Love Match Novels

[van11]

Malapit na daw matapos KStv kung san lagi to topic natin so para di tayo off topic at my sarili pa tayo thread gumawa na ko.

kahit ano pwede natin pag usapan dito, Tagalog PBs (PHR man yan o Love Match kahit ano publication comp.), English PBs, etc. lahat ng books/novels na kinaaadikan nyo basahin ngayon pwedeng pwede dito.. parang suggestion thread na rin to ng mga magagandang novels/books para sa mga katulad kong adik sa pocketbook english man o tagalog! so feel free to post mga "bookworms"??

[van11]

for starters sa mga ka sis ko na adik katulad ko at hindi makabili ng hinahanap na book/novels like Love Match novels which is not available on National Book stores..I'm willing to buy them for you. Provided na available siya sa binibilhan ko at syempre sagot ng buyer ang courier service..Presyong kapatid/kaibigan/kapitbahay o kahit ano pang tawag dun kung magkano bigay saken ng binibilhan ko yun na rin price ko walang patong kahit piso! basta bahala na lang kayo sa courier ha ok. yun lang.
next time post ko dito available books at price sa bookstore na kinukunan ko..gusto ko sana mas marami order para mas malaki madiscount ko!^^

[stephany]

for starters sa mga ka sis ko na adik katulad ko at hindi makabili ng hinahanap na book/novels like Love Match novels which is not available on National Book stores..I'm willing to buy them for you. Provided na available siya sa binibilhan ko at syempre sagot ng buyer ang courier service..Presyong kapatid/kaibigan/kapitbahay o kahit ano pang tawag dun kung magkano bigay saken ng binibilhan ko yun na rin price ko walang patong kahit piso! basta bahala na lang kayo sa courier ha ok. yun lang.
next time post ko dito available books at price sa bookstore na kinukunan ko..gusto ko sana mas marami order para mas malaki madiscount ko!^^

Hi sis! That's so sweet of you. Sana may gcash ka so it's easier for me to send payment. I would like o buy JONTY kc wala yan dito sa Cebu. I bought my LM books in a magazine stand here.

Yung book ni nimfa beck na rafe is it really that good? May books pa kc ako nabili online yung batch 1 ng lothario under phr. I haven't read all of em yet. I was thinking na unahin ko munang basahin yung rafe

[taby]

Hi sis! That's so sweet of you. Sana may gcash ka so it's easier for me to send payment. I would like o buy JONTY kc wala yan dito sa Cebu. I bought my LM books in a magazine stand here.

Yung book ni nimfa beck na rafe is it really that good? May books pa kc ako nabili online yung batch 1 ng lothario under phr. I haven't read all of em yet. I was thinking na unahin ko munang basahin yung rafe

I prefer Batch 1 although maganda ren ang Rafe by Nimfa Beck, but bias ako sa works ni Evie.

[ji-eun0119]

hello hellooooo mga PB addicts


ayan...may bagong tambayan! nang hindi naman tayo masyadong pambasag ng trip ng maka-berwel, zantiners at aadiks



van....sana masagot mo yung text ko sayo kahapon
tia


teh stephany...san niyo po inorder yung batch 1...magkano po kuha niyo?



at sagutin ko lang yung tanong sa KStv thread ang title po ng story ni adrian-kristine A woman In a Velvet Mask (hindi ko pa nababasa)

[satine1511]

hello hellooooo mga PB addicts


ayan...may bagong tambayan! nang hindi naman tayo masyadong pambasag ng trip ng maka-berwel, zantiners at aadiks



van....sana masagot mo yung text ko sayo kahapon
tia


teh stephany...san niyo po inorder yung batch 1...magkano po kuha niyo?



at sagutin ko lang yung tanong sa KStv thread ang title po ng story ni adrian-kristine A woman In a Velvet Mask (hindi ko pa nababasa)

The best din yang WOMAN IN A VELVET MASK, nakakatuwa yung mga dialogged nila, and at the same time it is super HOT novel..

