What Are Cold Reads

Umaasang aalukin si Maliah ng boyfriend niyang si Jacob ng kasal. Nagplano na siya para sa kanilang kinabukasan. Pero ang lahat ng 'yon ay nasira nang sumapit ang kaniyang kaarawan. Nahuli niya sa aktong nakikipagtalik ito at sa mismong best friend pa niya. She want to move on, kahit masakit ay pilit niya kinalimutan ang manlolokong nobyo at kaibigan. Upang makalimot ay kailangan niya ng new environment. Ngunit talagang mapaglaro ang tadhana dahil magpahanggang sa trabaho ay sinusundan siya ng ahas. Suddenly, nakilala niya ang guwapong lalaki ngunit sa maling lugar. Nasermunan siya nito sa loob ng restroom. Sa kasamaang palad, ito rin pala ang magliligtas sa kaniya at ang pinapangarap niyang kasal at aalukin siya ng kasal. Tuluyan na ba siyang makalimot sa una niyang pag-ibig sa oras na pakasalan niya ang lalaking hindi pa lubusang kilala, o panibagong pagdurusa ang danasin sa piling ng cold-hearted na CEO? Paano kung huli na nang malaman niyang tito ito ng ex-boyfriend niya?

Ang buong akala ni Monica ay makakasama na niya ang kanyang nobyo na hindi niya nakita ng matagal na panahon dahil sa pangingibang bansa ngunit laking gulat niya sa kanyang paguwi ay may ibang babae na pala ang kaniyang nobyo. Sa sakit at paghihinagpis, napilitan si Monica na tanggapin ang alok ng kanyang madrasta na mag pakasal sa anak ng isang mayamang pamilya, ang pamilya Monterde. Pinaalalahan siya ng kaibigan niyang si Patricia na magiingat sa gagawin niyang desisyon dahil hindi basta basta ang papasukin niya ganun din ang pamilya nang papakasalan niya. Ngunit buo na ang loob ni Monica at handang gawin ang lahat dulot na lamang ng sakit na ginawa ni Jhorby, kahit na alam niya na tatlong buwan na lamang ang nalalabi sa buhay ng kaniyang papakasalan. Naiayos na ng mga magulang nila ang papel sa kanilang kasal at ang tanging hinihintay na lamang nila ay magkaanak at dalawa ngunit sa kasamaang palad ay ayaw ng lalaki kay Monica dahil alam rin nito na pera lamang ang habol nito at kanilang ari arian. Pero matapang at buong loob pa rin sa Monica sa kaniyang binabalak. Sa umpisa ng kanilang pagsasama ay, makikita na ayaw na ayaw talaga ni Fabian kay Monica ngunit may mga bagay na pinapatunayan si Monica at napapabilib nito ang lalaki at abangan sa mga susunod na kabanata kung ano nga ba kahihinatnan nang kanilang pagsasasama.

Bigo ang puso ni Elise Carrero nang malaman niyang hindi siya mabuntis sa kabila ng ilang beses na pagsubok na bumuo ng pamilya kasama ang asawang si Riguel De Silva. Ngunit tila ba pinaglaruan pa ng tadhana ang malungkot niyang puso nang malamang lihim na nakikipagkita ang asawa sa unang babaeng minahal nito. Ang mas masakit, gustong makipaghiwalay ni Riguel. She was secretly married to the cold zillionaire who wouldn’t fall for her despite all her efforts. Baon ang katiting na dignidad ay pumayag siya sa annulment at pinirmahan ang mga papeles. Ngunit ang sana’y kalayaan niya mula sa pasakit na dulot ng asawa ay naglaho nang hilingin ng lolo nito na makita ang apo sa tuhod bago ito mamatay. Riguel couldn’t resist the dying wish of his grandfather, so he offered her a 100-million peso deal to bear his child before they annul their marriage. Pumayag si Elise para sa lolo nito, ngunit pinangako niya sa sarili na hindi na siya ang dating asawa na sunod-sunuran sa lahat ng sasabihin ni Riguel. Hindi na niya ito mamahalin kailanman… O, mapako kaya ang pangakong ‘yon?

He had a heart covered with ice, but for her, he'd burn himself to ashes... and the world under her feet. *** Beckett Clainfer wanted to find his parent's murderer. With that in mind, he endured every pain for the pleasure that's about to come - Reputation, wealth, and a drug den that suffices his needs and luxuries. However, when Vivianne entered his life, everything went chaotic. He sinfully fell in love with her when he should have never been involved with her in the first place... Especially when she wanted him dead more than anyone else. He's willing to do anything to save her, and he was willing to cross the line as he joined Foedus Corporation in Agrianthropos City for her. But could he find salvation in Hell? *** Vivianne Allamino had been suffering throughout her life. Being forced to take over their illegal family business in leverage to her mother's safety scared the shit out of her. Since childhood, she was trained... and was controlled like a mere puppet. And now, she was done tolerating all this shit. She just wanted everything to end. Now, she tried to kill him. But the cold-hearted billionaire wanted to save her. Could he?

