Mutual Pining

Aku sudah menikah dengan Dennis selama sepuluh tahun. Aku bahkan pernah bertemu dengan mantan pacarnya setelah kami menikah. Setiap kali dia bosan dan ingin ganti pasangan, aku selalu jadi alasan terbaik untuk putus dengan setiap pacarnya. “Kamu akan jadi seperti dia kalau menikah denganku. Pada akhirnya, akan bosan karena terlalu akrab dan terbiasa, jadi nggak ada perasaan baru lagi.” Di hari peringatan pernikahan kami, aku malah sibuk menghibur mahasiswi yang baru saja dia putuskan, sementara dia asik menonton bioskop bersama pacar barunya. Saat tisu di tanganku habis, aku seakan melihat bayangan diriku di masa lalu. Jadi, aku pun mengajukan cerai pada Dennis. Dia jarang sekali tampak bingung begitu dan berkata, “Nggak mau tunggu sebentar lagi? Siapa tahu aku bakal sadar dan berubah. Aku hanya tersenyum tipis tanpa menjawab, lalu memesan tiket menuju negeri seberang. Jika aku tak bisa menunggu kepulanganmu, biarlah aku yang melangkah pergi lebih dulu.

"Everyone has their own fears. The only difference they would make is have a bit courage to throw those fears into the bins." Apa persamaan dari si cuek fashion editor in chief dan si jahil casanova petenis? Suka makan. Lebih tepatnya cinta mati dengan makanan manis. Alexandra mempunyai tingkat toleransi rendah terhadap kaum Adam, sedangkan James di waktu senggangnya , memilih menjadi playboy yang mungkin sudah meniduri setengah populasi wanita di London. But, does the first impressions look as it seem? Keduanya bertemu lagi di Victoria Embankment setelah pesta dari mutual friend. Alex pun merasa menjadi protagonis konyol di film-film romance comedy kesukaannya saat James mengejarnya dengan semangat hidup seperti kecoak. Akankah misi James berhasil? Apakah Alex benar-benar akan mengizinkan James masuk kedalam kehidupannya?

Cassandra Elsenchì is a City girl. She likes make up and fancy dresses. Once she met her friend Stella Magday, she also found the worst man she ever met in her entire life which is Stefferson Clint, a man who can do everything just to impress himself by spending time with a night girl. Cassandra tried to deny to herself that she couldn’t fall inlove to a man like Steff, a womanizer. But, one night the frustration turns into reality, the denial turns into honesty. She fell in love with Steff unexpectedly, and Steff took a chance to move himself to the girl she dreamed of. Cassandra and Steff become more mutual and that goes to their affection to each other until love comes within. They didn’t notice what love they were playing for, two people who sought love in a dangerous way, two people who reached the peak of love in a night and remembered the flaws of a relationship in their own hand.

Genovese Series #1 Heaven Avila, a simple and loving orphan of Great Hope Orphanage. She was an incoming fourth year student and ready to face the real world. She fell in love to Crimson Genovese — the man she just met in a very unexpected event years ago. Not only that, but she gambled her feelings and didn’t stop herself from falling for him not seeing the possible consequence. Likewise, she let herself indulged the feeling of being in love. However, it did not cross her mind the thought of getting hurt so bad. She did not even know if the feeling is mutual for him. A few years after, they met again in another event that she didn’t expect he will be connected to. She already accepted everything that happened in the past, but she can’t just dictate her heart. She let herself love the same man, but another challenge was waiting. Everything was all in place, or so she thought.

Sandara Vernace is one of the most competent financial managers of Hornbrown Investments. Kahit anong klaseng investments ay kaya niyang paangatin. Stocks, bonds, money mutual funds, lahat iyan ay sisiw sa kan'ya dahil sa galing niya. Pero paano kung hamunin niya ang branch manager nila at ang miyembro rin ng No Mercy, isa sa pinakamaimpluwensiya na gang, na si Kleinder Maze Velasco na paiibigin niya ito sa loob ng anim na buwan para iwan din ito sa huli? Knowing that Kleinder's type is definitely not someone like her? She wanted him to fall in love with her so that she can hurt him in the end because it is the simplest way to break him... As it was the only way to unfold the remaining secrets no one have ever known before.

