Note: This version of the story is a draft. The complete book has been published in ebook and paperback and available for purchase :) Tessa O'Connell is a girl with an unbreakable spirit and a strength that will get her through anything. Her goal for her first year as a college graduate is to be fearless and make the best of all the opportunities that come her way. That includes adjusting to her life in New York all alone and a brand new job, all whilst missing her boyfriend as he gets through law school. But with Cole's unwavering love on her side, she's ready to conquer the world and build a life together with the man she's going to marry, even if sometimes she's got to do it all by herself. The insecurities and fears that plagued their relationship have now evolved into a love so strong, it can weather anything-even a long distance relationship. After five wonderful years together, there's nothing that's going to get in the way of their happily ever or is there? On their own for the first time in a long time, Cole and Tessa struggle to make sense of their changed reality which threatens to pull the two away from each other. The one thing they know is that they're meant to be and they'll do whatever it takes to stay together, despite the curveballs thrown their way. With old friends and new, one crazy Nana, stepbrothers and former best friends making a comeback, Cole and Tessa are ready to make the transition into their real life as a couple and this is the story of how two people fight the odds to create their forever. Warning: This story comes with a delectable Cole Stone as you've never seen him before. Suited up, a lawyer in the making, still a little reckless at heart and rough around the edges, he's the bad boy you fell in love with but ageing like the finest wine and all the more in love with his Shortcake.

Challenges, pains, heartbreaks. These are inescapable things that every person would experience in reality. Sinusubok tayo ng iba't-ibang uri ng sakit para malaman kung gaano tayo katatag at kung gaano tayo tatagal sa mga bagyo na maaaring humagupit sa ating buhay. Si Millicent Cortejos, isang dalagang nagmahal at nasaktan. She's in love with the guy whom she bestowed everything she could. Ngunit mayroong isang bagay na hindi niya kinayang ibigay kay Nigel at iyon ay ang katawan niya. Why? Because, she dreamed to be a virgin bride. Ngunit paano kung ang inakala niyang prinsipyo na matatag at hindi mababali ninuman ay napatumba hindi lang ng taong minahal kundi pati na rin ng taong kinaiinisan niya buong buhay niya? What would happen to her life after that night... that night she gave up her body to the guy she hated most? And how would she deal in life if the guy she loved considered her as a venal woman now? Ang kapal naman ng mukha ni Nigel pagkatapos siya nitong gaguhin at pagtaksilan. Ngayon ay titignan siya nito bilang madumi at bayarang babae? Totoo. Ngunit nagawa niya lang naman ito dahil sa matinding pangangailangan sa pera at dahil na rin sa sakit na naidulot ng lalaki sa kanya. Tinulungan lang siya ni Phoenix Dela Vega para mapasakamay ang halaga ng pera na kailangan niya. Ngunit bakit sa lahat ng tao ay si Phoenix pa? Bakit siya pa?