To hope for the best love is futile.
Every girl in school wants to be Maria Cecelia Briones. The chick's hotter than summer and cooler than winter. Sa tuwing napapadaan ito ay talagang mapapalingon ang lahat! She's quite reserve and holds a beauty that could dethrone the goddesses of Mt. Olympus! Hindi man laki sa yaman ay kuntento na ito sa buhay. For her, she'll never want anything more but this. Happiness with her family and only friend, Miranda. With the gift of kindness, intellect, and beauty, all men will fall on their knees just to win her. Too bad she fell for the wrong guy. The life she thought was perfect was runied by a ten-thousand-worth bet. Pinagpustahan at pinagkatuwaan. Kinawawa na nga, siya pa ang naging masama. Her once high and mighty reputation in school collapsed. Kasama na roon ang paglubog din ng kanyang puso at pagkatao. She lose faith in men. She lost her trust to people. And not long after, she got involved in a scandal she never had once imagined. Not that the national media is involved! Not that her privacy is at risk! So she was left with no choice but to retreat with her family to a far place where no one would know her. Ngunit hindi niya alam na ang pagtakas sa isang problema ay maaaring magdala sa kanya sa isang mas malaki pang problema. Because upon fleeing, she met then most of the most guy. Ruthless, cruel, and arrogant. Lance Thaddeus Peralta is on his gear to make her already miserable life more miserable. Or will he really?
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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