''PAGMAHAL MO ANG ISANG TAO DAPAT HANDA KANG MASAKTAN, BECAUSE "SACRIFICE" IS THE BEST DEFINITION OF LOVE, PAGMAHAL MO MASASAKTAN KA, KAYA HANDA AKONG MASAKTAN KUNG KINAKAILANGAN, MAPASA AKIN LANG SIYA AT MAKUHA LANG ANG KALIGAYAHAN KO. IT'S MY TIME TO BE HAPPY, NO REGRETS, KASI YUN NAMAN ANG LOVE DIBA? MAGMAMAHAL. MASASAKTAN, MAGMAMAHAL ULIT" _____ marami ng nasayang na pagmamahal si althea mula sa kanyang asawa na hindi man lang sya mabigyan kahit konting pagmamahal dahil mahal pa nito ang kanyang ex na si kathyrene, pero kahit ganun ay mahal na mahal pa rin nya ang asawa nya kahit na sinasabihan sya ng BALIW/CRAZY nito dahil sa masyado syang childish, ayos lang sa kanya kase mahal nya ang asawa nya. MAMAHIL DIN KAYA SYA NG ASAWA NYA? MAGKAKAROON BA SILA NG MAGANDANG BUHAY NA WALANG MAGUGULO NA KAHIT NA SINO? MABIBIGYAN KAYA NG PAGKAKATAON NA SUMAYA ANG BABAENG TULAD NIYA?

Tagalog/English [PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION - 2017]

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?

"Drake Palma, humanda ka! I'm going to get you by hook or by crook!" Ito si Alys Perez, may pagka-loner, maingay, madalas bagsak ang grades sa klase, bigo sa pag-ibig, at may malaki siyang problema. Kasi naman, pumayag siyang gawin ang isang bagay na wala talaga siyang kahit anong experience. Ano ba naman ang alam niya sa pangse-seduce? At lalo na sa matalino, hot na hot, at super sungit na classmate pa niyang si Drake Palma?! Ah basta! Gagamitin niya ang lahat ng powers niya para maging "mission accomplished" sa challenge na ito. Hindi siya makapapayag na maging isa sa napakaraming babae sa school na naging brokenhearted dahil sa playboy na si Drake.

After being dumped by her boyfriend because 'she's too much of a prude,' straight-A student Dana Ferrer enlists the kissing tutorial services of the Good Kissers Inc., made up of the three campus heartthrobs. She chooses notorious Campus King, Andy Guzman, to tutor her, thinking she can ace their lessons and have her ex crawling back to her in no time. She soon realizes she's not immune to Andy's irresistible advances. Nor is Andy oblivious to Dana's charm, which reminds him of someone from his past. Will Dana and Andy break the rules and fall in love with each other? Or will Dana opt to play safe and choose someone else?

The day Molly's attackers were set free was the day Mallary decided to take justice into her own hands. And Mallary knew that in order to do that, she would have to get closer to her enemies hanggang sa mapagkatiwalaan nila siya ng mga maduduming sikretong tinatago nila. And she'll start with Nathan... the lawyer who took the fall for his friends. The perpetrators may think that no one will know about what they did. But they thought wrong. Mallary knows that they're guilty. And she will go to great lengths to make them pay.

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