Paper Flower Chapter 1

Clarity was better. “I'll be gone in the morning.” I said quietly. It was sometime between two and three am. We both sat, lost in our own thoughts, my body shamelessly yearning for his comfort, when I'd just broken his heart. I kept sobbing quietly cause there was no stopping the tears that stemmed from a place of pain and guilt. Three times, three solid times, I stopped myself from lurching at his feet. I wanted to be held by him, but even though the distance between us, physically, was so small, we were more than miles apart emotionally. What terrified me more than the look on his face was what was going through his mind. Emma has caught the attention of the playboy in school, who happened to be the sexiest bully, and her Stepbrother.... They battle webs of secrets and lies, from friends and family, and finally, their own ego and desires. Chase wants to be Emma's last 'Goodnight' and her first 'Good morning', so does Kevin. Can he battle the insane attraction she has for Kevin, whom she had unfinished business with? Will Chase throw in the towel and let the rich tech guy swoon his girl? Will Emma ever forgive Chase's betrayal and indifference? Are their issues even solvable? Find out in the fast paced Falling For My Stepbrother 1

Harley Callanta is one of the youngest governor in San Miguel. At the age of 25, he is already a governor. He followed the footsteps of his father who was also a former governor of San Miguel. Kaya bilang isang governor ng kanilang lalawigan ay dapat malinis ang kaniyang pangalan. Ngunit nang makita niya ang isang babae na mas bata sa kaniya ay mukhang gagawin niya ang lahat kahit na madungisan pa ang kaniyang pangalan. Ayaw niyang maagaw pa ng iba ang babaeng matagal niya ng hinihintay. Nasa tamang edad na rin si Jane Requez kaya hindi na napigilan pa ni Harley na bakuran na ang dalaga. At dahil takot sa sasabihin ng mga tao sa kaniya, pinipilit umiwas ni Jane kay Harley. Ngunit ang governor naman ang lapit nang lapit aa kaniya. Hindi niya kayang ipaglaban ang nararamdaman niya para kay Harley. Takot siya sa sasabihin ng mga tao. Nang malaman ng mga tao ang tungkol sa kanila ni Harley ay nag desisyon si Jane na umalis ng San Miguel at ipinagpatuloy ang matagal niya ng pangarap-ang maging fashion designer. At sa muli nilang pagkikita ay hindi pa rin sumusuko si Harley na ipaglaban ang nararamdaman niya para kay Jane. Ngunit kaya na bang ipaglaban ni Jane ang nararamdaman niya para sa Governor ng San Miguel?

A high-profile embezzler has been altering the whole Dyson Financial for a year now. And for the sake of the company, police officers need to end it immediately to avoid the fallacies. To fulfill that, they sent their best police officer, Alexia Joy Pacheco, to be the head of security of the mysterious unknown CEO to gather lead and clues. As they gather around, something unexpected happens. She felt something weird everytime she sees him . AJ's stomach starts to sleep and her heart starts to flutter. What could this possibly mean? With this feeling, could she be able to solve the mission? And if so, are those feelings true or just called mistakenly smitten?

Payne Nivanna Warwick never imagined that she will be following a man, just to get the partnership she was aiming for so many years. As a business woman, para kay Payne ay walang kasing halaga ang partnership na ito kumapara sa iba. She badly needed this partnership to secure her good spot in the business industry. Isa pa ay ito ang pangarap ng mga magulang niya kaya kaylangan niya itong tuparin. Akala ni Payne ay magiging madali lamang ang lahat sa kanya, pero mukang hindi lang sabi-sabi ang titulo ng binata na sinusuyo niya. Hindi nga ito tinawag na Ruthless Businessman dahil lang sa wala, at ultimo ang karisma niya ay hindi tumatalab sa lalaking iyon. Lahat ng paraan ay ginawa na ni Payne pero talagang nagmamatigas ang binata. Kung tutuusin nga ay madali lang ito para sa kanya, kayang-kaya niyang gumamit ng dahas makuha lang ang gusto niya. Pero hindi niya malaman kung bakit ba pagdating sa binata ay tila nakakalimutan niya kung sino ba talaga siya.

Zara hates Harper because he is an egotistical player, sleeps with every girl, and has broken her sister's heart. She has had her whole life planned out. For now, she plans to go through her senior year with her two best friends. But all her plans seem to go down the drain when suddenly, one day Harper notices Zara. Zara is thrust into a world she never knew existed and now has to fight the battles that were never her's, to begin with.

Hillary Amelie Marquez is a beautiful and smart-witted woman who has a strong soul and owns a big heart. Despite the rumors attacking her to be an infertile woman, behind her fit and young figure, she has kept an undisclosed secret any person should not intend to know. A secret that answers her mysterious background as the faceless heir of the Marquez Corporation, the infamous 'Yama queen' who wrecked the business world as she was titled the very first woman that succeeded in handling a company better than the articles told about her. Hillary is well-known to have pushed her family's company rankings, where she managed to trample on two of the most influential 'Big five' after two years of her reign that's still a mystery to everyone. And so her title as the 'rising phoenix' begins. Inside the walls of the renowned Marquez's main mansion, a three years old boy was hidden from the prying eyes of the media. A boy whose eyes were like the deepest part of the ocean, its beauty was remarkable than the rarest gem. Nothing was more realistic than the truth she holds, no one not even her parents knew, that the father of her child was a man who is defined to be god's favorite masterpiece. A man whose blood and eyes were considered royal and divine in the race of humankind. He goes by many names, but everyone knew him as, The Grim Reaper. A man who is infamous for brutally slaughtering heads and fiddle over human souls under his fingers. When fate favors their hearts to be one again, will Hillary be willing to attach herself again towards the overbearing, malicious, and coldblooded man who was said to live a life without mercy and is more cunning and inhuman by nature?

Si Hara Del Puedo ay kilala sa buong hacienda bilang pinakamabait, pinakamadaling lapitan at higit sa lahat ay pinakamatapang na apo ni Don Ernesto. Iginagalang at minamahal siya ng mga tauhan nila. Sa edad niyang bente anyos ay marami na siyang naranasan katulad ng isang insidente limang taon na ang nakakaraan. Dahil dito ay umalis ang dalaga sa Hacienda Del Puedo upang makalimot. Ngayon, nagbabalik na si Hara sa kaniyang bayang sinilangan upang harapin ang malagim na trahedya ng kahapon. Sa kaniyang pagdating ay may isang Xandro na naghihintay sa kanya. Kasabay ng mga alaalang muling nanunumbalik ay ang pagkahulog ng loob ng dalaga sa lalaking katulad niya ay may amnesia rin. Sa tulong ng binata ay gagawin ng dalaga ang lahat upang hanapin ang mga totoong salarin sa Hacienda Del Puedo massacre. Unti-unting makakamit ng dalaga ang hustisya ngunit maraming hadlang ang sa kaniya'y naghihintay. Pakiramdam ng dalaga ay pilit ibinabaon ng sinuman ang katotohanan upang wala siyang matuklasan. Gamit ang tatag ng loob at determinasyon ay malalaman ni Hara ang mga lihim ng kahapon kasama na rin ang mga sikreto ng mga taong nakapaligid sa kanya. Ang katotohanang akala niya ay magpapalaya sa kaniya ay muli palang susugat sa puso niyang durog na durog na kaya gagawin ni Xandro ang lahat upang muling mabuo ang dalagang ngayon ay hindi na kayang magtiwala pa sa kahit sino man.

Everyone has a right to smile, love, and find happiness, but that wasn't the case for Hayat Ali. She is a 25-year-old Muslim girl who works as a school teacher. She lives with her loving father, evil stepmother and stepsister. Many will say that there's no such thing as an evil stepmother or even a stepsister but this is because they have read Cinderella or even read this book. Ever since she could remember her stepmother Maryam, hated her because of the love that she got from her father. She and her daughter always try to make life miserable for Hayat when her father isn't at home. All that changed when a young man saw how she treated his son with the kindness and love that he wanted for his son. Aayan Muhsin is a 30-year-old father and widower who is a millionaire. Aayan hasn't believed in God ever since he lost his wife due to cancer four years after his son Azaan was born. He raised his son with the help of his parents. When he lost his wife, he lost everything that he held dear to his heart except his son. Azaan. All that changed when he saw her with his son. Aayan knew that his son needed a mother's love and that he would need her guidance. So when his father told him about her. He accepted it for his son's sake. But what he didn't know was the fact that she would change their lives for the better or maybe for the worse. Trials will make them question their love and loyalty to each other. People would want to keep them apart, will they succeed, or will their love for each other be stronger than any trial that will come their way?

Katanaya Sandoval ang nag iisang tagapagmana ng pamilya Sandoval. Pamilyang kinatatakutan ng marami dahil sila ang kanang kamay ng Reyna. Ngunit ang lahat ay nagbago nang mamatay ang kaniyang magulang at mapadpad sa Low Town kung saan lahat nang nakatira doon ay mahihina at patapon. Ano kaya ang magiging reaction nila kapag nalaman nilang nabubuhay pa ang kaisa-isang Sandoval at sasali sa survival game na Code:Hero. Will she be able to find the Code or she will be killed inside the Game? Let's find out.

Nathalia Sarmiento is enjoying her peaceful and simple life to the fullest. She's just one of those ordinary teenagers, who wishes to graduate from college to help the people she treated as her real parents. Everything seems to be perfect. She had a bunch of good friends, loving parents and comfortable life. Not until her eighteenth birthday comes. She's about to go home when suddenly, a black van stopped right in front of her. Before she could even react, a group of men came out and took her away. The next thing she knew is that she arrives from a familiar mansion. When she finally met the one who planned it all, the realization hit her hard. She was captured by the mafia boss. It's not just it. To her surprise, he even had the pair of her shoes that she lost before.