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She only wanted to live. He only needed a wife—on paper. But what started as a contract… is about to rewrite their hearts. After Rain Italy Cuervanue refuses to be sold off to an old man to pay her aunt’s debt, she’s thrown out of her own home. Desperate and alone, she flees to the only place that still holds her father’s memory, the beach house he gave her on her 18th birthday, only to find out it’s been sold. And not just to anyone. To Matthew Fuentavello, the youngest, powerful, and most feared CEO in the country, from a family known across Asia. To her shock, Matthew offers her a deal: Marry him for six months, a secret contract to fulfill his grandfather’s condition for taking full control of their empire. In return, she gets the beach house back. The catch? She must also work for him as his secretary. No one must know they’re married, except his family. Rain agrees with no choice left, never expecting that the man she married on paper… is the uncle of her cheating ex-boyfriend, the one who broke her heart with her own cousin. As they pretend by day and blur the lines by night, a dangerous chemistry starts to grow. Office rumors spark. Jealousy brews. And when the whispers get too loud, Matthew drops the biggest bomb—Rain isn’t just his secretary. She’s his wife. Just when Rain begins to believe in their stolen happiness, the past comes knocking. Her ex wants her back. Matthew’s ex, the woman who once rejected the deal Rain accepted, now wants him again. And Rain begins to wonder… Was she just a second option? Or is there something Matthew’s been hiding from the start… something real?

Astrid Is a hard headed woman, she is the black sheep of the family, to punish her, Astrid's family decided that they will sent her to the city. In order to get her inheritance  she needed to work in the city to become independent. One Night, a disaster happened between Astrid and the billionaire, They share a passionate kiss and embrace each other arms.  A destiny make a way to cross their path again, when she arrives at her working place she become frustrated when she saw the guy. Astrid try her best not to be distracted with her boss because she don't want to disappoint her family again, She try harder to find a way and manifested that Apollo won't recognized her. Apollo is eager to find that mysterious girl who have a one night stand with him. All he got is the key chain of the girl. Astrid Started to worry when she got more closer to her boss , she don't want him to know the truth and she try to keep the secret, Because of the sudden closeness Astrid started falling to her boss she can't help it she try to stay away from him but cupid's arrow struck her heart already. Astrid is inlove with Apollo but when she realized about everything she left and keep the heir of the billionaire, she don't want to do it but she need to, in order to protect her heart and stop begging for attention and love. Apollo Realized that the girl he hurt for almost a month is the girl he wanted all those years, he instantly regret everything he did and use his power to find his love.  Apollo Win her back again and promise to her that he will do everything just to make Astrid happy.

Ilana accepted the heartbreak her husband Gray inflicted in her—embracing the pain and relationship failure. She has experienced heartbreak twice—both from men who shared the same last names, Montemayor. The heartbreak didn’t kill her—it kept her alive, and afraid to love again. However, an uninvited visitor came to her door—trying its luck to be embraced like how it should be. Ilana tried so hard to avoid her growing feelings. However, the certain man who was just another presence in her life became everything to her. She forgot how she was before him. She laughed. She joked. She teased. All after he came. If this is another chance for Ilana to love again, she won’t deny it cold-heartedly. But how can she give this love a chance when the root of her love trauma left something in her that she could never get rid of?

“I Become A Concubine” follows the story of two sisters, Ramielle and Roxanne, who love to read historical novels. One day, when they finished a particular book about an empress who met an unfortunate fate, they started thinking of the possibilities that could happen if they were inside the book. Suddenly, they heard a voice asking if they wanted to give it a try; to live inside the book. Before they could even answer, Ramielle’s surroundings turned black as she realized that she was falling into the void. Ramielle woke up, confused, in a room strange to her. She then realized that she was actually inside the book. What surprised her more is that she is Shen Sheng Ling, the antagonist of the novel and the favorite woman of the emperor who caused the unfortunate fate of the empress in the story. Meanwhile, her sister, Roxanne, became Baturu Ilha, the confidant of the empress. Now that they are inside the story, they will try everything to change the outcome of the story and save the empress from her unfortunate fate.

