Chaleesi Barbara Saldivar is a damsel in distress and a family oriented who grew up in a poor family, left her hometown at a very young age and worked in the city to provide the good life for her family. Her life in the city was fine as what she had expected it to be, but her plans faded when she received bad news from her mother. She needed a huge amount of money for her father's surgical operation. She has nothing to give so when a stranger offered her money to borrow, she didn't hesitate to accept it little did she know that it will take her freedom away. She had no other choice but to work in Mariposas' Paradise as a stripper to pay her debt. Then, the owner of the club wanted her to do more than just stripping, he was insisting her to be one of the prostitutes of the club. And since she was desperate to get away, she joined the Mariposas' auction night. But it never crossed her mind that someone would undoubtedly spend ten million pesos for her in exchange of something she wasn't aware of. And that someone is no other than Atty. Lucian Kye Villanova, a successful corporate lawyer who's looking for someone to heal his sad and miserable life. Two people with opposite personalities and have different views about life. He works for himself, she works for her family. He wants marriage, she wants money. Can a lawyer dominate an independent woman?

Ilang beses ba nating tinanong ang sarili natin kung mapapansin ba tayo ng mga taong mahal natin? Ilang beses ka ba magtatanong sa buong buhay mo? At ano sa tingin mo ang magiging sagot? "Mapapansin kaya ako? Ang pag-ibig ko? Ang katauhan ko? Mapapansin Kaya?" Paano kung hindi? Paano kung oo? Magkaiba ba ang gagawin mong desisyon o pareho lang? Mag-iiba ba ang pananaw mo o magpapatuloy ka lang sa kung anong alam mong constant? Umaatikabong fame laban sa umaatikabong pag-ibig.

Lahat tayo may kanya-kanyang Kwento kung Paano tayo Naiwan o paano tayo Naging Sawi. Pero ang Istorya ay di rin kakaiba sa mga Kwento ng iba ang Problema lang Mahal na mahal na nahal ko siya Kahit na Nagmumukha na akong Tanga.

(Completed) | No Soft Copy | My name is Nami Shanaia San Jose. And this... is my-- our story.

Nagising si Nica Villareal sa balitang nawawala ang kanyang best friend. Hindi niya malaman kung ano ang una niyang gagawin dahil wala siya mapagtanungan kahit ang pamilya nito. Kaya siya na lang ang unang kumilos para mahanap 'to. She made a plan to find her best friend Aly. At ito ay puntahan ang lugar na natunguhan ni Aly na alam niya. But Nica can't do the trip by herself. The trip, transportation, and of course the money needed in this ride. So she forced the only person that can help her. And it is Karl de Vera, the playboy-dimple guy. Nica coerced Karl dahil wala na rin naman siyang maisip na iba pang taong makakatulong sa kanya. Aly is her best friend-her other half kaya gagawin niya ang lahat makita lamang ito. But, what if they can't find their friend? Paano kung nagtago na talaga ito at hindi na nagpapakita pa? At paano kung iba ang mahanap nila sa byaheng ito? And it will be a trip to love for the both of them?

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