Novel & Cerita Second Choice

The most important thing in the world is family and love. The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyalty to each other. Family time is sacred time and should be protected and respected. Family is where life begins & love never ends. — Copyright 2021 © Xyrielle All Rights Reserved No Copy Stories No Plagiarism Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

People say they are a perfect match...including their parents, especially their mothers. Pinagbigyan lang ni Darrin/ Logan ang hiling ng mama nito to date her new friend's daughter. Gaano man kasi kaganda si Dianne Alessandra Quintero wala namang silbi ito for him. She is too naive and unwilling . They are polar opposites. Darrin Logan Contrero wants his women wild in bed and Alessandra can never be like that with him because she is younger than him.. He decided to break up with her para 'pahinugin' muna ang dalaga. He will claim her back when she is ripe for him. But when he was ready to take what's his, she changed a lot. She is no longer the same Alessandra. She is feisty and doesn't seem to want him back. https://unsplash.com/@lgnwvr?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText&fbclid=IwAR2RMUYh5lq3OQdsvScr20zhlUbXjGhPs9kH298u4lcxbBJeq58IW7BqGpw

Paano kung malaman mo na isang malaking kasinungalingan lang pala lahat? Na pinaglaruan ka lang ng taong mahal mo? Alena Reyes, maganda, inosente at maraming pangarap sa buhay. Labis na nagtiwala at nagmahal sa taong akala niya ang ibibigay ang langit. Pero sa huli nalaman niyang isa lang malaking kasinungalingan ang lahat. Dahil ang lalaking mahal niya ay pag aari na ng iba at ang masaklap pa dahil sa isang pustahan kaya siya nito pinatulan. Makakabangon kaya sa pagkakalugmok ang isang Alena Reyes? Tunghayan natin ang kanyang kwento.

Emrys Jael Travieso stands as an independent woman propelled by the void left in her heart by parents who abandoned them since they were a kid. She got a scholarship from a prestigious school Azure Southridge College. Jael strives to prove herself, not realizing that her journey is about to intersect with a troublemaker named Percival Ross Alaric. As Jael delves deeper into Ross's troubled world, she discovers the wounds he conceals behind his carefree facade. Can she be the healing force he desperately needs mending the broken pieces of his soul? Or would she end up hurting herself?

“Stop it, Vesper! You're not even my type, young lady. Ni hindi ka pa marunong humalik nang tama. Just stop!”  Iyon ang mga salitang binitawan ni Kane Ynares kay Vesper Del Valle nine years ago.  Mga salitang sumugat sa batang puso ni Vesper. She was fifteen and he was twenty-nine. He was her perfect leading man and she wanted him so bad but he is her “Uncle Kane" dahil kaibigan ito ng Dad niya. Pero nang gabing ‘yon, hindi “Uncle” ang nakita ni Vesper kay Kane kundi ang lalaking pangarap niya. Her first love, and her first heartbreak. Lumipas ang siyam na taon at muli silang nagkaharap. She's twenty-four and he's now thirty-eight and the desire between them is undeniable. As their paths cross again, muli ring nasubok ang paninindigan ni Kane. He wanted her but it's just impossible.  Because it is forbidden…

Seven years after finding peace, Haven's life is turned upside down when three men from her past come back, and the one who always stayed reveals his true feelings. Hari, whom she pushed away and left to study abroad, returns believing it's finally the right time to win her love. Daniel, though married to Isla, can't resist trying to revive their past relationship. Sebastian, now single after a breakup, realizes his feelings for Haven never went away. Meanwhile, Isaac, her loyal friend, always wanted more than friendship. Caught between the past and the present, between old loves and unspoken desires, who will Haven choose—the one who she pushed away, the one who’s committed to someone else, the one who returned, or the one who never left her side?

After five years trapped in a loveless marriage, Cecily believed that finally carrying a child would give her life meaning and perhaps soften a husband who had never learned how to love her. But when tragedy steals her unborn child before it ever draws its first breath, the fragile world she clung to collapses completely. Left with nothing but grief and quiet betrayal, Cecily makes the boldest decision of her life: she walks away from her marriage, her home, and the identity she sacrificed everything to protect. Yet leaving is never simple when she has spent years living under the shadow of one name. Without the title of being Linus Shaw’s first wife, who is Cecily? Will she truly build a life that belongs only to herself?