[satine1511]

for starters sa mga ka sis ko na adik katulad ko at hindi makabili ng hinahanap na book/novels like Love Match novels which is not available on National Book stores..I'm willing to buy them for you. Provided na available siya sa binibilhan ko at syempre sagot ng buyer ang courier service..Presyong kapatid/kaibigan/kapitbahay o kahit ano pang tawag dun kung magkano bigay saken ng binibilhan ko yun na rin price ko walang patong kahit piso! basta bahala na lang kayo sa courier ha ok. yun lang.
next time post ko dito available books at price sa bookstore na kinukunan ko..gusto ko sana mas marami order para mas malaki madiscount ko!^^

Thank you so much your so Kind talaga..btw, meron po bang batch 1 ng Lothario sa kinukunan Mo???thanks..

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Hi guys ^^

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Here are some books excerpts sa comming LM series..sana dumating na talaga sila!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AN EXCERPT FROM EVE MONTELIBANO's UPCOMING LOTHARIO NOVEL: DREW



His day was definitely going downhill by the minute.
He wished he wasn’t famous, then he can screw up bigtime and nobody would notice, much less care. Pero isa siyang malaking celebrity at wala siyang magagawa. He was public property, being Ferrari Scuderia’s top driver that he was. Big or small, his screw-ups were always sensational. The rags should pay him royalty for making profit out of his ****.

Napamura si Drew at ini-off ang telebisyon.

The paparazzi were having a field day at his expense. His mug shots were all over RAI, headlining the front pages of the most respected dailies to the cheapest rags, thanks to himself for unknowingly hooking up with Italy’s most famous socialite. Ah, correction: most famous married socialite. He’d bet this season’s paycheck that he was the hottest subject of internet blogs too, not that he cared to google stuff written about him.

Great. Just what he needed a week before the F-21 season finale. He was in Italy but those damn hounds were everywhere, sniffing at his friggin’ businesss wherever he went. They probably had powerful cameras aimed at his hotel window right this very moment!

Dumistansiya siya mula sa panoramic window ng kanyang hotel suite. He was only wearing a pair of black Calvins and **** forbid that he’d end up gracing the tabs with his bulge for all to see! In this time and age, distance was no longer a deterrent to those powerful lenses and the handlers’ hunger for big bucks. Brad Pitt had been photographed with his package hangin’ loose and it was not his way of hitting the news.

But alas, he did grab the headlines via gorgeous Catriona de Medici, who at this very moment was sleeping naked in the inner suite with a well-fed cat smile on her pouty lips. Aldo, his team’s principal will be royally pissed when he’d find out about his latest fiasco, no doubt. He only hoped that the old fart didn’t watch Entertainment News. But that was the least of his concerns, really. Back home in the Philippines, he’d bet his ***, the apocalypse was waiting for him.

Kumiriring ang kanyang mobile phone. Tough luck. It was Aldo. The old man must have gotten wind of his latest escapade from Kelsey, the head of Scuderia Ferrari’s PR and his own manager for all his European and North American dealings. The sharp-witted 45-year-old veteran of the image-building biz was based in LA but she knew everything that he did no matter which part of the world he was. He was beginning to suspect that he was bugged. Or that one of those paps was employed by Kelsey herself. Dirty, dirty, this celluloid biz.

“Aldo…” he began on a placating tone.

“What the **** are you doing, boy?!” Aldo’s heavily accented Italian voice boomed from the other side of the line. “You do not do this on the job! You have all the time to **** up AFTER the ****in’ race, not before! I’ll personally provide a damn harem of Italian ******* for you to screw next month. Next month! Got that?!”

Bumuntong hininga siya. “She is not some bimbo I picked up from the streets of Milan, man. She’s a ****in’ senator’s daughter,” depensa niya sa sarili.

“And Sergio Andretti’s wife!”

“Ex-wife.”

Aldo cursed. “They are not yet divorced!”

“They have not been living together for six months now, pangangatwiran niya.”

“You listen to me, boy! You do not mess up with these guys. Do you have an idea what you’re getting into? Her father will sling your bloody *** for this! The ****in’ mob will get you for this!”

