Smiling Cat Novels & Stories

I successfully disappeared for five years. Five. Whole. Years. Do you understand how hard that is when you're internationally hunted, emotionally unstable, and raising a five-year-old child who thinks hiding under restaurant tables counts as "stealth mode"? I had a plan. Disappear quietly. Protect my daughter. Never see Caelan Valecrest again. Simple. Effective. Emotionally catastrophic, sure, but effective. Except apparently the universe looked at my suffering and said, "Needs more comedy." Because after five years of hiding from corrupt billionaires, secret syndicates, and people who think illegal human experimentation is a fun hobby… I got exposed by a child with pigtails and zero survival instincts. "Daddy!" That's what Kaeliviane yelled. In public. Directly at Caelan Valecrest. Do you know what kind of spiritual damage that causes a person? Caelan froze. I froze. Even the waiter carrying champagne froze. Meanwhile, my daughter was smiling proudly like she'd just solved world hunger instead of detonating my entire life. Now Caelan keeps appearing everywhere "coincidentally." Sir, you are the CEO of Valecrest Global Holdings. You do not accidentally appear at playgrounds carrying strawberry milk and dinosaur bandages. And why is he good with children?! One minute he's terrifying billionaires in boardrooms, the next he's kneeling on the ground helping Kaeliviane bandage her stuffed rabbit because apparently "Mr. Bunbun had emotional damage." Traitorously, she adores him. Absolutely obsessed. Yesterday she told me, very seriously: "Mommy, Daddy looks scary but his eyes become sparkly when he sees me." I nearly passed away. Meanwhile, I'm trying very hard to survive secret organizations hunting my family, assassins who don't believe in personal space, emotional trauma, and the deeply unfortunate realization that I might still be stupidly in love with Caelan Valecrest. Honestly, being chased by international syndicates was less stressful.

"Di ko siya jowa. Di ko siya crush. And yet, I let him do things to my body." Sabi nila, ang pinaka-masakit na heartbreak ay hindi ‘yung iniwan ka—kundi ‘yung never ka namang pinili in the first place. Nakatayo siya sa dulo ng reception hall, hawak ang baso ng alak habang pinapanood ang lalaking minahal niya ng matagal… na masayang ikinakasal sa iba. Kitang-kita niya kung paano nito tinititigan ang babae—isang titig na kailanman ay hindi niya natanggap. Masakit. Pero imbes na magmukmok, Cass did what any heartbroken girl would do—nagpakalunod sa alak. Kung hindi na siya ang pipiliin, edi dapat kalimutan na lang, diba? Kahit isang gabi lang. At dahil lasing na lasing siya, she made a reckless decision—she had s*x with a stranger. No names, no backstories. Isang taong hindi niya kilala. Pero paggising niya kinabukasan, mas matindi pa sa hangover ang sumalubong sa kanya. Ang lalaking nakasama niya sa kama? Hindi lang basta kung sino lang— Anak ng teteng! He’s the cousin of the man she had loved for years. Napatayo siya agad, hinatak ang kumot sa katawan, pero ngumisi lang ito. "Easy ka lang," he chuckled. "Last night, you were like a needy cat—clinging, pressing against me. Ngayon, parang gusto mo akong itulak sa bangin.” Nanlamig siya sa kahihiyan. Pero mas lalo siyang natulala sa sunod nitong sinabi— "Kung gusto mong kalimutan siya, I can help you. Pero hindi lang isang gabi. Hanggang sa hindi mo na maalala ang pangalan niya." Tatanggapin ba niya ang alok nito? O lalabanan ang tukso ng matamis na kasalanan?

Naging father-in-law niya ng hindi inaasahan ang kanyang ex lover. What if he wants to marry his son's wife cause he can't stand seeing her being mistreated by his son? And more than that— he's still in love with her son's wife, his ex lover that suddenly become his daughter in law. Isang ampon ng mayamang mag-asawa si Halliea Infuentes. Ngunit, ayaw niyang ipa-alam sa mundo na namumuhay siya sa karangyaan. Itinago niya ang kanyang tunay na pagkaka-kilanlan at tanging ang dalawang matalik na kaibigan lang niya ang nakaka-alam ng totoo. She's 20 years old and way back then, she's a real headache of her parents. And when she finally turned 21 she dated his fiance, ang lalaking ka- arrange marriage niya. But, little did she knows— his fiance is also a son of his beloved ex lover. Sa araw ng kasal nila ay iniwan siya ng kanyang fiance na si Vans sa simbahan. He choose to take her girl best friend instead of taking her bride. At nang dumating ang kanyang amang si Chase ay tila ba mas naging magulo ang mundo ni Halliea. Siya ang tumayong groom dahil wala ang kanyang anak-anakan na si Vans. Madalas tahimik ang buong mansion ni Chase kung saan siya ngayon nakatira, ngunit tuwing magkakasalubong naman si Halliea at Chase ay tila ba minumulto siya ng kanilang nakaraan. The woman can't hide the pains of her past and she's happy as well knowing that his ex lover is alive and now became his father in law. Out of betrayal of his husband, she choose to divorce him and when she came back on the day of his ex husband's wedding, she's smiling widely as if nothing happened and then she walk towards his ex husband's and whisper “hello, my dear stepson. ”