Two Steps Ahead Meaning Novels & Stories

Laundrymaid, cook, janitress— name it all. These are among of the tasks YUMI has to do every day. In short, she's your generous all-around maid who works without getting paid. However, her monotonous life of being the modern Cinderella will soon end the moment she lays eyes on VINCENT, who is a rich, fair young boy who is offering her one huge offer no lady of her status would ever say no— to marry him. Everything is already supposed to be a happy ending for Yumi until her cruel stepmother-in-law, VICTORIA, steps in to ruin the dream-like fantasy she has ever dreamed of. Will her fairytale-like life with her prince charming end so soon? Or will she then begin to put her A-game on a battle against her stepmother-in-law for the sake of Vincent and the life she has longed for?

Nang magpasyang makipaghiwalay si Riko sa long-time partner niyang si Ian ay nangako siya sa sariling hinding-hindi na uli siya magpapa-uto sa mga lalaki. Ngunit ilang buwan pagkaraan ay nakilala naman niya si Alvaro. Naging malapit sila sa isa't-isa hanggang sa namalayan na lamang ni Riko na nahuhulog na ang loob niya sa lalaki. And it was too late for her to take her steps back. She was already into him—hard, and it was too much for her to bear. Magkaroon kaya ng magandang wakas ang pag-ibig na sa simula pa lang ay alam na ni Riko na matatalo siya? At si Alvaro, handa kaya siyang sumugal sa relasyong walang kasiguraduhan

Love? I don't know about that. That is the line you would always hear from a person who simply just wants to kill a topic about the word 'love'. Playing as it seems but it is indeed just the truth. You hear every stories you can get from people who are inlove. Starting from sharing stories down to sharing cupcakes. But what if you're the one who get to tell your own word of love? And it don't end well. Would it still be a masterpiece? Two chairs. Two students. Two books. Two lives. Would they still be two? What if the other one leaves?

In the elite circles of Angeles, Pampanga, where reputation is everything and love is often a luxury, Elara Villanueva agrees to an arranged marriage with Lucas Del Rosario to save her family’s crumbling perfume empire—but the moment she steps into his world, she is irresistibly drawn to his guarded older brother, Adrian. As stolen glances turn into dangerous emotions, loyalties begin to fracture: her best friend Mira is in love with Adrian, while secrets within the Del Rosario family quietly surface. What begins as a perfect arrangement spirals into betrayal, heartbreak, and a truth no one is ready to face. When everything explodes just days before the wedding, Elara is forced to make an impossible choice between duty and desire. In the aftermath of shattered expectations, she walks away from the life chosen for her—only to discover that the kind of love worth fighting for is the one you choose, even if it costs you everything.

After ten years of silence, a call from the Philippines disrupts Katharina Esmeralda Grimaldi’s carefully constructed life. Once treated as a burden by her family, she fled their chains to carve out her destiny in Europe. Now a Duchess of Monaco and a powerhouse in the business world, Katharina has no intention of letting her past taint her success. But when the request comes for her to return, curiosity drives her to face the place she once called home. What could possibly demand her presence after a decade of independence? As she steps back into a world she vowed to leave behind, Katharina finds herself entangled in a shocking twist—a forced marriage to Rome Benjamin Azcárraga, the cold, enigmatic CEO of Asia’s largest shipping empire. Power collides with passion, and the stakes are higher than ever as Katharina navigates a dangerous game of love, revenge, and ambition. Will the Duchess who conquered Europe bow to her past, or will she rise even stronger?

WARNING!!! EXPLICIT CONTENT AHEAD (Violence, Rape, Sex Scenes) Read at your own risk. After everyone believed he was dead, Lee Hyun-woo came back with three different personalities. But whatever his persona is, his only desire is to hunt down the mastermind of his family's massacre and find the woman he loves. Lee Hyun-woo, known as Baek Chang Seol, the heartless and ruthless mafia boss of the "Diamond Kkhangpae," has three rules: strict obedience, absolute loyalty, and compliance with extreme punishment for transgression. No one has seen his face, for he always wears a mask, and so he can only be identified by a three-diamond tattoo on his left arm. Jeong Hyeo-ri, in her new identity as Park So-hee, became an undercover agent, skilled in martial arts who went back to South Korea to avenge her father's death and find her mother, who went missing seven years ago. After Jeong Hyeo-ri performed an undercover operation, the "Diamond Kkhangpae" caught her and brought her to the mafia boss. Knowing how skilled she was, Lee Hyun-woo wanted her to work for him, but she would only accept it if he would reveal his true identity. Lee Hyun-woo accepted the challenge on one condition—she had to defeat him in a duel. But what if the so-called duel ends up in bed; would it change everything?

When struggling artist Elira Virel signs a secret marriage contract with billionaire CEO Kael Thorne, it’s supposed to be simple: no love, no expectations, no real commitment. Just six months of pretending to be his wife in exchange for saving her father’s collapsing company. But things stop being simple the moment she steps into his world — a world of power, cold stares, unspoken pain, and rules she’s not allowed to break. Kael is mysterious, guarded, and dangerously unreadable. Elira knows she’s just a pawn in his bigger game… but why does he look at her like she’s the only truth he wants to believe in? As secrets from his past begin to resurface — including the return of a woman who claims to be his former fiancée — Elira finds herself tangled in a web of lies, revenge, and emotions she swore she wouldn’t feel. She was never meant to fall for him. But in a world of lies, love was never part of the plan… Until it was.

A shadow of my own husband. Archella Harriet Zamora believed all her life that she was just an ordinary girl who would finish and enjoy her studies, follow the steps of her father by working as the CEO of their company, and marry the love of her life, but what she didn't know was there was something unexpected waiting for her.  Marrying a complete stranger was never on Archella’s table that’s why when her parents broke the news, her world fell apart. She was forced to leave her boyfriend and marry Idan Raven De Leon, the CEO of D’Leon Company Inc., who’s in love with another woman. After the marriage, Archella vowed to herself that she will never lose in their deal but it seems like she already lost in the middle of the process.  What will happen to her confused heart when her husband clearly told her that he will always keep his eye on the woman he only and truly loves? Will she hold on and try to save herself from falling hard or will she let go and try saving their marriage instead?

Scarlet is living in her condo unit peacefully when two guys came in and became her neighbor. Everything is okay at first until Scarlet found out that two guys are cat. Scarlet became close with the two and she keep convincing herself that everything is just a dream. There is no way that a human can transform into a cat. All Scarlet's thought disappeared when the guy named Lucas kissed her and showed her that he can really transform into a cat. How will Scarlet deal with it? What if she accidentally fall for him? Can she accept the fact that her neighbor is a cat?

Facely Arshel Dedion is a number one fan of Zero Archebal member of a well-known band, Str8ight. What happens when the two meet? Unexpected emotions stirred inside the two of them. Love? What is that feeling? Will they fight for it or step back and wait until it fades?