Maureen Daryanani

"Sa paglubog ng araw, ang liwanag ay naglalaho. Katulad ng mga ngiting sa kalungkutan natatago." Si Maureen Cruz ay isang masayahin na tao. Kahit na lumaki siya na hindi nakukuha ang lahat ng kanyang ninanais ay hindi iyon naging dahilan upang hindi yakapin at bigyan ng halaga ang buhay na mayroon siya. Primarya lamang ang kanyang natapos, at hindi na siya nakapag-aral pa dahil sa kahirapan. Gayunpaman, ginamit niya ang lahat ng kanyang mga pinagdaanan upang lumaban ng patas sa hamon ng buhay. Hanggang saan siya susubukin at dadalhin ng kanyang matapang na personalidad kung pag-ibig na ang sumukat sa kanyang dignidad? Mapanindigan kaya niya ang pag-ibig na itinanim nito sa kanyang puso at diwa? Hanggang kailan? Tunghayan ang k’wentong pag-ibig ng isang babaeng magtuturo, kung gaano kaganda ang buhay mula sa likod ng takipsilim. DISCLAIMER: No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the author's consent. Please obtain permission. Names, Characters, Places and Incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. ️ WARNING ️ It may contain mature scenes and words. Read at your own risk.

Maureen's seventeenth birthday was an amazing experience even if it was a one-sided pleasure, but not for Darren who continues to avoid her and considers everything that happened between them a mistake. Six years later, there is nothing they can forget. Darren, who has a wife and childrens, falls for Maureen's charm again. But, unfortunately, Maureen is always involved with another men. Darren who is conservative, and Maureen who wants to live freely. Their walls of difference is too high. Can they be together just by love?

Exquisite refers to something that is exceptionally lovely or delightful, especially in a delicate way. On the other hand, intimacy, passion, and commitment characterize love as a set of emotions and behaviors. Care, intimacy, protectiveness, attraction, affection, and trust are all involved. Love can be intense at times and alter over time. It is linked to a variety of pleasant feelings such as happiness, enthusiasm, life satisfaction, and pleasure, but it can also trigger negative emotions such as anxiety and jealousy. May iba't ibang uri ang pagmamahal ngunit ang pagmamahal na ito ay maraming naidudulot sa karamihan. At may kasabihan din tayo na kahit na anumang sobra ay mali o kaya naman ay may kapalit na sakit. But is it applied in terms of love? Reign Maureen, a girl who never intended to be in love with her classmate who's known to be her childhood bestfriend but she doesn't know it. She really fell in love with Shawn deeply that let her break herself because of love. Ang pagmamahalan bang ito ay may magtatagal hanggang sa huli o tatapusin na lang dahil sobra nang sakit?

Maureen Salagunting is a go-getter whose dreams are bigger than her ability and wallet. In fact, she wanted to become a neurosurgeon because she thought it is the hardest profession anyone could have, and she doesn't mind if she would be an old, loveless maiden as long as her bank account is fat and flooding with money. But fate didn't coincide with her plans and she settled with being a private school teacher, then an online live seller when COVID-19 shook the lives of humanity that made her lose her job as well. When she thought everything couldn't get any worse, her shaken life shattered totally when her mother lost the battle against the virus on the day of her 24th birthday, making her wish to cease her existence too. After crying her heart to God, a dashing, mysterious man in a business suit was waiting outside the chapel, telling her to fulfill the marriage agreement she signed eight years ago as a joke. Should she deny it? Or should they begin faking love amidst the pandemic?

"Mom, I'm still your child. I came from you; why can't you accept me as your own?" Naluluhang saad ni Evan. Being the son of a Mafia king, at a very young age, Evan Chraystler Al Monleon is already aware of the happenings around him. Nang mamulat ang kaniyang mga mata sa mundong kaniyang ginagalawan araw-araw ay alam niyang hindi normal ang nangyayari sa kaniyang paligid. Witnessing someone being killed in front of him is not new to Evan anymore; even being bothered at night from a deep slumber just for an urgent illegal transaction is one of his daily encounters. Pumatay at mag-utos na patayin ang kung sino man ay madali lamang sa kaniya ngunit sa likod ng kaniyang maskara ay nagkukubli ang kaniyang desperasyon upang tanggapin ng kaniyang sariling ina. Bilang isang surrogate child ay hindi madali para kay Evan na lumaki na walang gabay mula sa kaniyang ina kahit pa sobra-sobra ang kayamanang naibibigay ng kaniyang ama ay uhaw pa rin siya sa kalinga ng babaeng nagluwal sa kaniya. All the pain he gained from knowing that his mother couldn't accept him because he was considered a lifetime deal made Evan freeze. Not until this woman came to tame him. Andrea Maureen Salvegas was the heiress of the Salvegas family until a tragedy came that put an end to their fairytale-like lives. Because of her parents' debts, Andrea became the forever slave of the Al Monleon family. She wasn't expecting to fall in love with one of the Mafia King's sons, Evan; The most ruthless and frigid among his siblings but the softest when it comes to her.

During their seven-year relationship, Claudia Maureen Tiongco thought that Preston would be her husband, that he would fulfill her dream of becoming a wife but she was disappointed. Unexpectedly, Preston's attitude towards her changed especially when she met Penelope, his assistant. Claudia tried to understand everything, even seeing the two happy was something she endured because of her deep love for Preston. Every time she saw Preston treating Penelope well, it hurt her so much. But not everything ended there. Claudia saw that leaving Preston and moving to his rival company was a good opportunity to start a new lifestyle but she's wrong. Preston followed her wherever she went and forced her to pursue him again. Will her heart remain hard or will she let him be imprisoned by lies again?