[MATURE CONTENT R-18] Two cousins. An enormous inheritance. Two conditions. And a six-month deadline. Declan Laxamana, a self made billionaire at the age of twenty-seven, encountered a predicament regarding his grandfather’s last will. Don Carlos Laxamana, the patriarch of the Laxamana Real Estate Companies, passed away with a ridiculous conditions on his will that Declan, and his cousin Crem Laxamana has to abide before they could get their hands on the enormous inheritance the late Don left. Declan has no desire with his grandfather’s fortune as he has made his own name in the business industry and is a billionaire himself, but a property verbally given to him by Don Carlos Laxamana is at stake. Secret Cliente Resort, a private island in Batanes that Declan developed and is famous among the business elite might fall in the hands of Hideo Laxamana, the adopted grandson of the late Don Carlos, along with his position as COO if the conditions of the will are not met. What is he willing to do for the inheritance that is rightfully his?

TAGALOG Sienna Beatriz Valderama was shocked to discover that the new CEO of the company where she was working, Dante Alejandro Montenegro, was no other than the man she had a wild one night stand with just last night. Luckily, the man didn't recognize her, or so she thought… — After Sienna Beatriz Valderama discovers her boyfriend of five years is having a "dirty affair" with his assistant, she had a wild, uncharacteristic one-night stand with a devastatingly handsome stranger to numb the pain. She wakes up alone, finding only a sleek, black business card left on the pillow. When she shows up at her high-profile marketing job on Monday, she discovers the stranger is her newly appointed, notoriously cold-hearted billionaire CEO, Dante Alejandro Montenegro. Worse? He pretends he’s never seen her before—until he locks the office door and hands her a marriage contract to save his corporate image.

Sometimes, when we are drunk we may not know what we are doing so one day we will just think that what we are doing is not right. "Babe, go ahead ...... kiss me." Said a woman where she hugged a man and begged him to kiss her. "No way, just go to sleep." The man stopped, the woman immediately wrapped her hand around this man's neck "What the?" The man said annoyed but before everyone else the woman kissed her. "Uhm." The woman growled sharply, she didn't care about the mistake she had made because of the heat and pleasure she felt "Uhm ..... Jacob plea-." She could not continue what she was going to say when a man suddenly spoke. "I'm not your boyfriend." Gracel Velasquez a simple woman who once made a mistake, can this mistake change her life? or it will yet be the igniter of the ruin of her life.

“I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride!” The moment I closed my eyes for that first kiss, I suddenly remembered how I fantasized about marrying Lucas Sandoval. I recalled when I aimed to have a complete and a happy family and how willing I am to spend a lifetime with him. I felt a tear fell from my eyes as I felt his lips against mine, as I have realized that I just rather want to die right now in front of everyone than to live with him. Before, I was dying just to be with him. Now, I am literally dying for being with him. I dreamt about walking down the aisle to be with my love. Now, I just want to run away from him and never come back. I once prayed to be part of his life. Now I am— his battered wife.

Bellatrix Amon, a stubborn girl and an only daughter of Annabelle Amon. Their life isn’t full of sunshine and rainbows. They were the center of gossip, because her mother always brought different guys to their house. After fighting, Bellatrix couldn’t believe that her mother died brutally the next day after leaving with the mysterious guys. Bellatrix found out that Don Geronimo Marquis was with her mother before she died. With that, Bellatrix wanted to take revenge on him. But since life is full of twists, Bellatrix met Colter Andrew Marquis—the son of Don Geronimo. Her plan changed, and it was now to seduce the billionaire’s son, and wrap him around her fingers as she took revenge to ruin his father. However, Bellatrix didn’t know that Colter also had a plan for her. But what if a spark would touch their hearts—making them yearn for each other’s touch and love? Would it affect their initial plans? Or would they continue their lies and schemes?

A contract. A night. A mistake that turned into something more. Naia Isadora Lastra never believed in second chances—especially not after catching her boyfriend red-handed and breaking down in the arms of a dangerously charming stranger at a bar. One night. One decision. One unforgettable mistake. She never expected to wake up sore, breathless, and tangled in the sheets with a man who disappears before dawn… only to reappear days later in a designer suit, announcing: "You're going to be my bride... on paper." Ammir Alejandro Silvestri is a cold, calculating CEO, forced to fake a perfect marriage for the sake of his dying grandmother—and the woman he shared a bed with becomes his only option. Now, all eyes are on them. The press, their families, and the ticking clock of a six-month contract. But the longer they pretend, the harder it gets to remember what's fake and what’s not. And when secrets surface, hearts aren't the only things at risk—because falling in love was never part of the deal.