Sea Fairy Cookie

Tuwang-tuwa si Pauline matapos na malaman na nakapasa siya sa entrance exam ng isang kilalang pamantasan sa Maynila ngunit kaagad na napalitan 'yon ng lungkot nang ma-realize niya na hindi niya sigurado kung makakapag-aral nga talaga siya sa kolehiyo dahil sa hirap ng buhay nila. Tanging pagtatanim lang ng mga gulay at prutas ang hanap-buhay ng mga magulang niya na talaga naman na hindi sapat sa kanila lalo na lima silang magkakapatid. Gusto niya na makapagtapos ng pag-aaral para matulungan ang pamilya niya na makaahon sa hirap kaya hindi na niya pinakawalan pa ang pagkakataon na makapag-aral siya kahit alam niya na mahihirapan siya lalo na wala silang pera. Gagawa na lang siya ng paraan para matugunan ang pag-aaral niya. Naghanap kaagad siya ng puwedeng mapagtrabauhan para may pang-tuition siya ngunit hindi 'yon ang kanyang nahanap kundi nakilala niya ang isang guwapo at hot na football coach na si Matthew. Sinabi ni Pauline ang nais niya dito kaya inalok kaagad siya ni Matthew kung gusto niya na maging sugar daddy niya ito. He will give everything to her. Wala na siyang kailangan na problemahin pa. Hindi na niya kailangan na maghanap ng trabaho para may pang-tuition siya sa pag-aaral hanggang sa makatapos siya. All she needs to do is to say yes to him. Papayag kaya si Pauline na maging sugar daddy si Matthew? Is she going to refuse him to be his hot sugar daddy until she fulfill her dream—finishing her studies?

Gustong makatulong ni Shaina sa pamilya niya kaya ay nagdesisyon siya na sumama sa Tita Delia niya sa Maynila para magtrabaho doon bilang isang kasambahay. Akala niya ay magkasama silang dalawa ng Tita Delia niya sa isang mansion ngunit hindi naman pala. Doon siya sa kalapit na mansion na pagmamay-ari ni Jacob Lopez na ulilang lubos na. Isa siyang bilyonaryo. Guwapo siya. Malaki ang pangangatawan. Hot na tingnan at kahit sinong babae ay magkakagusto kaagad ngunit walang gustong maging katulong niya dahil sa ugali nito na hindi kanais-nais. Ang huling naging katulong nito ay bali-balitang nabuntis nito kaya ay bigla na lang na umalis. Unang kita pa lang ni Shaina kay Jacob ay aminado siya sa sarili niya na gusto niya ito. Ano'ng gagawin ni Shaina sa nararamdaman niya para kay Jacob? Saan kaya siya dadalhin ng pagmamahal na 'yon para kay Jacob? Mahalin rin kaya siya ni Jacob o baka magaya lang siya sa mga babaeng naging panandaliang kaligayahan lang nito?

The day my husband, Caleb Vale, buries his first love, Layla Shaw, he stands in front of me and throws our wedding ring into the sea. For the next 12 years, the breakfasts I bring him go straight into the trash, and the scarf I stay up all night knitting is tossed into the fire and burned to ash. The cruelest moment is when he looks me in the eye and says, "Aurora, if you really want to please me, you might as well go die." But when a mugger comes at me with a knife, Caleb still steps in front of me without a second's hesitation. As he lies dying in my arms, he uses the very last of his strength to force out a few broken words. "Go... I hope I never see you again in my next life." At the funeral, Helena Rogers sobs until she faints. "This is all my fault. I never should've arranged your marriage..." Everyone around us pities him and resents me. They whisper that I'm a jinx and wonder why I'm not the one who died. And honestly, I wonder the same thing. Why not me? After Caleb is lowered into the ground, I climb to the top floor of the building and jump. As I hover on the edge of death, a cold, mechanical voice echoes in my mind. "Binding complete. Wish detected. The system will now send you back 12 years."

Back when we were still in love, I heard from someone else that Charlie Grant had been getting unusually close to his secretary. He never offered an explanation. He let me dig for the truth on my own. Over the past five years, I quietly collected countless photos of them together—having lunch, leaving late-night meetings, even traveling for business—but none of them offered conclusive proof of cheating. Until the day he proposed to me. There was a giant screen set up. It was supposed to play a romantic video Charlie had prepared just for the proposal, but the screen suddenly cut to something else. A video of Charlie at a hospital, standing beside his secretary as she underwent a pregnancy check-up. In the video, the doctor clearly referred to Charlie as her husband… and the father of her child. His secretary burst into tears on the spot and apologized to me repeatedly. She sobbed as though she were the victim. Charlie, however, stood there with a cold expression and said flatly, "She's an unwed mother. She was helpless. I was just accompanying her for the checkup. The doctor must've misunderstood." Everyone braced for a dramatic scene. However, I didn’t scream. I didn’t cry. I only reached up and slowly removed the delicate flower hairpiece from my head. I set the hairpiece down. Then I looked Charlie in the eyes and spoke calmly. "You're right. It is sad that she’s pregnant and all alone. "This marriage proposal was meant for her. Not me." I gave a faint smile. "May you enjoy a blissful life. And… congratulations on the baby."

Nalaman ni Aeon na fixed marriage siya. Tumakas siya at nakilala si Chuck. Hindi niya inaasahan ang pagkagusto dito subalit nangyari na ang hindi dapat mangyari. She got pregnant. But Chuck seems not interested to father their child. So, she decided to wed a stranger whom her father is refering to her. Araw ng kasal, she's been expecting Chuck to stand against the wedding. But where the hell is he?

