Book 2: FRANCO DE LARA is a famous but anonymous painter with big buyers everywhere. But he can afford to ditch them whenever he wants to. He didn't need to work to feed himself. His inheritance alone from his grandparents would last him a lifetime. He paints not to sell, but to express what's moving him inside.
Si MIRANDA AGUSTIN, ulila, probinsiyana, inosente sa kalakaran ng pamumuhay sa Maynila. Unang apak pa lamang niya sa lugar na akala niya ay katuparan ng mga pangarap niya, sinalubong na agad siya ng totoong buhay na naghihintay sa kanya. Kung hindi dahil sa tulong ni Rocco, siguro ay kung saan-saang eskinita na siya tumatambay para magbenta ng aliw para sa isang sindikato o bugaw. Kaya naman hindi niya napigilan ang sariling mahulog sa lalaki, at dahil dito, ligtas ang pakiramdam niya.
Subalit may iba't ibang mukha pala ang pag-ibig. Hindi lamang puso ang pumipintig, o dibdib ang kumakabog. Hindi lamang isip ang nalilito, o wisyo ang nawiwindang. Dahil nang makaharap ni Mira si Franco, hindi lamang damdamin niya ang humahapyo, o isip ang nababaliw...ang buong katawan niya, kamalayan at kaluluwa ay nagpaparamdam nang samutsaring emosyon na bago lahat sa kanya. Bakit?
Bakit?
Paano pa niyang mababawi ang isang bagay na naihain na niya? Ang isang bagay na makasasakit sa lalaking nagpakinang sa akala niyang makulay niyang mundo? Pero kung gagawa man siya ng hakbang, hindi lamang siya ang maaapektuhan.
Kailangan niyang mamili-si Rocco na nagligtas sa kanya at kumalinga, o si Franco na nagpapainit sa kanyang dugo sa titig pa lamang nito?
Hestia has learned her lesson: never flirt with a casanova or else, you'll end up with a broken heart and a fatherless child. She has done everything to hide from the playboy but six years later, she and her sweet little kid were found--and chaos ensues.
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Hestia Garcia is aware that the famous bachelor, Lucas Allen Palermo, is a casanova with a lot of affairs yet she still fell in love with him. Well, with his gentlemanly and refreshing aura, who wouldn't? Her plan? Go to the bar Allen is a patron of, flirt with him all night, and give him her . . . valuable thing. But that one blissful night ended with her pregnant and her heart broken. Turns out, the casanova is a jerk--he doesn't even remember her name! Six years and a cute little boy after, a knock on her front door changes Hestia's and her son's lives because there is a certain Palermo at the door, smiling at them.
DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.
COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano