Past Tense Of Laugh

"So you only need a child from me?" My voice was impressively strong despite the pain I felt within. "No, Ella. I only need you to pretend to be my Luna, till my lover wakes up." "If I accept to do this, what do I stand to gain?" "You will be treated with utmost respect as the Luna and you will have access to everything you want," Ryker said and my already shattered heart froze. "This contract will be terminated immediately upon pregnancy and no money would be paid to you." ****** Ella Rose is an orphan who is constantly being maltreated by her stepmother and step sister. Everyone in the village considers her a plague and badluck. Without a mate and a good job, Ella becomes an object of ridicule. But everything changes when she runs into rogues in the forest. In an attempt to save herself, fate sends her falling into the hands of her mate. Things finally seem to turn around for the better when the mate in question turns out to be the feared and ruthless Alpha Ryker of the Black Fur Pack. He buys her from her wicked step family and Ella is floating with excitement until he tells her everything was a sham and he only got her to be his contract bride in a condition that she never gets pregnant. This seems like a simple rule despite the pain in her heart. She accepts to be is pretend Luna but what happens when she breaks the very clause she was supposed to keep? In this tale of romance and heartache, follow Ella as she surfs through a complicated life with a mate who already loves another and a pregnancy he is not supposed to know about...

Trisha was sold by her own mother to a billionaire. She has to please the billionaire for one night for fifty thousand pesos. At a young age she was forced to do things she should have never known. Her mother taught her how to seduce men. But she's still young, that's why she doesn't lose her fear, but she does everything to do the things her mother taught her. Luke is a billionaire who is willing to squander money on frivolous things. He thought of buying a woman who would make him happy for one night. But he was shocked to see the woman who would make him happy. An angel-like and very innocent girl was in his bed who didn't seem to know what to do. As soon as he saw it, he felt pity. He knows she don't like what she's doing. That's why he talked to her deeply and offered something that would change the girl's life. To be his wife. He bought Trisha forever from her mother for ten million pesos. And that's where the love between Luke and Trisha begins. Can they be happy if there are many obstacles in their love? What will Trisha have against Luke's parents if they find out that she was just bought like a cheap thing by Luke?

"Vito. . ." mahinang tawag ni Lucille kay Vito. "Ibibigay ko na ang gusto mo. Let's get a divorce." Agad na napatahimik si Vito sa gulat nang marinig ang sinabi ng asawa. "Hindi ko na kaya. . ." mahinang dagdag ng babae. ~*~ Nang maikasal si Clarice Dominggo kay Vito Mendes-- akala niya'y natupad na ang kanyang pangarap ngunit hindi niya inaasahang magiging umpisa pala ito ng kanyang kalbaryo. Tatlong taon nagtiis si Clarice sa lahat ng sakit na idinulot ni Vito hanggang sa matauhan na ito. Papayag kaya si Vito sa hinihiling na divorce ni Clarice? O biglang magbabago ang ihip ng hangin.

"We will never come back here next summer. We won't." Kuya Dusk's voice sounded with finality. I heard my brothers sighed heavily. They both kissed me in my forehead, and the next thing I knew, my vision were blocked by darkness. I am to reckless for giving trust. I am a foolish when I gave love. It's all absurd, but I did all that. For him, for the man I thought of never gonna hurt me. I want to forget you. I hope I could wake up tomorrow with no worries, tomorrow that I will no longer remember you, Trevor. I wish I could forget how I gave my whole stupid heart to you.

Si Eleanor ay isang martir na asawa ni Herbert. Ang lalaki ang naging mundo niya at kaya niyang tiisin ang lahat para dito kahit pa ang pisikal na pananakit ng kaniyang biyenan at mga anak nitong babae. Ngunit nang malaman niyang nakabuntis ito, ay tila nawasak ang buong pagkatao niya. Kaya naman upang mabuo muli ang sarili at paghigantihan ang asawa at ang kabit nito ay tatanggapin niya ang tulong ng CEO at tagapagmana ng MADRIGAL Group of Companies na si Noah Madrigal. Pupulutin niya ang mga nasira at nabasag niyang mga piraso at gagamitin iyon upang paghigantihan ang mga nanakit sa paraang hindi nila mga inaasahan. Ngunit hanggang saan ang mararating ng paghihiganting pagtutulungan nilang dalawa? Paano kung sa ikalawang pagkakataon ay muli siyang magmahal at higit na masaktan at tuluyang mawasak?

