The Play I Am Reading

She could remember people through their smells, their voices, their accents, their everyday choices of words or through how they feel against her touch. That's exactly the meaning of socializing and making friends for someone like Meredith Kaye Santiago, a person who was suffering with prosopagnosia. To someone who couldn't remember anyone's face, dating was a no-no. She couldn't risk her heart to someone her eyes couldn't remember and her brain couldn't retain. But one night, she found herself caught up under the body of a stranger, and he's taking off her clothes. The stranger’s name was Rupert Santos, the Vulture’s vocalist and a guy with piercing on his bottom lip. She let him go all the way after he said, “Surrender your sensations”. Love hit her hard. That’s when his blurry face became clearer. And finally, she said, “I see you, Rockstar.”

Jameson University's biggest scandal this year was the leaked video of Joy Quinn losing her virginity in the campus group chat. The video was taken in the presidential suite of a five-star hotel. Completely naked, Joy Quinn was pinned against the floor-to-ceiling window by a man a head taller than her. The rhythmic sounds never ceased...

Meet Omotara Evelyn Banks also known as Tara Banks. A nurse, an entrepreneur and a model. Beautiful yet sassy, friendly yet cold. There is something about fate, they say fate brings those things you never expected. Meet the handsome Olaitan Eric Olaosebikan. A loyal member of the Yoruba demon association, a master player indeed. In the midst of society full of betrayal, will love wins. Seat back and enjoy this suspense filled romantic story.

My husband had a heart attack on his way to work and died. All I could see was his body when I rushed to the hospital. I was heartbroken and bedridden. When I was about to die, I saw on the news that he won a lottery ticket worth 300 million dollars. My bestie cashed the prize money with him. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day when my husband faked his death. But I wanted to make his death real this time! “Are you from the funeral home? My husband is dead. We need to plan a cremation for him right away!”

Separated by fate, haunted by the past-- that's how they live. Until they meet again; they built hatred, showed agony, betrayed friends, wanted to be loved and learned how to sacrifice one's happiness. Remember those nights that I've been disturbing you, it's because I can't say what I need to say. Remember the time that I didn't disturb you; I've been holding so much, hoping that you'd be the one to call me first- and you did. Every time I hurt your feelings, I'm hurting too. I- I just don't know how to tell you the exact words, so I keep on annoying you. I'm sorry for all the troubles that I have caused- "I know," I said and I hug him. I can sense the same pain as what he is in my dream. Confessing is not bad. I'm just overwhelmed kasi I feel the same. "I like you too, Alex. I don't know how, I don't know why but that's how I felt. I hate you harassing and annoying me but I missed it when you don't!" I smiled. There fate is twisted.

When Rocco Morelli, a mafia don, finds me, it's when I'm working as a stripper at an illegal bar, pleasing the men around me with sultry smiles and provocative dances. He throws his jacket over me and grabs me by the jaw, saying, "Come home with me." From that day onward, I fell in love with Rocco. After doting on me for five years, he proposes to me. Yet, in the month leading up to the wedding, he suddenly disappears. I launch a frenzied search for him before eventually seeing him in a jewelry boutique. With his arm wrapped around the dolled-up woman beside him, he picks out a 20-carat wedding ring. That woman is Emilia Leone, who is my father's illegitimate daughter. He stares at her, his eyes filled with affection. "I'll prepare the grandest wedding ceremony for you." "What about Cassandra?" Emilia asks with a coy smile. "You proposed to her, too." Snorting, Rocco replies scornfully, "Can't you tell? That's just my way of toying with her. Her older brother nearly took your life. Now that he's gone missing, it's only right for her to suffer the consequences in his place. "On our wedding day, I'll abandon her at the altar and marry you instead. She'll become the laughingstock in all of Langshore. Only you, the daughter of the Leone family, the largest mafia family, are worthy of me." The wedding day arrives, and I skip out on the ceremony as well. At Rocco and Emilia's wedding ceremony, I broadcast 99 photos of Emilia fooling around with other men. He panics and tearfully begs for me to return to him, but I take the gun my brother hands me and point it at his head, saying, "Actually, I'm the real daughter of the Leone family."

