The Giving Tree Setting Novels & Stories

At the age of fourteen, Nathania Sarmiento started working as a striptease performer. She was a strip dancer but never a prostitute who perform s*xual activity for money. Nathania does not have a choice but to strip in front of men two times in a week to have money and feed her siblings. Her parents are in jail so she needs to support her siblings financially. One night, she met this billionaire named Warren Anderson. A cold-hearted, arrogant investor and businessperson. The latter paid her manager with a large amount of money in exchange of her virginity but she refused giving it to him. She left him in the room drooling over her. Next thing she knew? The strip club she was working for seven years was forcibly closed with unknown reason. Her manager then advised her to go to Anderson's company and try her luck to apply for work. Therefore, she left with no choice but to go there. The billionaire accepted her immediately but in one condition. She'll live with him.

With her young age, Anisha has no plans to settle just yet—more so… be wed to a man she doesn't even know. Naniniwala siyang may tamang oras para sa isang bagay na hindi basta-bastang mababawi kapag natapos na. She always believed that marriage is sacred and it shouldn't be forced and done without love and commitment. Kaya naman nang malaman niyang ikakasal siya sa isang estranghero, labis niya itong dinibdib ngunit wala siyang choice. As a form of rebellion, she thought of giving herself away the night before she could even meet her soon to be husband. Sira na rin naman ang buhay niya, lulubusin na niya ito—iyon ang pilit niyang sinasabi sa kaniyang sarili. She planned to ruin her image, but life and fate had other plans for her. When she thought she could get away with that unwanted proposal from her parents, her soon to be husband intervened.

When Melodyʼs father's company went bankrupt, she was forced to enter an auction to pay off nearly 50 million in debt. Nabili siya sa halagang kinakailangan niya ng isang mayaman ngunit isang matandang lalaki. Even though she was afraid, she couldn't do anything without giving herself away. Five years ago, Apollo Luxerio one of the youngest billionaire in asia slept with a woman he didn't know. He sent to look for it everywhere but his men could not find it. Until one day, he saw someone who looked exactly like the woman he was looking for. Fearing that the girl might run or hide again, he went straight to the girl's father to negotiate a marriage. Will Melody agree to the marriage her father wants? Ano ang gagawin niya kapag nalaman niyang si Apollo ang ama ng kambal niyang anak? Will she learn to love him kahit pa malaman niya ang dahilan kung bakit siya ginustong pakasalan ni Apollo?

Sa loob ng maraming taon ay pilit na umaasa si Selina Ramirez na mamahalin rin siya ng kanyang asawa na si Zack Miranda. Ngunit nagtapos ang kanilang tatlong taon na pagsasama sa diborsyo. Ang araw ng panganganak ni Selina ay siya ring araw ng kasal ng kanyang ex-husband sa babaeng tunay nitong iniibig. They declared her death after giving birth. Ngunit ang hindi nila alam ay magbabalik siya. At sa hindi inaasahan ay matutuklasan niya ang isang katotohanan. Ang katotohanan na hindi lang pala kambal ang ipinanganak niya five years ago. Kundi tatlo. At kinikilala ina ng kanyang anak ang bagong asawa ni Zack. Ipaglalaban ni Selina ang kanyang karapatan kahit pa makakalaban niya ang kanyang dating asawa. Her Zillionaire's ex-husband na makapangyarihan sa lahat. Mabubuo pa kaya ang triplets? O tuluyan na itong mawawalay sa kanya?

I thought the divorce would set me free. I thought walking away from my husband would finally give me peace. But I didn’t expect him—my cold, sinfully dangerous stepbrother—to be the one waiting on the other side of my freedom. Rage Roswell doesn’t ask. He takes. And the moment he found out I was no longer married, that I was vulnerable, alone, easy to steal… he stepped in like a storm I couldn’t escape. He pinned me with those cold eyes and said one thing: “You’re mine now.” I should’ve run. I should’ve fought the tension, the heat, the hunger he ignites with just a stare. But he knows every weakness I try to hide. Every tremble. Every breath. Every part of me I shouldn’t be giving him. After the divorce, I thought I was reclaiming my life. Instead, I walked straight into the hands of the man who’s willing to burn everything—everyone—just to claim me. And this time… He won’t let me go.

