Sous Chef

I worked for a restaurant, and our boss loved making empty promises about giving us restaurant shares. The boss said we would start with zero shares, but we could earn 0.01% for every two hours of overtime, covering someone else’s work or saving the restaurant 1,000 bucks. I suggested she write this down in an official document and have someone track it properly. She just smiled and told everyone to work harder. She never actually put it in writing. The experienced staff did not believe her, but one prep cook took it seriously. At the end of the year, he went to the boss to claim his shares. The boss said, “Sorry, the head chef told me there’s no official document, so it doesn’t count. You can’t claim any shares.” The prep cook worked hard all year and got nothing for it, so he took his anger out on me. The day before I was going home for the New Year, he killed me with a knife. “If you hadn’t said it doesn’t count without an official document, this whole restaurant would’ve been mine!” I lay in a pool of blood. When I opened my eyes, I was back to the day the boss first made those empty promises.

Dans les couloirs d’un manoir où règnent la peur et le pouvoir, Alba, jeune servante discrète, tente de survivre en se fondant dans l’ombre. Mais son destin bascule lorsqu’elle attire malgré elle l’attention de Luca Ferrelli, chef impitoyable d’un cartel mafieux, et de Rael, son garde du corps taciturne et loyal. Luca voit en Alba un mystère qu’il veut posséder. Il la fait sienne, l’enferme dans un monde de luxe empoisonné et de désirs brûlants. Mais Rael, lui, la protège en silence, dissimulant des sentiments qu’il n’a jamais osé avouer, même à lui-même. Tiraillée entre le pouvoir dominant de Luca et la tendresse contenue de Rael, Alba devra choisir entre deux dangers : l’amour cruel du maître ou la passion interdite de l’homme de l’ombre. Mais dans cet univers où la trahison est mortelle, aucun amour ne sort indemne…

Si Luke Andersons, isang bilyunaryo sa sektor ng luxury real estate, ay nasa ilalim ng matinding pressure na patatagin ang legacy ng kanyang pamilya. Nang makilala niya si Pia Barrington, isang waitress na may mga pangarap na maging chef at nahaharap sa mga kagyat na problema sa pananalapi dahil sa mga bayarin sa medikal ng kanyang lola at mga bayarin sa kolehiyo ng kanyang kapatid, ang kanilang buhay ay nagsalubong sa isang hindi inaasahang paraan. Si Luke ay nagmungkahi ng isang pekeng kasal kay Pia, na nag-aalok sa kanya ng pinansiyal na seguridad bilang kapalit ng kanyang tulong sa kanyang kinakailangan sa mana. Habang nilalalakbay nila ang kanilang pagpapanggap na relasyon, ang tunay na damdamin ay nagsisimulang lumitaw, na naglalagay ng kanilang kaayusan sa pagsubok. Ang kanilang gawa-gawang pagsasama ay magiging isang tunay na kuwento ng pag-ibig, o ang kanilang mga indibidwal na pakikibaka ay maghihiwalay sa kanila?

Kilalang chef sa buong bansa si Alexander Jones. Bukod sa gwapo na ay mayaman pa. Nasa kanya na ang lahat ng katangian na pinapangarap ng isang babae. Kaya naman nasanay siyang sa isang iglap lang ay nakukuha niya ang gusto niya, mapalarangan man ito ng negosyo, hobby, o di kaya ay babae. Laking dagok sa kanyang ego ng may isang babae ang tumanggi sa kanya. Si Karen Delgado, ang babaeng bukod tanging hindi nahulog sa karisma ng isang Alexander Jones. Pero ng dahil sa problemang pinansyal ay napilitan siyang tanggapin ang pinaka-ridiculous na offer na natanggap niya mula kay Alex. Isang contractual marriage. Magiging maayos kaya ang pagsasama ng dalawang nilalang na nag-umpisa sa maling sitwasyon? May tsansa kaya na ma-uwi sa pag-iibigan ang relasyong nagsimula sa awayan? Paano kapag nalaman nila, na ang ugnayan pala nila sa isa't-isa ay hindi lang nagsimula sa isang kontrata?

THE PLAYBOY AND THE GOOD GIRL Mixing business with pleasure can be dangerous but also quite sexy. “Playboy” Liam Right works for one of the best insurance companies in the States. His skillfulness and professionalism are well appreciated by his boss and rightfully so, he’s in line for a huge promotion. Unfortunately, only married men get such promotions. So, for the next three months, Liam needs someone to play the role of the dotting fiancée. And it’s quite urgent to find this perfect “someone” since his boss wants to meet the “future Mrs. Right”. Chef Maxima Davenport has returned to New York to fulfill her goals: become one of the best chefs in the country and create her own “empire”, starting from a small catering business. She needs a perfect place big enough to take her first steps. The solution to her problem comes from Liam, her best friend’s brother and the one Maxima has loved since she was fifteen. So, Maxima agrees to help him but a few rules of this fake engagement must be followed religiously. No kissing or touching unless it can’t be helped. No sex... Definitely no sex. No fooling around while they are in the privacy of Liam’s apartment. But can they really follow these simple rules?