A new intern at the hospital claimed that she had excellent medical skills. Even without anesthesia, her treatments never caused any pain. The truth was that she had transferred her patients’ pain to me. After she went viral, many patients rushed to the hospital to see her. Some of them even had to bid for a slot to receive surgery from her. However, I was in excruciating pain due to all the surgeries she had carried out. I could no longer work and received complaints from the patients. In the end, the hospital fired me. I gradually discovered that I even experienced some of the side effects of the surgeries she had carried out on her patients. My hair started to fall, and I became as thin as a skeleton. Even walking caused me excruciating pain. I went to the hospital to question her. Everyone thought that I was jealous of her and that I had gone crazy. She calmly put on her surgical gloves as she faced my wrath. “Please don’t make a scene. I’m about to conduct brain surgery on the daughter of the wealthiest man in the city. I don’t have time for your nonsense.” After she entered the operating theater for five minutes, I suddenly suffered from an aneurysm and died on the spot. When I opened my eyes again, I had been transported back to the day when she had gone viral. I took out all my savings and bid for one of her treatment slots. “I’d like to try your painless gastroscopy.”

Varun, an 18-year-old introvert steps into college to fulfill his dreams with the hope of finding himself and making new memories. But his whole life turns upside down when he meets her, she who makes him a completely different person, she who brings out the best in him, she who treats him like he deserves to be. But does she love him?

She was a woman who wanted to hold everything that her parents planned for her. Kaya tumakas siya sa mga ito at binuhay ang sarili sa tulong ng amo niya na si sir Dwight Rivera. Ayaw niyang ilihim ang kanyang pagkatao dito. Pero paano kung isang araw malalaman nito ang totoong siya? Ang totoong rason kung bakit tumakas siya sa poder ng mga magulang niya?

Elissa Gadis cantik anak satu-satunya dari papa Rajendra dan mama Belinda. Hatinya satu, akan tetapi ada menaruh rasa suka dengan dua pria. Yaitu Frans saudaranya sendiri, dan Leon Pria idaman wanita di kampus. Keluarga Elissa jatuh miskin karena suatu hal. Sehingga Elissa di jauhi teman-temannya. Masalah itu juga mengharuskan keluarganya tinggal bersama Daniel teman papa Rajendra. Namun dengan syarat Elissa mau dijodohkan dengan anaknya Daniel bernama Arga yang ternyata adalah musuh Elissa sejak lama. Arga memiliki kekasih bernama Gea. Suatu hari, Arga kecelakaan mobil dan wajahnya rusak. Gea pun berselingkuh dengan Boy teman dekat Arga. Pertengkaran dan salah paham terus terjadi sebelum dan sesudah menikah. Elissa ingin balas dendam sebab papa Daniel ketahuan sudah sengaja membuat keluarga Rajendra miskin. Sedangkan Arga menyetujui pernikahan itu sebab menginginkan syarat warisan yang di berikan papanya. Arga membuat perjanjian untuk tidak menyentuh. Akan tetapi kesalahan malam pesta ulang tahun Leon, Arga dan Elissa melanggar perjanjiannya. Sehingga suatu hari Elissa hamil. Saat itu, Elissa baru berani mengungkapkan kebusukan papa Daniel dan melaporkan ke polisi. Akhirnya Elissa mendapatkan kembali harta papanya. Rasa kesal dan berbagai macam masalah datang, akhirnya membuat keduanya saling jatuh cinta karena selalu bersama. Hari di mana Arga menyatakan cinta, saat itu lah terungkap kebenaran tentang papa Daniel yang ternyata sudah bersekongkol dengan papa Rajendra tentang Arga dan Elissa. Mereka memang sengaja lakukan rencana itu untuk menyatukan kedua anaknya dan mengubah sikap dan kepribadian masing-masing agar menjadi lebih baik. Beberapa bulan kemudian, masalah baru datang di antara mereka berdua. Frans datang untuk Elissa. Tidak hanya Frans, bahkan Gea sang mantan kekasih Arga juga ikut hadir dan menginginkan Arga untuk kembali kepadanya. Timbullah perpecahan dan keretakan dalam rumah tangga mereka. Namun satu hal yang menyadarkan Elissa dan Arga, bahwa cinta yang dirasa adalah cinta sejati dan tidak akan terpisahkan lagi. Akhirnya mereka hidup bahagia.