Winner Takes All

MAXIMILLIAN FOX LOPEZ is the eldest grandson from the Lopez Clan. He has everything he can ask for, money, fame, and women. He obeys his parents, takes good care of his only sister and his cousins. And a very established businessman. But what happens when his Dad tries to play cupid and ask him to marry his deceased bestfriend's daughter as a promise to him before he dies? JILLIAN ALFONSO, Executive Secretary of Serena Lopez, her father died due to cancer, when Maximillian Lopez came as COO after her boss left, she learned that before her father died, he already gave her hand to his bestfriend's son, and that is none other than the devil incarnate, Maximillian the Devil. Will love bloom with two hearts that has been forced to be with each other? Can they compliment each other when their personalities are oceans apart? She ran away when she experienced his secret first-hand. She ran away with her broken heart and a wounded body and promise to never go back. But can she really run away from the Fox's kiss? Can he find her? Can he change his ways for her now that he realized he's crazilly in love with his wife?

Dante Matino Cruz is a delivery rider, sweating day and night just to keep food on the table and medicine for his ailing mother. Life is hard, but his pride is harder—no shortcuts, no handouts, no selling himself for money. Celestine Isla Navarro is a CEO who thrives in a world where hesitation means weakness. She’s used to buying what she wants and bending people to her will. But the day she crosses paths with Dante—sun-bronzed, stubborn, and infuriatingly unyielding—something inside her shifts. Her first proposition is reckless: a single night, no strings attached. Dante’s answer? Not for sale. But fate doesn’t end with one rejection. Celestine offers him something else: a job. A dangerous but well-paid position as her personal bodyguard. The money could save his mother, even secure work for his childhood friend, Liza. It’s everything he’s been breaking his back for—served on a silver platter. Now Dante faces a brutal choice: swallow his pride to protect his family, or stand firm against a woman who never takes “no” for an answer. What begins as a battle of wills turns into a dangerous, slow-burning game of temptation. Pride versus desire. Fire against fire. And in this game, someone will surrender. The question is—who will break first?

The purpose of our lives is to be happy. Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness. When you find that one that's right for you, you feel like they were put there for you, you never want to be apart. — Copyright 2022 © Xyrielle All Rights Reserved No Copy Stories No Plagiarism Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

She’s a woman of focus; marami ang naiinggit sa kanya dahil ang akala nila ay nasa kanya na ang lahat. Little did they know, Aliyah Williams is craving for something that she always wants to have: A perfect lover. But in her experience, there’s no such thing as perfection and her past relationship always ends up in heartbreak. Primo Hernani lives by his own set of rules in life, and that includes of not getting too much attached, especially to the people he sees as enemy. What if Aliyah was able dig deeper and finds all the dark shadows that Primo has been keeping inside him all along? Will he let her in and break all his own rules, or he’s just another heart break?

Maurine Elizabeth Lopez is a young, innocent girl who has been deceived by the man she loves. Bullied by her stepsister and betrayed by her stepmother, she finds herself sold to settle a debt. Mikhail Esteban Rostova, a notorious and cold-blooded Russian mafia boss, takes her. Everyone assumes that Mikhail will dispose of her as he pleases. However, to save her life, Maurine pleads for mercy and deceives Mikhail, leading him to believe that she is in love with him and willing to do anything for him. She knows she cannot afford to die without exacting revenge on those who have tormented her. Mikhail believes her and spares her life. However, he insists that she marry him and bear his children. With no other options available, she reluctantly accepts his proposal, recognizing that marrying a cold-blooded Russian mafia boss might be her only chance for survival. This time, Maurine is determined not to let anyone deceive or bully her. She plans to use Mikhail to achieve her revenge and nothing more. After she is done with him, she will dispose of him before he will dispose of her. However, dealing with a powerful man was not as easy as she imagined it would be. Since Mikhail is willing to murder and flip the world upside down if ever she ran away!

All her life, Misha had been trying to look for her mate. She had done all the means she could and it always failed. One day, a forbidden book had opened an opportunity for her. She then finds out that her mate was a human— it was a forbidden tie. What will she do? Will she fight for their love? Or will she hide forever away from the judging people of their kingdom?

Ellian kiel Alcovendas, a prominent name in the business industry. He is a young C.E.O of their own companies. He is known for being ruthless, heartless and a perfectionist. His deadly presence will probably scare the hell out of you. His words are powerful. He can kill you in a single word. But, all of these were all because of his past that severely broke his internal self. His heart is full of vengeance. He is eager for revenge. He will destroy their family’s biggest competitor who were the reasons for their family’s biggest downfall before. He will have his revenge in any ways possible. Even if he has to do his most hated word, kindness. Dahliah Sandejas, a young and innocent woman who worked very hard for the family who helped her get through a loathful past. She’s innocent from any of her biological family’s foolishness and crimes. She’s considered as the blacksheep of her biological family. She is very different from her relatives. She has a heart. All she wants is to live a simple and peaceful life. But, faith has its own way of dictating her life. She’s the chosen one to suffer all the pain. The pain that is all because of her biological family. This isn’t a love story because only one person got to fall in love and the other one doesn’t. Or he did?

This story is about a girl trying to save herself from all the things that's weighing her down. From the brokenness and the pain and all the depression and anxiety. This story is about striving after giving up. This would tell a tale about having hope in the middle of nothingness and seeing light amidst the darkness. A journey of death trying to find life.

Mon started planning her revenge after realizing she couldn't live her life in fear of all of her enemies tracking her and might kill her one day. Before she could live her quiet life, she decided to fix everything and finish her existing problems in her past life with the thought that that one person she met has something to do with her current situation. Could Mon accomplish her mission and enjoy the life she wants, or would she fail horribly, putting her in sorrow after all she had fought so hard with all her two lives?

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?