Once in our Lifetime
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Last published Sat, Nov 22, 2025
Once in our lifetime, we fall for a person we never expect to come into our life. Some people get to marry that person-the person who they would call their greatest love. And some, would lose them forever. Crisanto Augustin Merritt on the other hand, is one of those people who would lose his first love to a man he knew wasn't perfect for her.
In the blink of an eye, while running away from his pains, he met Isabella Maria Lewis, a happy-go-lucky woman who would turn his life around.
Meanwhile, Isabella or Bella, a devoted Christian without boyfriend since birth, never knew she would completely fall in-love at their first meeting with a stranger she recently met in the mall. However, the problem is, he is still stuck on his first love.
Would Crisanto be able to move on and find new love with Isabella? And would Isabella find the courage to be patient and wait for Crisanto to finally love her?
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