Si Lilac Bacani ang nag-iisang babaeng heneral na namuno at lumaban sa mga hapon kasama ang kanyang hukbo noong panahon ng pangalawang digmaang pandaigdig. Isa siyang matapang na heneral at nirerespeto ng lahat. Ngunit dahil sa pagtatraydor ng taong pinagkakatiwalaan niya ng labis ay in-ambush sila ng mga sundalong hapon na nagdahilan ng pagkamatay ng mga sundalo niya at pati na rin siya. Ngunit sa halip na umakyat sa langit ay nag-travel ang kanyang kaluluwa patungo sa taong 2022 at nagising siya sa katawan ng isang twenty years old na babaeng bagong kasal pa lamang na si Gwen Del Rio na kamukhang-kamukha niya. Paano mapaninindigan ni Lilac ang kanyang bagong katauhan sa makabagong mundo na hindi niya kabisado ang kapaligiran at sa katauhan pa ng isang dalagang binu-bully ng mga kamag-anakan nito? At paano kung umibig siya sa asawa ni Gwen ngunit matutuklasan naman niya na may isa pang katauhan si Lander na inililihim nito sa lahat? Makakaya ba niyang harapin ang pangalawang pagta-traydor na magaganap sa kanyang buhay? Makakaya pa ba niyang patuloy na mahalin ang apo ng taong dahilan kung bakit siya namatay kasama ang kanyang mga kasundaluhan noong nasa taong 1942 pa siya at ang taong nag-iwan ng malalim na pilat sa kanyang dibdib?

She has always wanted to live a peaceful life, but her life wasn't the same when her mom die ; when she was ten years of age and her elder sister running away from home when she was twenty years old. Her dad bringing a new wife with two kids was hell for her, for the past ten years. Living in the world without knowing her elder sister's whereabout for the past one year was a miserable feeling for her. Her step mom wasn't someone you would wish to have as a mom. Staying with her dad and step mom was a horrible daily bread according to her. She's Daphne Remington a twenty one year old lady who happen to be catering for her step siblings Anaya and Ariel Remington only, but got maltreated from her step mom on daily basis. However, what happened when she found herself in the most notorious clan around the world when trying to run away from home. Shocking it all, she found her elder sister in that same clan.

In the Shadow of Power 💼 Romance / Corporate Drama / Mature (18+) Ayaw naman talaga ni Cassandra Vale na maging CEO ng Vale Industries—pero nung biglaang nawala ang kanyang ama, wala siyang choice kundi akuin ang responsibilidad. Bata pa siya, matalino, pero baguhan sa mundo ng business empires. At ngayon, kailangan niyang harapin ang board na duda sa kanya, ang media na laging may masasabi, at ang mga kalabang handang agawin ang trono niya. Doon bumalik si Damien Kade. Ang lalaking tinawag ng lahat na traydor. Dating top executive ng kalabang kumpanya, sinisisi siya sa halos ikalugmok ng negosyo ng pamilya ni Cassandra. Tahimik, mapanganib, at may karismang mahirap tanggihan—siya ang huling taong dapat pagkatiwalaan ni Cassandra. Pero sa desperasyon niyang maisalba ang Vale Industries, pinili niyang ibalik si Damien. Lihim, laban sa kagustuhan ng board at ng buong mundo. Habang magkasama silang lumalaban sa corporate wars—sa mga lihim na kasunduan, mga banta ng takeover, at mga panganib na di nakikita—unti-unting humihigpit ang tensyon sa pagitan nila. Ang inakala niyang laro ng kapangyarihan at survival, naging apoy na mahirap nang patayin. At habang lumalalim ang nararamdaman nila para sa isa’t isa, mas lalo silang napapalapit sa bangin ng pagkawasak. Pero sa mundo kung saan nabibili ang loyalty at ang pagtataksil ay parang business deal lang—paano malalaman ni Cassandra kung alin si Damien: ang taong magliligtas sa imperyo niya... o ang magpapabagsak nito?

Seven years ago, Emerald Hutton had left her family and friends behind for high school in New York City, cradling her broken heart in her hands, to escape just only one person. Her brother's best friend, whom she loved from the day he'd saved her from bullies at the age of seven. Broken by the boy of her dreams and betrayed by her loved ones, Emerald had learned to bury the pieces of her heart in the deepest corner of her memories.Until seven years later, she has to come back to her hometown after finishing her college. The place where now the cold-hearted stone of a billionaire resides, whom her dead heart once used to beat for.Scarred by his past, Achilles Valencian had turned into the man everyone feared. The scorch of his life had filled his heart with bottomless darkness. And the only light that had kept him sane, was his Rosebud. A girl with freckles and turquoise eyes he'd adored all his life. His best friend's little sister.After years of distance, when the time has finally come to capture his light into his territory, Achilles Valencian will play his game. A game to claim what's his. Will Emerald be able to distinguish the flames of love and desire, and charms of the wave that had once flooded her to keep her heart safe? Or she will let the devil lure her into his trap? Because no one ever could escape from his games. He gets what he wants. And this game is called...The trap of Ace. *** Book one of 'Obsessive Billionaires' series

Half a year after our divorce, my ex-husband became a trending topic online. His current wife, who had just given birth, jumped off a building. When she jumped, she was clutching a printed, 98-page copy of the "Cloves Family Code of Conduct." The reason for her suicide? She couldn’t buy discounted groceries online. A reporter came to interview me and asked, "Excuse me, were you also given the same family rules?"