Portia Cecilia Ignacio is a model daughter. Siya na ang mahal na mahal ang kanyang mga magulang. Gagawin niya ang lahat para lang sa ikakasaya ng pamilya. She would climb mountains and swim vast oceans just for the happiness of her beloved parents and family. Pero minsan, sa sobra sobrang pagmamahal sa ibang tao, nakakaligtaan na ang pagmamahal sa sarili. Is it really worth it? She shouldn't ask right? It's family! But then... how could one person make her doubt her decisions? Is it really worth the sacrifice? To give all of her? To give everything? To give up everything? All for what she's been hoping for since time immemorial?

Nakakabagot ang buhay. Lalo na pag papasok ka nang school, kakain, humiga sa pera, maligo sa puri, mamili ng babae, at matulog. Paulit-ulit lahat araw-araw. Lahat nalaro mo na, poker hanggang pag-ibig naipanalo mo na. Kung sana may pwedeng paglaruan. Yung unique. Yung nakakatuwa. Nang dumating siya sa buhay ko, natuwa ako kasi pinaglaruan ko siya. Humingi siya ng pabor. Binigay ko. Nagpaturo siya. Tinuruan ko. Humingi siya ng masasandalan. Binigay ko. Kasi nakakatuwa siya! Pero habang tumatagal, bakit siya na yung natutuwa at ako na pinaglalaruan? Hate. Lies. Temptations. Betrayal. Pain. Love. All in one. Training To Love.

Ang pag-ibig ay parang nagsusugal. Pag sigurado kang mahal mo ang tao, ibibigay mo ang lahat. Ang problema dito ay di mo alam kung may maibabalik paba sayo o wala. Maswerte ang nakakakuha ng higit pa sa inaasahan, pero luhaan ang mga sumugal at natalo. Pero ganun paman, tulad ng sugal, kahit walang kasiguraduhan, marami paring umiibig, marami paring sumusugal. Dahil... Baka Sakali... Baka Sakali... Kaya mo bang sumuko sa pagba baka sakali?

"I had never thought in a million years that a boy who used to hate me, who used to make me cry, who used to play tricks on me could possibly make me fall in love with him.." Saydie was only four when Ethan started playing tricks on her: purposely spilling his chocolate drink on her white dress, giving her a slimy lizard at the first day of school, blew her sand castle off and much more.. She was brave, yet she felt that this boy had done enough. When she turned 16, she hadn't expected that a boy like Ethan could hide something from her.. A/N: I wrote this when I was 16 and didn't have the chance to run through it and correct any grammatical mistakes. So if you found any, my bad. A Beautiful Mess Copyright © August 2012 thatVanillaGurl Teen Fiction #670

She just needed to pause, find a button to stop the voices in her head. Sadie Monroe realized long ago that she was far from perfect. If the voices in her head weren't enough, the taunting from school reminded her of that fact. Day by day, she searches for something to keep her here, something to keep her from floating away forever. She's tired of wishing her days away and she can't seem to handle the pain anymore. But with the help of the strength from a boy with many secrets, will Sadie be able to realize that someday she would learn how to be okay?

(For Hire: A Damn Good Kisser Book 2) Meet the new Dana Kathryn Ferrer. A little bit older and wiser, and a lot more confident, Dana-or DK, as she now prefers to be called-is the life of every party. Since he-who-must-not-be-named left her, DK has reinvented herself. Gone is the girl who's always pining for that boy. These days, DK, who manages to catch the attention of any boy she deems worth her time, gets to pick anyone she wants. She's completely over Cyriel Edrian Perez. But when she finds out that Cyriel is coming back, her perfect little world goes haywire. And when Andrei Louie Guzman starts courting her-a romantic Filipino tradition he's never bothered following for any other girl-she still won't give him the time of day. Does DK simply want closure, or could it be that she's not completely over the boy who broke her heart?

Isang tamang pag ibig sa maling tao at maling panahon. Hanggang saan ang kaya mong isugal, para sa pagmamahal na hindi ka sigurado kung ikaw ang mananalo?

Other women fall for guys. I fall for a gay. The Gay Who Stabbed Me.

Language: Filipino Started in July 2011 | Finished in December 2011 Published in English for paperback (Pop Fiction, 2013) Adapted in Indonesian for paperback (Penerbit Haru, 2016 & 2018) Blurb: Phoebe Bernal shares a secret with one of the biggest stars in the country, Kent Fuentabella. Their secret? They've been secretly married. Of course, no one can know. That's Kent Fuentabella, for goodness' sake, a star so famous that even the tiniest move he makes can create Twitter trends worldwide. Phoebe has known Kent since he was a gangly nobody, but she doesn't even know how they feel about each other. But just when she's trying to sort out her feelings for moody and unpredictable Kent, here comes Harley Villaluz, Kent's biggest rival, who's determined to sweep Phoebe off her feet. Then there's also Elisa, Kent's onscreen love interest, who's determined to take their romance off-screen. Oh, what's a secretly married girl to do - when the country's biggest celebrities suddenly find themselves entangled with her life?

Their relationship started for all the wrong reasons--ego and money, to be precise. Ara Lian didn't expect that she would fall for an arrogant prick like Liam. Despite real feelings blossoming, circumstances tear them apart. Will they be able to prove that their relationship is more than just a bet? *** Ara Lian Binalatan has lived her life in peace--that is until Marcus Liam Cando came along and a series of mistakes make their paths cross again and again. Forced to live together for the sake of a bet, they promise themselves that they will never fall for each other. It should be simple--they never like each other anyway. But as they spend time together, they discover feelings they have never felt before. Will they be brave enough to admit their real feelings and bet it all for the sake of love? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish