Our Missing Hearts: A Novel

“How Long Were You Going To Wait Before Telling Me?” He Demanded, His Voice Like Velvet Over Steel. She decided to try to bluff him out, then abruptly changed tack, choosing to attack him on his own terms. “I could ask you the same thing. How long were you going to wait before telling me you’d bought this building? I never stood a chance to buy out, did I?” “You would have known in good time, Blair. Now, it is not like you to be unwell, and I assume it can be due to only one thing. So, I will ask you again. How long were you going to wait before telling me you were pregnant?” “Until never!” “Wrong answer.” He covered the short distance between them in the blink of an eye. One arm curved around her back, holding her captive against his body. And darn it, her body responded instantly to his touch.

"Loving you is unhealthy, I know it is" Loving a man with all my heart even if I already know his intention to me wasn't true. All his actions and gestures were just a part of their bet, in short... I'm just a bet. But I still loved him despite all of those red, just this once I want to follow my heart even if I know that it will also ruin me in the end. Just for once I want to know how to love and what it feels to be loved, even if it's just an act. I, Arela Charlie Maurier am willing to take a risk just to know what love feels like, I know I'm awful, but I'm desperate because this is my first and last chance. Love will always be the most painful risk that I'll be willing to take.

ALIYA, isang babaeng may hindi magandang karanasan. Ramdam niyang siya na ang pinakamalas na tao sa mundo. Simula nang mawala ang kaniyang mga magulang ay naging mag-isa na lang siya sa buhay. DEAN GAVIN, katulad ni Aliya, may hindi rin itong magandang karanasan. Ngayon ay natatakot na siyang magmahal dahil lahat ng taong minamahal niya ay nawawala. Magagamot pa kaya nila pareho ang isa't-isa? Magagamot pa ba ang mga sugat na dulot ng kanilang nakaraan?

Callieyah Grabielle Suarez is the one and only Heiress of Suarez Clan. Napilitan Siyang magpakasal Kay Luna Maxine Sandoval dahil sa kagustuhan ng kanyang ama. Sa takot na mawala lahat ng meron Siya ay walang nagawa kundi sumunod na lamang kahit kagagaling lang niya sa masakit na break up at idagdag pang babae Ang nais ipakasal sa kanya. Isang bagay na Hindi kahit kailan man niya maiintindihan dahil mas straight pa Siya sa isang pole. Pero paano kung Ang isang Callieyah Grabielle na madaling mabighani ang lahat mapa lalaki man o babae ay tila naging invincible lang sa isang Lluna Maxine Sandoval? Hindi matanggap ni Callieyah na tila nabasura Ang taglay niyang Ganda pagdating Kay Luna. Bakit Ang isang to ay naiiba sa lahat samantalang nagkakagusto Naman ito sa kapwa babae pero bakit excluded ata siya? Hindi ba siya kaakit akit sa paningin nito? Anu nga bang pakialam niya Lalo nat Siya Ang number one na against sa kasal na to. Pero tila ba lintang nakakapit sa kanyang Sistema Ang pagka frustrated. Bakit Ang isang Callieyah Grabielle na pangarap ng lahat ay Wala lang sa isang to? Hindi ito lubos matanggap ng pride, ego niya dahil sanay Siyang hinahabol. Pwes magkakandarapa din Ang babaeng ito sa kanya isang araw. Wala Siyang Hindi nakukuha kapag ginusto. Kumpyansa Siyang magwawagi at Ang babaeng ito ay mapapasunod niya sa lahat ng gusto.

