Tagalog Food For Thought

My girlfriend Chloe Bennett's childhood buddy, Daniel Miller, binds himself to a transfer system. Everything he eats gets sent straight into my stomach. He creates a live stream channel and eats nonstop for 12 hours a day to rake in money. Meanwhile, I end up in the ER with acute pancreatitis. I try to explain everything to Chloe, but she just looks at me like I've lost my mind. "How could something that ridiculous exist? If food could magically transfer, nobody would starve in the world. You're just jealous he's making money from streaming." Afterward, Daniel's every live stream triggers another pancreatitis episode, sending me back to the ER until I'm barely holding on. I get tested, but the doctors can't figure out what's wrong. They even want to admit me to psych. Later, in a desperate bid to outdo another streamer, Daniel downs ten pounds of mashed potatoes at once. The overload destroys my spleen and stomach, causing massive internal bleeding that kills me. When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the day of Daniel's very first live stream. This time, I rush out and order 20 takeout dishes before him. "This time, I'm eating first."

When Danica was still in college, she wanted to be a famous actress. She sacrificed a lot, including her studies when she finally had the chance to reach her dream. Among all the sacrifices, her biggest sacrifice was her love. When she was at the peak of success and popularity, unexpectedly, her name was involved in an issue that really gave roar in the entertainment industry that she did not expect to damage her popularity. Only sponsorship can save her name, but what will happen when the CEO of the company who can save her is her Ex boyfriend, whom she sacrificed along the way? Things are going to go rough because HE is up for a revenge. _ “You want my sponsorship to save your fame. How funny! How willing you are for this?” He asked with a smirk. "Very." "Prove it to me." "How?" "By signing a contract to be my mistress." The hatred in his tone gives a shiver down to her spine. She wants to back out but could she let her years of hard work get destroyed just like that? At the same time, what is he going to do about the strange addiction for the woman whom he hates from the core of his heart?

ESCALANTE SERIES 1: RAMONA ESCALANTE Ginawa ni Ramona ang lahat para makuha ang atensyon ni Nero pero sa daming beses niyang pagtatangka kahit isang beses hindi siya nagtagumpay. Pero bakit tuwing nababaling ang atensyon niya sa iba ay tila nagagalit ito? Hanggang saan aabot ang kanyang obsesyon para sa lalaki? Kaya ba niyang tanggapin ang paulit-ulit nitong pagtanggi sa nararamdaman niya? Paano kung kailan sumuko na siya saka naman ito naghahabol at ayaw siyang pakawalan? Handa ba siyang mabaliw muli para dito o talagang tinapos na niya ang kahibangan niya para lalaki?

Every tear I shed feeds his ego. Every whimper, his pride. Every bruise he leaves behind, his silent claim over me. He takes me cold. Leaves me ruined. And I wait - quiet, breathless, for the next time he comes back to break me again. He thinks he has me in the palm of his hand. Thinks I’m nothing without him. A fragile wife, meek, obedient. A weakness he never needed. I let him believe it. I never tried to break the illusion. As long as I have his hands on me, As long as his shadows reach for me, That’s enough. But in the dark, daggers roam. And with every sound my heels make, they fall. He still thinks I’m glass, But he hasn’t heard me shatter.

Nang malaman ni Anastashia ang pagtataksil ng kaniyang nobyo ay talagang gusto niyang maghiganti. Si Michel ang kaniyang kaibigan na umagaw sa kaniyang nobyo. Dahil din doon, maghihiganti siya sa pamamagitan ng pag-seduce ng nobyo din ni Michel. Si Arthuro. Ngunit akala niya hanggang doon lang ang lahat. Na-in love siya sa isang napaka-dangerous na tao. Arthuro Gatciano, the leader of Gatciano group of Mafias, multi-millioner, and the member of Gatciano Circle. He is ruthless and arrogant man. Walang ibang hinangad si Anastashia kundi maghiganti lamang. Ngunit na-in love na pala siya kay Arthuro at ganoon na rin ito sa kaniya. But within that time, their love was not strong. Lalo pa sa mga twisted things that happened. May malaking kasalanan si Arthuro. Ang kanilang love story ay parang isang rollercoaster na isa lang ang dinadaanan ngunit mapanganib, paikot, at buhay ang kapalit. Pag-ibig kaya ang magwagi sa kanilang dalawa o hanggang sa silang dalawa na lang din ang magpatayan sa isa’t isa? “If you love someone, you are willing to kill or die.”

Lucas Fenrir was the son of the Alpha of the Silvertail Pack, born as the pack's greatest pride. When his Luna and first love, Nara Boris, chose to leave, he married me in a fit of rage—the most unremarkable Omega in the pack. Everyone said I was just a substitute for Nara. They were waiting to see me abandoned, to see me cry, and to see me beg on my knees. Nonetheless, I always smiled and calmly fulfilled Lucas' every demand. I helped him stabilize the pack's morale, stood up for him in public, and even defended him against the rumors that he had rekindled his past romance with Nara. Until one day, I saw him on the streets during the Moon Goddess Festival. He was holding Nara, kissing her deeply. Meanwhile, I simply turned my head away in silence from behind the crowd and pretended I saw nothing. A few months later, I was diagnosed with wolfsbane poisoning that had spread to my nervous system. My condition was beyond saving. I was admitted to the ICU of the pack's hospital, with only a few days left to live. Lucas came when he heard the news. His eyes were bloodshot as he roared and grabbed my dying body. "Why didn't you tell me? Why are you trying to die alone in secret?" I looked at his unhinged expression, my gaze as gentle as it had always been. There was even a faint mocking smile curling at my lips. "Lucas, I've never loved you. "The one I loved… was actually your twin brother—Derrick."

Timothy Blythe is known as the king of Strawberry Fields Academy. He poses as an arrogant jerk who only likes to play soccer and hook up with different girls. But behind all these despicable traits hides a very fragile boy who was haunted by his dark past. His repressed memories that have been locked away have suddenly broken loose, and painful feelings are coming back to destroy his life and the lives of those around him. Will he be able to control these vengeful feelings that came from his own Pandora's box, or will he succumbed to this dark persona that looms behind him and destroy the love he tried to form with others?

On our sixth wedding anniversary, my cheeks burn as I dodge my husband, Ethan Grant, leaning in for a hungry kiss. I push him toward the nightstand for a rubber. What he doesn't know is that I've tucked a surprise in there, a positive pregnancy test. I can already see it, the way his whole face will light up the second he finds it. But the moment his hand goes for the drawer, his phone goes off. His best friend, Henry Miller, comes on the line in Danish. "Mr. Grant, how was last night? That new love couch our company rolled out is treating you okay?" Ethan lets out a low laugh and answers in Danish, "The massage feature's great. Saves me from having to rub Sandy's back myself." He still has me pulled tight against him, but his eyes look straight through me, like he's seeing someone else. "This stays between us. If my wife ever finds out I slept with her sister, I'm done." It feels like someone just put a knife through my chest. What they don't know is that I minored in Danish in college, so I catch every single word. I force myself to stay calm, but the arms I have looped around Ethan's neck won't stop shaking. At that moment, I stop hesitating and decide I'll take the offer from that international research project. Three days from now, I'll be gone from Ethan's world for good.

Tubong Leyte si Danica, naive at may pagka-ignorante---sa madaling salita, probinsiyana. Walang pangarap at kontinto na lamang mamuhay sa bukirin kasama ng mga magulang. Tanging ang kaibigang si Lily at kasintahang si Andrie ang nakakasalamuha niya simula pa pagkabata. At nang dumating sa puntong kinailangang umalis ni Andrie para magtrabaho sa Maynila ay naging mahirap para kay Danica. Sobrang ma-mi-miss niya ito. Pero dahil sa may tiwala naman siya sa huli ay nagawa niya ring pumayag hawak ang pangakong babalikan siya nito. Pero paano kung mabalitaan niya na lamang na ikakasal na ito? Magagawa niya kayang ipaglaban ang kasintahan at isama pabalik ng Leyte O ibang groom ang kaniyang mabingwit?

May pag-asa pa ba na maging makatotohanan ang pag-ibig kung isa na lamang ang kumakapit sa relasyon? Paano kung ang pag-ibig ay ipinilit lamang? You can’t force someone to love you back. Love should not be taken for granted. A tragedy should be utilized as a steppingstone to become stronger— a source of strength. No matter what kind of challenges you may face, how painful your experience…you should stand firmly. The storm shall pass, too Lorie loves Lander so much, to the point that she puts Lander first in everything. Lander is her heaven even though she is his hell. Pinangako niya sa sarili niya na mamahalin niya si Lander hanggang sa huling hininga niya. But, will someone like Lander who doesn’t believe in love be able to open his heart and let Lorie in and accept her wholeheartedly? Lander hates Lorie down to his core. He thinks it's all Lorie's fault why all his dreams and plans were ruined. Marrying Lorie is just a big delusion. That's why Lander swears to himself thathe would feel nothing for Lorie but hatred and he would do anything to get Lorie out of his life.