Rain And Ashes

Satu malam mabuk di bar mengubah hidup Valerie selamanya. Pria asing yang menghabiskan malam bersamanya ternyata adalah Diego Oliver Stanford—bos barunya di kantor. Valerie berusaha menjauh, tetapi Diego justru semakin terobsesi. Hubungan terlarang itu terus menyeret mereka ke dalam skandal, rahasia, dan bahaya, terlebih saat status Diego sebagai pria beristri tak lagi bisa disembunyikan. Ketika cinta, obsesi, dan kekuasaan saling berbenturan, Valerie harus memilih: bertahan dalam jerat Diego atau pergi sebelum segalanya menghancurkannya.

“Masarap ba ang asawa ko?” ito ang mga katagang binitawan ng kakambal ko na si Ada pagkatapos kong makipagniig sa kanyang asawa sa gabi ng kanilang kasal, kasabay ng pagbitaw niya ng isang malakas na sampal sa mukha ko. Ang sagot ko? Mag-asawa at mas malakas din na sampal sa magkabilaan niyang pisngi sabay ngisi. “Oo naman, Ada. Napakasarap ng asawa mo.” ***** Grade one ang kambal na sina Ava at Ada noong maghiwalay ang kanilang mga magulang dahil sa pambababae ng kanilang ama. Si Ava ay naiwan sa kanyang ina, samantalang si Ada naman ay sumama sa tatay nila. Pero pagkatapos ng labing-anim na taon, muling nagbalik ang mag-ama. Hindi upang bumalik sa kanilang pamilya, kung hindi dahil may kailangan sila kay Ava. At ito ay ang kanyang pagka-birhen. Ang kapalit nito ay ang kidney ni Ada para sa operasyon ng kanyang inang may sakit sa bato. Dahil si Ada lang ang ka-match nito, no choice si Ava kung hindi ang pumayag para madugtungan pa ang buhay ng kanyang minamahal na ina. Pero paano kung mahulog ang loob niya kay Daniel, na asawa ng kakambal niya? Paano kung kahit anong iwas niya dito ay palagi pa rin silang pinagtatagpo ng tadhana? Noong namatay ang nanay niya dahil hindi tumupad sa usapan nila si Ada na ibigay dito ang kanyang kidney, nagdesisyon si Ava na ipaghiganti ang kanyang ina. Aagawin niya si Daniel sa kanyang kakambal. Iniba niya ng kaunti ang kanyang itsura at pumasok siya bilang assistant nito, at ipinakita dito ang isang video kung saan siya ang kaniig nito noong gabi ng kanyang kasal at hindi si Ada.

Tania, wanita muda yang cantik menjadikan dirinya mengikuti lelang demi mendapatkan uang untuk biaya pengobatan Ayahnya. Siapa menduga, kalau ternyata yang menawar dirinya adalah Ryan. Pria yang pernah menjadi suaminya dalam pernikahan singkat, sebelum ia pada akhirnya diceraikan oleh Ryan. Dengan terpaksa Tania, menerima tawaran pernikahan kontrak yang ditawarkan Ryan kepadanya. Ia juga harus bersedia melahirkan keturunan untuk Ryan. Akankah, Tania bahagia menikah dengan Ryan? Sementara ia mengetahui, kalau pria itu begitu membencinya di masa lalu dan juga adanya wanita lain yang hadir dalam pernikahan mereka.

[WARNING! FOR 18+ ONLY] After a fight with her stepmother, Beverley Holmes suddenly received a wedding invitation that made her face pale. Not because it was from her ex-boyfriend, who was getting married to another woman. It was because the bride's name written on it was her own! How could it be?! So, her stepmother didn't lie to her? The woman had actually sold her to pay off a multi-million dollar debt? Then who is her future husband? *** The first time Brent Oliver saw his future wife on the wedding altar, he vowed never to be seduced by her beauty and sexiness. However, he didn't expect that the more time he spent with her, her innocent, virtuous, and hard-to-get demeanor would be so seductive that it drove him crazy. Can he continue to maintain his relationship with his secret lover? Or is he stuck with his alluring wife instead?

