Twenty-four-year-old hotel heiress, Vanessa Rio Perez was never loved by her husband, Allen Travis Fajardo, causing her to find happiness in the arms of another man which she will regret and pay for to earn her husband's love and trust back. *** Forced into a marriage to merge their family businesses, Vanessa did not receive any attention and love from her cold and distant husband, Allen, who had never liked her from the beginning. Despite everything, she was happy because he was exactly the man of her dreams. But as months passed by and yet she received not a hint of love from him, she ended up having an affair, worsening their already complicated relationship. Vanessa now had to pay for her mistakes and try to fix what was broken in the first place. But what if she's too late? DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO LANGUAGE STORY

Avah Chen is my name and hating is my game. Loved by no one, hated by everyone. Half-Chinese. Pure-Maldita.

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?

Matagal nang pangarap ni Kyle ang pag-ibig ni Kei, ngunit mailap ang babaeng ilang taon na niyang sinusuyo. Mapapatunayan ba ni Kyle na ang lalaki na tunay na nagmamahal, kayang gawin ang lahat para sa babaeng mahal niya? Kahit na ang pagmamahal na ito ay nag-umpisa sa isang maling akala? *** Nang pinagtagpo muli ang landas ni Kyle Cando at ng kanyang childhood crush na si Kei Gonzales, hindi niya pinalagpas ang pagkakataon na ito upang mapalapit sa babaeng unang nagpatibok sa puso niya. Kahit na hindi siya naaalala ni Kei, handa ang lalaki na gawin ang lahat upang mapa-ibig ito. Ngunit handa ba sila na mapaglaruan ng tadhana--kahit na ang sikreto ng nakaraan ay dudurog sa mga puso nila?

First time is accident. Second time is coincidence. Third time... is destiny. * "Tadhana ang nagdala sa'tin sa sandiling ito." © luminatina Book cover by @zedviews. 💖