Orang tuaku meninggal saat aku masih kelas 3 SMA, hanya meninggalkan rumah bata yang reyot untukku. Namun, aku menemukan seorang adik laki-laki di tempat sampah. Dia adalah siswa teladan kelas 2 SMA di sekolahku. Namun, semua orang meremehkannya. Bahkan ketika dia ditindas di sekolah, para guru juga menutup mata. Karena meskipun orang lain tidak memukulnya, ayahnya yang pecandu alkohol akan memukulinya setiap hari, dan ibunya yang pengecut tidak pernah berani melawan. Dengan susah payah aku menyeretnya pulang, membalutnya, dan merawatnya selama beberapa hari. Kemudian, ibunya dipukuli sampai mati, dan aku menelepon polisi untuk menangkap ayahnya. "Hei, tinggallah bersamaku mulai sekarang. Aku nggak punya keluarga lagi. Panggil aku kakak, dan akan kubayar uang sekolahmu!" Dia ingin kuliah di universitas bergengsi, jadi aku putus sekolah dan mulai bisnis kios jalanan, menjual darah, bahkan melakukan pekerjaan ilegal. Setelah lulus, dia bilang ingin memulai bisnis, jadi aku memberinya semua tabunganku. Hari itu, dia dan seorang wanita muda yang cantik berdiri di atas panggung yang gemerlap untuk menerima Penghargaan Kewirausahaan Muda. Aku menatap diagnosis kanker di tanganku. Aku tersenyum kecut. Aku telah membesarkannya menjadi seseorang yang tidak pantas untukku. Sudah waktunya aku pergi.

It all begins with a clash and unfolds into a heartbreaking love entangled in secrets, status, and fate. Cairo Zeidan Altamirano, a promising third-year medical student at the prestigious Aurelia University of Medicine, finds himself unexpectedly at Casa Estrella University for a collaborative project between future doctors, engineers, and architects. There, he crosses paths with Aerisla Celeste Valmonte, a sharp-witted fourth-year architecture student—under less than ideal circumstances: a petty argument over a can of coffee. Their friction sets the stage for a fiery partnership as Aerisla, the team leader, is forced to work closely with the aloof and enigmatic Cairo. What begins as mutual disdain slowly melts into something far deeper, more dangerous. But just as a fragile love begins to bloom, Aerisla discovers she is carrying Cairo's child, only to be silenced by a cruel twist of fate. Cairo, it turns out, is no ordinary medical student. He is the heir to the empire behind the Altamirano name, and bound by family tradition to marry before his final year begins. Love was never part of the plan. But neither was goodbye.

Si Ivan Kim, isang mayaman at bilyonaryong CEO na nagmamay-ari ng hindi mabilang na hotel sa iba’t ibang bansa ay isa ding binata na hindi naniniwala sa pag-ibig at higit sa lahat.. sa KASAL. Si Ciela Luna Young, isang digital marketing assistant, breadwinner ng isang broken family. Isang dalagang pilit na nagsusumikap sa buhay upang patunayan ang kanyang sarili na karapat-dapat siyang pakasalan ng kanyang mayaman, perfectionist, soon to be lawyer at fiancè na si Jackson Chua. Ngunit isang hindi inaasahang pangyayari ang mag-uugnay sa kanilang dalawa. Ang cold hearted na CEO at hindi naniniwala sa pag-ibig at kasal ay aksidenteng maikakasal kay Ciela Luna isang gabi matapos silang pumunta sa wedding party ng kanilang mutual friend. Isang halik na magpapabago ng kanilang kapalaran. Ano ang mangyayari sa kanilang dalawa? Paninindigan kaya ni Ivan Kim si Ciela Luna? Matutuloy kaya ang kasal ni Ciela sa kanyang fiancè matapos ang nakagugulantang na balita? Abangan.