic, constantly falling for the wrong men, yet she’s the glue that keeps the friend group together. Sienna Clarke – An investment banker who hides vulnerability behind power suits and deadlines. She’s questioning her purpose beyond money, wealth, and societal approval. Talia Reese – A fintech entrepreneur known for her cutting-edge ideas. Spirituality is a quiet whisper in her life; she struggles to balance ambition with inner peace.

I secretly married my husband for six years, and then his first love came back. I decide to leave with my child and let his first love take her rightful place.

Eli lives by structure, routine, and emotional restraint. As a university student, he finds comfort in libraries, late-night study sessions, and the certainty of logic. Feelings, especially complicated ones, are easier to ignore. That is, until Noah quietly becomes part of his world. What begins as shared academic spaces and casual conversations slowly turns into something heavier. Lingering glances, accidental touches, and silences charged with meaning begin to unravel Eli’s sense of control. He doesn’t understand the pull toward Noah or why his body reacts before his mind can catch up. Confused and afraid, Eli retreats, creating distance through denial and miscommunication, even as his feelings deepen. Noah remains patient and steady, offering closeness without pressure. As the tension between them builds, Eli is forced to confront the truth he has spent so long avoiding. Set against the quiet intensity of academia, this slow-burn romance explores longing, identity, and the fear of wanting something that feels both forbidden and inevitable.

Jillian Don was in a hot pursuit on that wet, stormy night with the bad boys on her tail. She had a gunshot wound and was gasping for air trying hard to keep running. She was about to give up when a car stop beside her. " Hey jill, let me help you " The man said urgently with shaky voice. " Who are you ? " Jillian asked him wanting to be sure he's not one of THEM. " I'm Jack mayor " She heard the man says before passing out on him.

Francesca's life is turned upside down when betrayal and ruin shatter her world. After waking up next to Marco, a powerful mafia don and Lycan, and her ex-fiancé Gianni’s older brother. She is pushed into a dangerous game of power, vengeance, and forbidden desire. Forced to choose between the humiliation of her past and a future bound to Marco by an unconventional marriage, Francesca must navigate family betrayal, mafia intrigue, and her growing attraction to the man who could destroy or save her. Will her alliance with the enigmatic mafia Lycan be her salvation or her undoing?

Some fairy tales have happy endings, some have tragic ones, but there are also some fairy tales that never really end. Let's say, the story of a crown prince who was never crowned, a younger brother who pursued pseudo revenge, a lotus princess who never became a lotus flower, or the story of siblings who were banished without breadcrumbs. For a long time hanging around without any certainty, the tales accidentally unite to achieve the same goal. Being in the same side. Fight against the same enemy. Seize the happy ending, because the darkness doesn't deserve it.

Lili Cooper was only 16 years old when she decided to run away from home, now 8 years later she is a broke student who is working as a waitress at a diner that doesn't pay very well and continues to wonder when her life will get better. One day, her co worker calls in sick which causes Lili to take up her shift. A shift in which she meets a handsome stranger but as the night continues, she soon realizes that this stranger is very well known by everyone in the neighborhood.