Si Bella Monteverde, pinanganak galing sa mayaman na pamilya. Isang tagapagmana, subalit dahil sa pag-ibig, tinakwil siya ng sarili niyang pamilya. Hanggang sa dumaan ang ilang buwan. Ipinaghiwalay sila ng tadhana ng kaniyang asawa na si Brent De Guzman. Tunay na pagmamahal ang ibinigay nila sa isa't isa. Isang bulag si Brent. Ngunit, ginawa pa rin ni Bella ang lahat upang ipaglaban nito ang kaniyang asawa sa pamilya niya. Hangang sa isang araw, pumunta siya sa hospital dahil masama ang pakiramdam niya. Naging masaya naman si Bella dahil buntis pala siya. Ngunit, pagbalik niya sa kanilang bahay ay hindi na niya naabutan ang asawa niya. Tanging mapanakit na sulat na lang ang natanggap ni Bella. Pitong taon ang nakalipas. Muli siyang bumalik, ngunit hindi na siya tinaggap ng kaniyang ama base sa sinabi ng stepsister niya. At ngayon ang pamana na dapat kay Bella ay pilit na kinuha ng kaniyang step sister. Kahit nagawa man ni Bella ang lumapit sa pamilya niya para sa pagpapagamot ng anak niya. Ay naging walang saysay pa rin ito. Subalit, patuloy pa rin na lumaban si Bella. Hanggang sa hindi niya sinasadyang makatagpo ang isang matanda. Ang matandang ito ay nagpanggap bilang isang pulubi. Subalit, sa likod nito siya ang lolo ni Brent. Na siya ring dahilan nang muling pagkikita ni Bella at ni Brent. Ngunit sa kasamaang palad, hindi na si Bella ang kinikilalang asawa ni Brent. Dahil kinuha ng stepsister niya ang bagay na 'to at nagpanggap bilang si Bella. Gayunpaman, ay nais ng lolo ni Brent na ikasal si Brent kay Bella. Saan hahantong ang ganitong buhay? Muli kaya niyang maibabalik ang kaniyang asawa sa piling niya? Muli kaya niyang mababawi ang dapat para sa kaniya?

Just starting out with his Call of Duty streams, everyone started idolizing Xhyro for his impeccable gaming skills, until someone keeps on killing him at the game during one of his streams, totally humiliating himself in front of everyone. Having a rough day at work, Genevieve pours out all her emotions during her first match, and when she finds out her opponent is her most-hated streamer for being so obnoxious, she starts targeting him instead, totally forgetting the rules of the game and making Xhyro go crazy for his viewers have already dropped an insane amount. With Xhyro’s madness, he messages Genevieve on the game and in a blink, both kept spouting foul words to each other, officially declaring the other as an enemy. When Xhyro starts looking for Genevieve’s teases and words after a few days, he knew he would be stuck at an impenetrable love.

Elise is an unemployed woman from the modern world and she transmigrated to the book "The Lazy Lucky Princess." She hated the book because of its cliché plot and the unexpected dark past of the protagonist-Alicia, an orphan who eventually became the Saint of the Empire. Alicia is a lost noble but because of her kind and intelligent nature the people naturally love and praise her including Elise. When Elise wakes up in the body of the child and realizes that she was reincarnated to the book she lazily read, she struggles on how to survive in the other world and somehow meets the characters and be acquainted with them. She tried to change the flow of the story but the events became more dangerous and Elise was reminded why she hated the original plot. Then Alicia reaches her fifteen birthday. The unexpected things happened when Elise was bleeding in the same spot Alicia had her wound. Elise also has the golden light just like the divine power of the Saint. "You've gotta be kidding me!"

"I, King Zachariah Fenrir, pack Alpha to the Alpha pack, cast you, Aurora Fenrir out. From this moment forth, you are no longer worthy." A strangled cry rang out across the silence, it took me a moment to realize it was coming from me, my knees buckled and I hit the soft grass in the pasture. It felt as if someone was sticking a white hot branding iron into my chest, I was struggling to breathe. My fathers voice cut through the silence once more. "Run my child, because when we find you, there will be no saving you." And I did run, I ran as fast as I could.

The day Henry decided to marry my best friend, I turned into a joke in everyone’s eyes. He lifted my chin and stared into my eyes bewitchingly. “If you admit your fault, I can overlook your mistakes and start over again with you.” I obeyed and uttered the words, “I was wrong.” And yet, with mocking eyes, he sneered, “I can’t believe you’re this cheap, Julia.”

Buong akala ni Sky hindi na siya magkakagusto pa sa isang lalaki, matapos lokohin ng boyfriend niya noon at iwan ng Papa niya para sa ibang babae. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang makilala niya si Zach Villanueva, ang bagong CEO ng kumpanyang pinagtatrabahuan niya. Lihim siyang humanga dito, ngunit malayong magustuhan siya ng boss niyang perfectionist at may mataas na standard. Nang minsang magbiro ang tadhana, sa kasal ng kanyang ina, natuklasan niyang si Zach ay hindi lang basta boss, kundi anak ng lalaking papakasalan ng Mama niya. Stepbrother niya ang lalaking lihim niyang hinahangaan. Mas lalong naging kumplikado ang sitwasyon nang mapilitan silang magsama sa iisang bubong. Sa bawat titig, sa bawat paglapit, at sa bawat paghinga sa iisang espasyo, mas lumalalim ang tensyon sa pagitan nila. Isang tensyon na hindi dapat mabuo… pero imposibleng pigilan. Family by law. Forbidden by morals. But temptation doesn’t always play by the rules until it becomes...a sacred betrayal.