They met unconventionally. A night that is full of passion and desires. Destiny brought them together and would shock their family. Adeline is a loving mother to her adopted daughter. At her age, she is struggling with her identity. Until she met a woman who made her happy but would shatter her daughter's happiness. Skye gives her the desires she never dreamed of. Desires that made her crave for more. Is she strong enough to hold her desires or will she give in?? Will she choose her desire and love over her daughter's happiness?? Skye is a successful chef and business owner. She is also a playgirl who sleeps with women for fun. Not until she met a woman who made her feel happy and loved. Skye can't get enough of Adeline that she begs for more. Urges that she can't control. But her love and urges would ruin her family. What're the consequences when she chooses love over her family?? These two women crossed paths and made each other crazy with their desires and urge. A woman who is struggling with her identity and a woman who craves for more. Is it love or was it just lust??

Drugged by her father, stepmother and step-sister, Trina Ryder had a passionate one night stand with a total stranger. As if that betrayal wasn't enough, her conniving family took away all hers and her ailing mom’s vast inheritance and sent them away from their ancestral home. Eager to regroup so as to become powerful enough to reclaim what’s rightfully hers, Trina relocates abroad, only to find out that she's pregnant for the mysterious stranger she had a one night stand with! Six years later, she returns to her homeland with a five year old daughter in tow. With her degree in hotel management and excellent skills in cooking, she got the much-coveted job as the private secretary/ personal chef to the richest and most successful businessman in the whole United States of America, Zane McAllister. When an incident led to her  cheerful, boisterous and mischievous daughter, Eleanor Ryder and Zane McAllister’s mini version— the cold, aloof, indifferent and extremely smart five year old Jayden McAllister to discover that they are actually biological twin siblings, their two unsuspecting parents are in for a roller coaster of surprises! Jayden and Eleanor formed an alliance and their mission; place a trap for their parents such that they have no option but to fall.  But exactly what will Zane and Trina fall into? Undying love or a reckless battle of custody? 

She's a talented chef, and he's a famous actor. When their fates collide, what will happen? Audrey Fuentes is in love with her childhood friend and superstar, Shane Vargas. When her parents died in a plane crash, she was forced to live on her own until she was given a chance to be with the man she loves. Shane's parents fly back to the country to attend their wedding, which was arranged for a long time before her parents passed away. Just like any other bride, Audrey was excited to walk on the red carpet and meet up with the man of her dreams at the end of the aisle. What happened on the day of her wedding ceremony was nothing like what she envisioned. Shane left for another country after signing their marriage contract the day before the ceremony. To make things worse, Audrey gets involved in the accident when she's on her way home on the same day. Five years passed, and so Audrey confronted the man. She gathered enough courage to propose an annulment when she returned. Will she be able to completely move on and let go of her love? After several years, her heart still beats so fast whenever she sees him. The problem is, Shane is already head over heels with someone else. Audrey Fuentes is Shane's deserted bride.

Corine vit entourée de spirales : sur les murs de son atelier, dans ses carnets, sur les tissus qu’elle manipule. Ces formes, d’abord abstraites, deviennent des indices. À la mort de son père, elle découvre un carnet scellé, une spirale dessinée, une phrase énigmatique. Ce fil la mène vers une boîte oubliée, une carte annotée, un jardin qui n’existe que dans les souvenirs fragmentés d’un homme qu’elle croyait connaître. À travers une narration éclatée, faite de fragments et de silences, Corine remonte le fil d’une mémoire familiale trouée. Elle interroge les gestes, les absences, les objets, et les voix qui résonnent sous sa peau. Dans cette quête, elle vit aussi l’amour — discret, profond, tissé entre les lignes — qui l’aide à entendre ce que son corps n’a jamais su dire. Corine, fragments d’une obsession est un roman psychologique et intimiste, une traversée intérieure où chaque trace devient une voix, chaque spirale une carte, et chaque silence une réponse possible.

Je vais me marier, sous le regard de la Déesse de la Lune. Mais Karl, mon compagnon depuis dix ans, n’en sait encore rien. Depuis quelque temps, Karl a engagé une nouvelle assistante — Ivy. Leur proximité alimente toutes les rumeurs dans la meute. Ils "travaillent" jusqu’à trois heures du matin... presque chaque nuit. Notre anniversaire de couple est devenu… la fête d’Ivy. Karl a commandé un gâteau à dix étages, mangue et crème, sa saveur préférée à elle. Ils en ont mis partout, et ils ont oublié que je suis gravement allergique à la mangue. Pour moi, ce fruit est aussi mortel que l’aconit. Quand j’ai repris connaissance à l’hôpital, il n’y avait personne à mon chevet. Karl, lui, levait encore son verre à la santé d’Ivy. Ma louve a hurlé de douleur. Tout l’amour et tous les espoirs que j’avais... se sont brisés en un instant. C’est alors que j’ai dit oui — sans hésiter — au mariage arrangé par ma famille. Avec un véritable Alpha.