Secrets So Deep

CONTRACTS AND SECRETS BY JET HERRERA Synopsis: "We keep on searching for a person whom we can spend our lifetime with, not knowing that they're just an inch away." -Captain Gerbacio Escalante Matapos mabigo sa pag-ibig ay gusto na lamang ni Antonia Buenafe na maging successful sa kanyang career. She’s doing fine until one pregnancy test and a double red line changed everything. Ginawa niya ang lahat para hindi malaman ng kanyang ex-boyfriend ang tungkol doon. Captain Gerbacio Escalante needs a bride. Hiniling ng kanyang lola na nasa ospital na mag-asawa na siya at ang gusto nitong pakasalan niya ay si Antonia. Ang problema, hiwalay na silang dalawa. Malapit na ring matapos ang kontrata ng pagtatrabaho nito sa kanyang opisina. Pero dahil ayaw niyang biguin ang kanyang lola, kinausap niya si Antonia at nagkaroon sila ng kasunduan. Kapalit ng malaking halaga ay magiging asawa niya ito sa loob ng isang taon. Naging maayos naman lahat ngunit isang umaga ay bigla na lamang itong hinimatay sa loob ng kanyang opisina.

She thought she was loved at first, but she soon realized that wasn't the case. She was nothing more than a duplicate, a doppelganger, and a stand-in for them. And when the original reappeared, she had no choice but to vanish...... He thought he'd spend the rest of his damned life alone, in pain and loneliness, until she delivered herself to him on a silver platter one day. He will do anything to have her in his arms, even if it means denying her many identities. To have him by her side, she will shed her adversary's blood and bury whoever threatens her happiness. They will defy the heavens and fight against the world to be together.

"So, do you believe in ghosts now?" Irene Blanchard has never believed in things related to the paranormal. You saw a ghost? She'll rationalise it as a trick of the light. But what happens if she actually did see a ghost? A powerful one that's able to end a life at that. Together with the school's resident heartthrob, Kai Putra Irawan, she's now dragged into the dangerous world of paranormal hunting. Will she be able to survive all of the foreign ghosts she never thought could take a life? (This is probably basically BuzzFeed Unsolved but with death, smut, and overly dramatic descriptions. Every character is completely fictional and the ghosts, while they do exist in name, some of the rules and whatnot of the ghosts are dramatised and made up.)

Archie was forced to marry Dylan Montgomery to make peace between his homeland, the Promor Empire and the Kingdom of Greavaria. He agreed to marry Dylan but with the secret purpose of avenging the death of his mother, who died in a trap set by Greavaria soldiers during the war. However time passes and due to several things that happened between them, Archie falls in love with Dylan, but for some reason Dylan remains resilient and firm without showing any feeling toward Archie which made him more frustrated, after all Archie was the most desired man by the maidens of Promor. In the end Archie discovers that the woman he had married was actually a man. In desperation to get Dylan to accept him unconditionally, he forces Dylan to accept that he feed his carnal desires on condition that he does not reveal Dylan's true identity to his father and the entire Empire.

Three years ago, my fiancé's childhood friends murdered and framed me. They ground my leg bones and turned them into beads to make a bracelet. Then, they gave it to my fiancé after he woke up from an accident. He hated me to the core and wore the bracelet symbolizing his rebirth as he utilized all his resources to find me. He even placed my weak and crazed mother under house arrest to force me to appear. Three years later, during his and his childhood sweetheart's engagement party, a renowned jewel appraiser points out that the bracelet he's had this whole time isn't made of regular bone—it's made of human bone.

Year 3150 where flying cars exists, time machines are prohibited, where existence are being questioned, and secrets are more important than truth. Time is a secret and none of you is the answer. Buried should not be unveiled or else the secrets will be told and you're the one who will be kept. Who are you when even your identity is a mystery? Does time really has a buried secrets or time is the secret itself?

The dying heir to Silverbay's showbiz empire suddenly announces he'll select a bride at random from the city's prominent families, hoping the marriage can bring some luck and save his life. On the night before my own wedding, his men arrive and inform us that the Simmons family has been chosen. My parents have just three days to deliver a daughter to him. As soon as my sister, Roxanne Simmons, hears the news, she breaks down in tears and rushes to my fiance for help. When he sees her crying, Clinton Whitfield drops to his knees in front of me, under everyone's gaze. "Mr. Sterling enjoys tormenting virgins. If Roxanne marries him, who knows what he'll do to her? "But you're already past the marrying age, so he won't be interested in you. Please, help Roxy this once!" He looks away, his voice heavy with guilt as he continues, "Besides, he doesn't have much time left. When you return, I'll marry you." Tears well up in my eyes. I ask, stunned, "And what if I don't want to?" Clinton's gaze turns cold, his earlier guilt replaced by ruthless intent. "Then I'll make sure you go to him myself." I laugh bitterly as a chill runs through me. "Fine. I'll go instead."

Rose, a beautiful, abused and neglected wife in her early twenties, tries running from her husband but founds herself in the arms of Blake, a prince in search for a crowned princess. Both hiding their true identity, What would be their fate after discovering their possibility of having one mother

Lily and Sebastian had always been the closest of friends, their bond unbreakable since childhood. Little did they know that fate had a surprising twist in store for them when Lily's sister, April, made a sudden escape from her own wedding. In a desperate bid to save their families from disgrace, Lily stepped in to take her sister's place and marry the man she had silently loved for years—Sebastian. As they embarked on this unexpected journey as husband and wife, they found themselves entangled in a web of emotions and undeniable attraction. Both had kept their feelings hidden, assuming the other saw them only as best friends, and Lily thought Sebastian had feelings for her sister, while caring for one another made them realize undeniable attraction for each other, under one roof, their true desires and unspoken love began to surface. Everything changed when an accident took place, resulting in Lily being in Hospital, and Sebastian stumbled upon her diary. In the pages filled with her heartfelt confessions, he discovered a secret they had both harbored for years—mutual love. The revelation struck him like a thunderbolt, and he realized the depth of their wasted time. Determined to confess his feelings and make things right, Sebastian was on the brink of revealing his love for Lily when April suddenly returned. With her reappearance came a cloud of uncertainty and a renewed dilemma. Lily and Sebastian stood at a crossroads...Where at one point stood April and at one point stood their love.

“Sure, sir,” I came closer to him, he offered me his arm. I was conscious not to touch his skin because if I’d done, it would have caused butterflies in my stomach, I had never been this close to any celebrity and my heart raced crazily.  I concentrated on the button rather than my feelings, I could feel Brandon’s eyes scanning me, did he notice my hesitation? , I was sweaty. Did I shiver? “Done,” I told him and looked up to meet his gaze. My heart was out of my hand, can say, was almost in my throat, I could feel the aura changing between us,  And before I could step back, Brandon said, “I owe you now,”   **** Jenna Maxwell escaped her abusive husband knowing that he will find her anytime soon. Leaving Liam behind in Pasadena and hiding in LA was her only option so she tried her luck without giving it a second thought but one didn't know that real danger was waiting for her to obey his obsession. A night where she found herself harassed after she passed out in a private event. She didn't know that man was once she had a crush on Brandon Grande. A formidable highest-paid model and known celebrity. He is all that it takes to be a gentleman, He is perfect in front of the camera world, and opposite in the real world. He has an addiction. The moment he saw her was the moment he marked Jenna as next, he craved her. When he wishes something to happen, it happens, either by hook or crook.