Falling in love was never the deal, no, a simple vanilla relationship which only held worth in paper-that was the deal but when passions tug against chained desires mixed in a pot of intrigues and lies a heart cannot afford to be apathetic anymore but will the new found affections become a strength or a deadly flaw? Ridiculed and bullied from birth for being worthless despite her alpha blood, Maya stone resolves to blend into the background and hide in the shadow of her beloved twin sister but her plan comes crashing down like a pack of cards when she and her sister were mated to the same man, believing he will definitely choose her sister over her she runs into the arms of the first handsome stranger she sees numbing her pain with pleasure for the night. However, her first mate's jealousy makes him hesitate rejecting her; he strung her along and impregnated her before publicly rejecting her.Burdened with shame she runs away and accidentally crosses the border of a ruthless alpha territory, he turns out to be her one night stand he naturally assumes the baby in her womb is his and Maya's fear of abandonment forces her to keep silent about the true paternity of the child. He offers her a one year contract. During this year, she would successfully deliver the children and nurse them for some months while pretending to be his mate for life, then leave with a satisfactory settlement, but how long can Maya keep her dark secret especially when her heart starts to fall?

Once bearable life becomes intolerable after her mom is caught in an accident and falls into a coma, the trauma of the accident leads to Aurora awakening her wolf but instead of recognizing her as the next heiress her family intends to sell her off to an old high-ranking official who already has one foot in the grave. Before she is forced to spend the rest of her life catering to that man, Aurora awakens her power and escapes, finding her father's Coven and learning the truth of their love story. Years go by and Aurora can never stop thinking of her mother, and how to rescue her. The opportunity finds her when they discover that her magic is the only thing that can save the alpha of Thornblade from an ancient curse she returns to the pack that's holds so many scars for her as a spy for the witches, but only for fate to knock another twist at her, the alpha of thornblade pack- the main tormentor of how people was her mate.

Zoey has been beaten down her entire life—by her pack, by fate, by the cruel truth that she has no wolf. When war pushes the packs together, her body becomes a battlefield of its own, bruised, burning, and starved for something she’s never been allowed to want. Then she collides with a dangerous male who looks at her like pain makes her irresistible and defiance makes her his. Desire turns savage, jealousy turns deadly, and love threatens to be the most violent thing of all. In a world ruled by blood, dominance, and marks, wanting him could ruin her—but being claimed by him might finally set her free.

"I'm sorry Ariel, I never knew that happened years ago. Just like how we meet, I was drugged. Can you ever forgive me?" Dylan questioned with a little warmth in his eyes. Ariel sighed, she didn't know how to feel. Finding out he was the father of her child from the past 3 years, was a shock to her. "Just give me sometime to decide... I can't say anything now." Ariel responded and walked away.

The Ravennites: children of the lost Seluitah tribe and the white refugees from the Old World. For generations their civilization had remained hidden and kept secret from the constant, prying eyes of the Outside. Life as the Ravennites once knew it, however, would soon fall to bitter change when enemies from the Outside world seek to take away from them everything they had always known and loved. Lost and helpless, the Ravennite civilization has all but fallen into ruin. That is, until a young outsider named Alex Lee discovers the hidden culture and the dire situation that has overshadowed them. Suddenly thrown into the middle of the conflict, Alex feels as though he has no choice but to make a stand and help his brave new friends in the fight to take back what is being stolen from them; while along the way gaining an incredible new insight on the life which he had left behind, and developing a powerful bond with a young Ravennite girl. The choice is his to make: to join with the Ravennites in their fight against their greatest enemies, or to fall into darkness along with all that is left of their hidden civilization, running away is no option. Whatever the path he chooses to take, however, what Alex does not yet realize is the exact nature of the mysterious forces which he constantly senses continue to surround him, and that they have had their sights set on his bloodline for a long time.

To make me "obedient", my parents send me to a reform center. There, I'm tortured until I lose control of my bladder. My mind breaks, and I'm stripped naked. I'm even forced to kneel on the ground and be treated as a chamber pot. Meanwhile, the news plays in the background, broadcasting my younger sister's lavish 18th birthday party on a luxury yacht. It's all because she's naturally cheerful and outgoing, while I'm quiet and aloof—something my parents despise. When I return from the reform center, I am exactly what they wanted. In fact, I'm even more obedient than my sister. I kneel when they speak. Before dawn, I'm up washing their underwear. But now, it's my parents who've gone mad. They keep begging me to change back. "Angelica, we were wrong. Please, go back to how you used to be!"