PLEASE READ THIS FIRST BEFORE YOU CONTINUE : If you're not used to another writing style, which includes transitions in between, then I suggest you either read this book with all your deep comprehension and critical understanding, or to wait 'til I'm done revising the book for an even more clean finish. I will be editing this soon after I'm done with the first installment, The Secluded Trails of Deceit, so... ' expect additional chapters of their love story ' some scenes and lines will likely be revised, deleted, and/or replaced ' improvement in writing style and narrations ' revelations, plot twists, and back stories will be reconstructed

Two hearts born from rivaling companies. One from a family of CEOs: Franco Miguel Suarez has no choice but to take the path his parents want for him. He is destined to marry someone he doesn't know for the sake of money and victory. His fate led him to Zhareena, the only heiress of Legazpis, bound to tie knots with a man who can keep the wealth of her family. Given 365 days, will their heart be ready enough to love each other and learn the fundamentals of marriage? Ended: May 2022 #1 arrangedmarriage (December 2022)

[OFFICE LOVE AFFAIRS #1] As his personal secretary, Chantal's next task is to marry the president. *** Not getting any younger, Xavi is pressured by his mother to get married and settle down. He is lured on blind dates disguised as business meetings and family gatherings. With his patience stretching to its limits, to escape his mother's persistence, he offers extra work to Chantal and boldly asks her hand in marriage. Having faith in love and believing in destiny, Chantal rejects his offer and files for a resignation. She thinks it will be easy to find another job in the corporate world with her credentials and working directly for the highest post in Dela Vega Holdings. However, Chantal has no idea that Xavi will block her applications until she is hard-pressed and unable support her mother, who is undergoing regular dialysis. In the end, she has no choice but to accept Xavi's offer, be his wife in papers, and play pretend.

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?

Noreen Lorelai Mendiola a high profile socialite model who admires by everyone. She can make any man kneeled by just doing a stare. Her name always ring a bell but except on one person. Reighdan Adler Torrevilla, a man that caught Noreen Mendiola's eyes and mind. In just a one glance of his eyes, the queen has fallen. In just a single move she drowned easily on the man's spell. Damn fallen and drowned that she make a way to trap Reighdan with her. A trap that she ensures Reighdan wouldn't run anymore. But the trap is not a mutual wants. Hate, anger and disgust was he feels about being trap and hurting Noreen a lot is the key to run. He will make the girl cry in pain until she's the one to beg for escape. Escaping means losing, and what if making her escape means losing himself also? This story is written on Taglish

After getting pregnant due to a drunken mistake, Zuri decides to hide her daughter away from the devil in a business suit himself, Helios Gallagher. But when their paths cross again and he demands to be with their daughter, Zuri finds herself falling for the same guy who wrecked her before. *** Hardworking and dedicated, Zuri Fitzgerald is known to be the only secretary who lasted with the ruthless CEO of Gallagher Empire, Helios Gallagher. Called the devil in a business suit, Helios is a perfectionist and a control freak. And so when his fiancée leaves him after catching him and Zuri naked on his bed--all because of a drunken mistake--hell starts to break loose. He's intent to get even and make Zuri suffer for the rest of her life, but when he becomes silent for years, everyone believes he's finally moved on and forgot about that night. But when he finds out that Zuri hid their daughter from him for years, the anger that he once felt for her resurfaces. As they live together for the sake of their child, can Helios and Zuri finally move on from the past and let love prevail this time around? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by Louise De Ramos