Fhoreviy is a frustrated twenty-six year old woman who keeps looking for her main purpose in life and is in the brink of giving up. Naniniwala kasi siya na ang tunay na kasiyahan ay saka niya lang makakamit kapag nahanap na niya ang dahilan kung bakit siya nabubuhay. Pagkatapos niyang mag resign bilang isang grade three teacher ay kaagad siyang nag trabaho sa flower shop ng kanyang best friend habang patuloy pa ring hinahanap ang kanyang 'purpose' sa buhay. A day before her duty in the flower shop starts, she meets the major league superstar, Hinode Shinkei whose life has always been dedicated to baseball. Pagkatapos ng araw na iyon ay sunod-sunod na ang pagkrus ng kanilang mga landas. Two souls who have never been in love, united by fate. Panandalian ba silang malilihis sa mga prayoridad nila sa buhay? Isang magandang pangyayari kaya ang makilala nila ang isa't-isa, o ito pa ang magdadala sa kanila ng trahedya?

   CONTENT WARNING ⚠️     This is a twisted, forbidden romance featuring steamy content, illegal doings, corruption, and drúg-related crimes. Expect heavy themes of betrayal and moral depravity.     If you are looking for a safe or wholesome story, this isn't it. Read at your own risk. You have been warned. ✧✧✧     Ang asawa ni Ciara na si Luca ay napaka cold, quick-tempered, and possessive, giving her duty, but never real affection. Two years of marriage, Ciara felt trapped, swallowed by shadows and confinement with no escape.     Then dumating si Dr. Collins, the skilled, charming obstetrician her mother-in-law insisted on for their fertility program. But destiny plays cruel games. Hindi lang basta Doctor si Dr. Collins sa buhay ni Ciara, he’s the man she once secretly loved. At bawat titig, bawat tanong nito, unti-unting binabalik kay Ciara ang init na matagal nang nawala sa pagitan nila.     Now Ciara is torn between her husband, whose control is almost too much to bear, and Dr. Collins, who tempts her with a love she knows is forbidden.     Sino kaya ang pipiliin ni Ciara? Her vow to Luca, or her heart that beats for Dr. Collins?

Tradisyon na ng pamilyang Harrington na ibibigay lang ang sarili sa araw mismo ng kasal, dahil sumisimbolo ito ng kalinisan at swerte sa negosyo nila. Ikakasal na sana si Marigold kay Estefan, but she found out he cheated on her with her best friend, Bella. Ang dahilan? Sex. Hindi na raw kasi matiis ni Estefan na hintayin pa ang kasal. Di matanggap ni Marigold ang nangyari. Nagpunta siya sa bar, uminom hanggang sa di lang puso ang nawasak kundi ang pagkababae niya. She had a one night stand with a man she didn't know. Ang masaklap pa ay nabuntis siya nito. She kept her pregnancy for four months. But her father disowned her after knowing the truth, giving her a one-million pesos to leave the mansion. After six years, she decided to apply to a newly opened hotel as a concierge. Nalaman niya na lang ang married status niya no’ng kumuha siya ng cenomar— requirement for a single mom assistance ng bagong kompanyang pinasok niya. Bigla na lang niya naalala that she signed a marriage contract that night.  Ang hindi niya alam na kinasal pala siya sa isang bilyonaryo!

Maria's life wasn't perfect, her father died when she's 10 so she needed to work early as possible to help her mom. Because of her young age, she had no choice but to sell feet pics at 13 just to have money, to survive. Her mother married another man, she thought her life will be less cruel, having another parent to provide for them but it's the other way around. She decided to moved out, to be free from those creepy stares of her step father behind her mother's back. As she moves away, and continue her illegal earnings she met, Jackson one of her longest client. The guy is persistent, demanding and controlling but Maria keep on pulling herself away. She knows her goal, she's not easy to persuade and even how weak she is inside her mind will quickly block every poison that the guy will throw.. even how much money he'll invest to get closer to her. How long will Maria push the guy if her heart is slowly giving away? How long will Jackson endured every push if he's freaking enjoying his stay under the girl's sheet?

John Smith is but a common name given to a child actor prodigy. As he grows, he aspires to become the greatest actor the world has ever seen. However, a tragedy involving his parent's death made both him and his sister's downfall. On his way home from school, thinking about giving up his whole acting career, he’s looking at the ticket his sister gave him to an audition that made him dream one last time. There he meets Anastasia Frey, a girl who wears a mask of a "kind princess" who happens to be a guest judge at the said event. Seeing witness to John's superior acting skills among the other participants, she takes him by his collar to a secluded room, and guess what? Keeping her ulterior motives hidden, she offers him to become her husband and be the CEO of her grandmother's company. Sounds too good to be true, right? Can John, a virgin his whole life refuse such a seductive offer coming from a total knock-out beauty right in front of him? Even more, now that his sister is being held captive by this tyrant princess. Will his superior acting skills help him become the perfect husband and be the ultimate CEO? Can love actually bloom in such a charade relationship?