Nayla Prameswari terancam dikeluarkan dari kampus setelah beasiswanya dicabut dan tunggakan kuliah menumpuk. Tanpa keluarga yang peduli dan pekerjaan yang cukup, ia berada di titik terendah hidupnya. Rafael Aditya Santoso, pengusaha muda dengan pernikahan hambar, muncul tepat saat Nayla hampir menyerah. Ia menawarkan jalan keluar yang tidak pernah Nayla bayangkan: > “Aku bayar semua kuliahmu… kalau kamu bersedia menjadi istriku—secara diam-diam.” Desakan hidup membuat Nayla menerima perjanjian itu. Sejak hari itu ia menjalani dua kehidupan: mahasiswi biasa di kampus, dan istri simpanan di balik pintu apartemen rahasia. Namun ketika Larissa—istri sah Rafael—mulai curiga, hubungan terlarang itu berubah menjadi badai besar yang mengancam menghancurkan mereka semua.

"If I am just a tool for fulfilling your longing to another woman y-you will never have me." You will marry me even if you despise me....now strip my little whore." Hated and abandoned by her fiancee who saw her with the eyes of contempt and discarded by her father and brothers who loved her sister, she became a political tool to be sold to the highest bidder. But this time she shall choose her own buyer and become the obsession of the king of Ardos who wants nothing but to bind her to his bed and breed her with his children so that she could never escape his clutches.

Every Christmas Eve, the heir of the Marco mafia family—Adrian Marco, must follow the family tradition: Draw a name to decide whether he’s allowed to marry me. Because I, Irene Cast, am not mafia-born. Unless he draws the slip with my name on it, he can’t take me as his wife. For four years, Adrian has drawn four times. And not once did he draw my name. I always thought he fought with his family because of me— that he was willing to risk losing his position as the Don, just to choose me. Every time he failed, he held me so tightly and whispered, “It’s okay. There’s always next year.” And I loved him so much it hurt. Hurt enough that I was willing to wait, year after year. This year, I told myself: If he still doesn’t draw my name… I’ll secretly switch the result. I sneaked to the door of Adrian’s study, and heard his younger brother ask: “Don… every year you do draw Irene's name. Why do you pretend you didn’t? Is it because you still can’t let Sera go?” But he simply said, in a flat voice, “Sera needs me for something urgent. Do what you always do: swap Irene’s name for a blank one.” He walked out without looking back. Instead of swapping, he tossed the blank slip into the trash, left the one with my name on the table, and hurried after Adrian. I went inside, picked up the blank slip from the trash, and replaced the one with my name. Watching my own name fall into the garbage. Adrian…I don’t want to wait and marry you anymore. I’ll grant you your choice.

Sa edad na 32 ay hindi pa naranasan ni Andrea ang magkaroon ng boyfriend. In short, siya ay NBSB o No Boyfriend Since Birth. Hindi naman siya kapangitan ngunit napakailap ng pagkatataon sa kanya. May nagawa ba siyang malaking kasalanan sa kanyang past life? Sa edad niya ay hindi na siya umaasa pa na may lalaki na magmamahal sa kanya ngunit gusto niya na magkaroon ng kahit isang anak man lang. Puwede naman na magkaroon ng anak na walang asawa kaya naisip niya maghanap ng sperm donor. Hindi artificial insemination ang gagawin kundi natural method. Sa kalagitnaan ng paghahanap niya ay nakilala niya si Martin na isang guwapong bilyonaryo. Unang pumasok sa isip niya na perfect match ang binata para sa kanya ngunit ang problema lang ay hindi siya nito gusto. Mapapayag kaya ito ni Andrea sa nais niyang mangyari? Paano kung hindi? Itutuloy pa ba niya ang paghahanap ng sperm donor o ititigil na lang at tatanggapin na lang na kailanma'y hindi siya magkaroon ng asawa't anak?

Pinuntahan si Camilla ng bilyonaryong si Hector Gonzalez sa bahay nila para singilin sa utang ng kanyang ama sa halagang fifty million pesos na inutang nito. Wala siyang kaalam-alam tungkol sa utang na 'yon ng kanyang ama. Wala siyang pera na pambayad dito. Isang linggo na rin na hindi umuuwi sa bahay nila kanyang ama. Pinagbantaan siya ng guwapong bilyonaryo na si Hector na kung hindi siya magbabayad ay ipakukulong niya ang ama nito. Natakot si Camilla. Nagmakaawa siya kay Hector hanggang sa bigyan siya ng chance nito. Kailangan niyang pakasalan ito kung ayaw niyang ipakukulong ang ama niya. Pumayag naman kaagad si Camilla kahit hindi niya mahal ito kaya kinasal kaagad sila ni Hector. Days had passed and she fell in love with him. Akala niya ay siya lang ang nag-iisang babae sa buhay nito ngunit hindi pala. Kasal na nga sila ngunit ang asawa niya ay palaging nasa babaeng mahal nito. It breaks her heart as she thinks of it. She realized that if it wasn't her father, she wouldn't fall in love with him and she wouldn't feel the pain of loving someone who can't love her in return. Sinisisi niya ang kanyang ama. Gusto niyang umalis sa sitwasyon na kinasasangkutan niya ngunit hindi niya magawa-gawa 'yon. She realized that maybe it's the way of paying her father's debt as she suffers the pain. Will she be able to find the happiness she deserves? Is she going to live a miserable life with him while her heart is still beating for his name every day? Is there a chance for Hector to love her in return because she's his wife already?