Kaia has always been an obedient daughter. Following and pleasing them was her own way of earning her adoptive parents’ love and approval. But despite her unwavering efforts to make them happy, lagi itong kulang. She always feels like an outsider, lalo na nang mabiyayaan ang mga ito ng totoong anak. When her sister came into the picture, pakiramdam niya ay lalo siyang nawalan ng pwesto sa pamilya. However, a chance to prove her worth to her family comes when an unexpected proposal lands on her lap—an arranged marriage to a stranger. She is torn at first but eventually agrees to this to prove that she’s willing to go to great lengths just to gain their acceptance. But everything takes an unexpected twist when Kaia discovers the identity of her mysterious groom-to-be: the one and only Aril Verlon E. Adriatico, her first love, who she believed was buried deep within her past. Hindi niya inaasahan na muling mag ku-krus ang kanilang mga landas. The rush of emotions, old wounds, and unresolved feelings resurface. Will Kaia find the strength to confront her past, which is also apparently her future?

Hindi pa sila gaanong nakalalagpas sa kasibulan ng kabataan nang magkakilala’t ma-fall sa isa’t isa sina Ana at Enrico. Madali silang nahulog sa patibong ng pag-ibig na sa una lang puro kilig. Maaga silang ikinasal sa huwes. Hindi man lang muna inihanda ang kanilang kinabukasan. Nang magsama sila sa iisang bubong at maharap sa krisis ng realidad ng buhay may-asawa, tulad sa pag-inom ng alak, matapos malasing sa pag-ibig ay matinding hangover ang sumubok sa katatagan ng kanilang ugnayan. Nagumon sa pag-inom ng alak si Enrico. Gumatong ito sa galit ni Ana dahil sa kaiintindi kung paano sosolusyunan ang kanilang mga problema. Hanggang sa mapuno ang salop at humantong sila sa maapoy at dramatikong sakitan ng damdamin. Pinalayas ni Enrico si Ana. Nagpakalayo-layo si Ana at pumunta sa rose farm ng matalik niyang kaibigan. Sa loob ng ilang panahon, humupa ang hangover ng bara-bara nilang pagkalasing sa pag-ibig. Kaalinsabay nito’y ang pagsisisi at pananabik sa isa’t isa. Nahimasmasan si Enrico sa nagawa niyang pagkakamali. Pati ang tadhana’y nakiayon sa kaniya upang maituwid ang lahat. Nakatulong din sa mabilis na pagbabago ni Enrico ang natuklasan niyang diary ni Ana. Nagtuloy-tuloy ang pagbabago ni Enrico para kay Ana. Si Ana nama’y nagtuloy-tuloy ang pananabik at pangungulila kay Enrico; umabot pa nga sa puntong hinahanap niya ito sa ibang lalaki. Hanggang sa di inaasahang araw, muling nagkurus ang kanilang landas. Ngunit naulit ang kahapon. Muling nagpakalayo-layo si Ana. Ang dahilan—may bagong babae si Enrico. Umuwi si Ana sa bahay ng Tiyo Narding niya. Si Enrico nama’y pursigidong tapusin ang gusot sa pagitan nilang dalawa. Sinundan niya si Ana. Sa bahay ng Tiyo Narding ni Ana naresolba ang lahat sa paraang kakatwa at nakakikilig. Sa huli'y opisyal na kasalan ang naganap. Kasalang puno ng luha ng kaligayahan.

Isang piping manugang na walang silbi… 'yan si Pierre sa mata ng lahat. Ngunit nang malagay sa panganib ang kumpanya ng kaniyang magandang asawa na si Eleanor, ang itinuturing nilang basura ang siyang nagdala ng milagro. Sa isang pitik, nagbago ang ihip ng hangin. Paano haharapin ng pamilya Elizalde ang katotohanang ang lalaking tinapakan nila ay ang nag-iisang tagapagmana na luluhuran ng buong Ciudad de Oro?