I've transmigrated into a world where people will die if they don't cheat on their partners. The system tells me that I need to carry out the entire plot before I can finally go home. So, I play the role of a good wife during the day and carry out my duties as a great "friend" at night. I'm a master when it comes to time management. When I finally reach the end of the plot, I break up with my side piece, Xavier Dawson, first. Xavier bursts into tears instantly. "I don't mind the fact that you have a husband, yet your husband minds you having a side piece! Can't you tell who here loves you even more?" Left without a choice, I decide to file for a divorce from my husband, Rafael Cortez. Rafael gets mad at me this time. "You cheating on me is purely business between you and your side piece! How is this related to me? Why must I be involved in your business?" Heh! If not for the fact that I know both Xavier and Rafael have a first love each, I might have believed their lies!

Raven had lived the best life she could in the Black Moon pack. With an adoring mate and twin pups, she has never doubted they could face anything together as a couple or as a pack. Until war was declared. After having left her side to join the enemy, her mate Rafe has now returned to her and brings the news that the enemy is dead. With that news the council believes there is no longer a threat of war. Raven knows better. Something is not right with Rafe or the world outside their pack. Beginning a journey that will forever change her, secrets are now unfolding, and sides are shifting. She doesn’t know what to believe anymore. In a race against time to save her mate and stop this war, Raven accepts that when it comes to love and peace, there are no lengths one wouldn’t go to, to win.

In my final year of high school, my parents died, leaving me nothing but a crumbling brick house. And yet, I somehow got myself a younger brother. He was a second-year student at our school, at the top of his grade. But no one respected him. Even when he was bullied, the teachers turned a blind eye. Why? Because even if others didn't beat him, his drunken father did it every day, while his cowardly mother never dared to fight back. I dragged him home with all my strength, patched up his wounds, and kept him with me for several days. Later, when his mother was beaten to death, I called the police and had his father arrested. "Hey," I told him, "from now on, live with me. I don't have any family left. Call me sister, and I'll put you through school." He dreamed of getting into a prestigious university. So I dropped out, set up a street stall, sold my own blood, and even took illegal jobs just to support him. When he graduated, he said he wanted to start a business. I gave him every cent of my savings. And then one day, I watched him stand beneath the dazzling lights, a radiant girl at his side, holding a trophy for a youth entrepreneurship award. I looked down at the cancer diagnosis in my hands. A bitter smile tugged at my lips. In the end, I had raised him into someone I could no longer reach. It was time for me to leave the stage.

My husband has stepped out on me countless times, but he refused to divorce me. Meanwhile, his family called me a disgraceful tramp. Five years ago was the first time I asked for a divorce. Terrence Fulton did not say anything. He locked me up in the villa for a whole month instead. After that month, I found out that I was pregnant. Three years after that, I asked for a divorce for a second time. That very night, Terrence returned to his family home at Fulton Manor. After that, I was allowed to see my son only once a week. Today was my third attempt to get a divorce, and I could finally leave. I discovered that my son did not love me and that my marriage to Terrence had been fake all along. I was just like one of the women he messed around with.

At the year-end company meeting, I was announcing the bonuses when a new employee suddenly raised her hand. "Over at the other company, they handed out two boxes of imported cherries at their annual party," she said, shaking her phone. "And we only get performance bonuses?" The video, maliciously edited, went viral online and hit the trending list the very next day. I had the finance department cancel all the year-end bonus transfers. "If cherries are what really count as a gesture of goodwill," I said, "then this year's year-end benefit will be cherries—fifty boxes per person." When they saw the mountain of cherries piling up before them, the employees who had once joined in mocking me panicked instantly. One by one, they cried and apologized, begging me to reconsider.

My husband, Dominic Moore, insists on having his first love, Irene Cobb, at our wedding ceremony. Just when it's time for the bride to enter the hall, he suddenly asks for the ceremony to be paused for three minutes. Then, he gets off stage and pulls Irene, dressed in a white gown, out of the crowd. Right in front of all the guests, he takes her by the hand and walks her down the aisle, saying, "I promised Irene I'd walk her down the aisle someday." The tearful Irene throws herself into Dominic's arms before saying to my in-laws, "Mom, Dad. Although I won't get to be your daughter-in-law, I still want to address you as Mom and Dad just once." She turns back to Dominic and kisses him passionately. The guests exclaim in shock and whisper among themselves, eager to revel in my humiliation. However, I simply open the doors with a smile. I take off my veil and place it on Irene's head. "Why do you say you won't get to be their daughter-in-law? Since you like this cheating scumbag so much, I'll give him to you."