When We Were Villains

“True love stories never have endings.” Dean said softly. “Richard Bach.” I nodded. “You taught me that quote the night I kissed you for the first time.” He continued, his fingers weaving through loose hair around my face. “And I held on to that every day since.”

A town with a strange past. A group of teenagers with secrets to hide. A world inside a box and a man who should no longer exist. Will they ever find out where they truly belong?

After my husband's death, I retained all his personal accounts and our marriage certificate. Since then, Chuck Smith had been wooing me persistently, declaring that he would give me all his love to overcome the pain of loss. He would search the entire city for some sweets that I mentioned on a whim, and he deleted every woman's number from his phone while keeping me updated on his location in real time. But just as his feelings reached me, and I was ready to marry him, I found Chuck getting frisky with his new secretary in the basement parking lot…

It has been 8 years but Hailey Greene was still haunted by her past. The past that she dreaded the most. It wasn't her intention to hurt Nick Smith, the love of her life but due to her family's debt she has no choice but to sacrifice everything even the love she had for him. Moving on, Hailey left without a word, bringing only good memories of them together. And who would've thought that leaving Nick will eventually lead her to a life that she never knew existed. A life of motherhood. And to that, she felt reborn. And years passed, she met an old friend, Mikan Grey, Nick's best friend. Mikan learned everything about her, even Annie as Nick's daughter. They would meet every now and then. Mikan always had this thing with Hailey but he knew that he couldn't replace Nick in her heart. He wanted to give Hailey and Annie a good life which led to a marriage proposal. Hailey would always shrug off the thought of Mikan's proposal but Mikan would always say that he just wanted Annie to have a good life and that its been three years since Hailey and Nick saw each other. And that's why here they are getting married not because she had moved on but because this is what's best for Annie. There's no better man than Mikan, she thought. But the idea of seeing Nick again after three years, gives her shivers. Will everything change if they meet again?

MATURE CONTENT! Minsan nga lang tumibok ang puso. Doon pa sa taong hindi inaasahan. Si Cahaya Villarin, isang dalagang napilitang lumayo, matakasan lamang ang mga magulang na gusto siyang gawing pambayad utang. Napadpad sa isang liblib na lugar kung saan doon namuhay ng payapa, malayo sa mga magulang at magulong syudad na kinagisnan. Pero ang payapang pamumuhay ay bigla na lamang nagbago at gumulo dahil sa lalaking tinulungan. Ano ang dalang pagbabago ng lalaki sa buhay ni Cahaya? Ito ba ang magiging dahilan upang tuluyang makalimutan ang buhay na tikasan o ito ang magiging dahilan upang lisanin ang lugar na pinagtaguan?

It has always been him, he was my first love, and so, I had to let him go. He wasn't made for this life. He, was made for greater things. He was too much of a tornado for this small town, that doesn't mean I miss him any less. It's been 9 years since we last saw each other. Nine years of hatred on his part and self-loathing on mine, why did I let him go? Now, he is a successful billionaire, living the life one could only dream of. I wish things were different now that he's back but that just seems like a foreign concept to him. He doesn't want me anymore, but I can't blame him either. It was me who broke us and it is going to be me who will put all the pieces back together. Even if it is the last thing I do before death comes knocking at my door.

I was never a mother. Never been in love. Never even kissed a man. But the day two children called me "Mummy," My world turned upside down. Ethan Stark, a cold, powerful, and ruthless billionaire, believed I abandoned our kids and forced me into a loveless marriage with him. All I have are my words... and no proof of my innocence. How can I explain to him I don't know what he was talking about when there is a picture that says otherwise and my striking resemblance with the kids?

I built my wife’s family business from the ground up, sacrificing everything so that her world could thrive. The night I collapsed from stomach bleeding after too many business drinks, she was out laughing with her childhood sweetheart. She even had the nerve to call me dull and uptight. I smiled when I finally handed her the divorce papers. “I wish you both a happy life together.” But instead of signing it, she tore it to pieces, tears in her eyes. “I’m not letting you go,” she said.

"I married you out of pity! Yet you dared to betray me right under my nose and, worse, murdered my sister. Today, I sever every tie I have with you. You'll pay for this with your life in prison, you witch!"-words dripping with venom, are the last that Maxon utters to the woman he once loved. Maxon Adams, the heir to the vast Adams empire, had it all-power, wealth, and a marriage to the woman he cherished. But in one moment, his world comes crashing down when he discovers an unimaginable betrayal: his loved wife in the arms of another man. But that is not enough; devastating news follows that his only sister has been murdered and all evidence points at his wife as the culprit. Could this nightmare be real? How could the woman he loves do this?

Because Nicole wants to escape reality, she often uses her ability to Lucid dream every time she wanted. Lucid dream. Nicole's ability. A Lucid dreamer can control his dream. She can do whatever she wanted in her dream. She can be a mermaid, she can be rich, she can control the character's feelings and emotions in her dream, she can build an Eifel tower, and anything she wanted. She even wakes up anytime she wants to stop dreaming. Nicole was working as a secretary in a company where her ex-boyfriend was her boss. Complicated? Well, her boss was her best friend's boyfriend. Kate was her best friend and steal her ex-boyfriend, Jacob. But it was five years ago. She said she moved on but she was a good liar. Nathan Lee. He was comatose for ten years after a car accident and he became a dream traveller. One time, Nathan travelled in someone's dream and saw his best friend Jacob. Jacob was with a girl. It's not an ordinary girl. A beautiful, gorgeous, and stunning woman. Her name is Nicole. After Nathan meets Nicole, he wants to come back to reality. How will Nathan come back to reality when the dream goddess told him that there's no way? If there's an only way, would they sacrifice their lives, dreams, and love for each other? Reality, hope, love, and sacrifice. That's what they can give to each other.