Napangiwi siya. The thought of getting offed by some gangster here in Italy was not his prefered manner of departure from this planet. Damnit! How was he to know that Catriona’s family was practically royalty in Italian politics and that she just separated from her husband? She was in a ****in’ swing bar for pete’s sake! Young, married Italian women from the elite set didn’t go to wild bars, did they? Obviously, he was mistaken. Catriona was openly giving him the available signal when their eyes first locked on each other. He didn’t play the European society circuit even if he had been Ferrari’s top driver for three years now, an exulted position that had given him entrée into the world of Europe’s rich and famous. He was too busy racing to even care who was walking Milan’s catwalk or red carpet. Hindi talaga niya kilala si Catriona.

“Get your *** down here right now! Pack the girl home. I don’t want some politician or mob trouble messing up my schedule or distracting my top driver at this critical time. I have a constructor’s championship to win and don’t you mess it up for me, boy! Get rid of the girl or I’ll send Kelsey to handle your ****, got that?”

The thought of Kelsey dealing with spoiled Catriona would be a battle royale of gigantic proportions.

He wouldn’t want to be in the middle of two women who both wanted a big piece of him- Catriona, his **** and Kelsey, her 20% cut from all his North Atlantic product endorsements.

“Yes, sir,” sagot niya na parang maamong tupa. Itinuturing na niyang ama si Aldo. Next to his grandfather, he considered Aldo as the only figure who had influenced his life in a big way, a man he respected tremendously. And yeah, he did screw up.

After speaking to Aldo, he went back to his suite.

Catriona, who conveniently forgot to mention to him that her last name was de Medici and that she just broke up with an Andretti heir, was already awake and stretching like a feline on the satin-covered king-size bed, her lips forming a seductive smile full of sensual invitation.

“Come back to bed, mio caro,” she purred, deliberately letting the blanket that covered her chest slide to her waist.

Nice.

His **** stirred to life like a F-430 engine heating up for a spin, ready for supersonic action. But he paused. Minutes ago, he would have been all over her but after Aldo had warned him about getting in the wrong foot with the mob, he knew that she had to go. The notorious Andretti clan had a bloody history in the Cosa Nostra. If the rumors were to be believed, they specialized in chopping bodies into tiny bits and feeding ‘em to their dogs so that there will be no traces of their shady activitivities.

But even that morbid scenario could not outshine Catriona de Medici’s beauty. She was built like a supermodel- sultry face, long, cascading blond hair, small, pert breasts, miniscule waist and endless legs- his usual type. He had met her at a bar in Milan last week while he was taking a small break from car testing at the Fiorano Circuit, Scuderia Ferrari’s private race track in Modena, a scant 18-kilometer drive from Ferrari’s headquaters in Maranello.

They chatted for less than an hour and ended up in his suite at the Pierre Milano. The pressures of car racing could really get to him sometimes and he would need some outlet. Sex was the best tension-reliever for him. Catriona, as he had found out, was a master in all things carnal. Just the right woman for the job. Two days of marathon sex and he was ready to go back to Maranello, totally relaxed and envigorated. But Catriona wouldn’t let go of him just yet. She followed him to Maranello and camped with him at the Laconda del Feudo.

The next thing he knew, he was all over the Italian channels branded as Catriona’s latest amour and the press was very creative, too. They dragged everyone into the picture, Catriona’s powerful political family, her ex-husband’s notorious mob clan and his own prominent family in the Philippines.

His phone rang again. It was a long distance call from the Philippines.

It was his brother, Randy. ****! News travelled way too fast these days. Wala ng panahong maglinis ng kalat. He deliberately dropped the call. He looked at Catriona. “Bella, I need to go.”

She sat up and made a pose guaranteed to lure any testosterone driven man between her creamy legs. “Of course you don’t want to go, caro,” she purred, her native accent showing as she dragged her R’s.

“No, I really do, baby, ” he said, his tone going serious. Christ, kicking out a gorgeous woman from his bed was not his fave thing to do. But work was calling-- with a red flag, no less.

She shrugged and mussed her long blondish hair with her fingers. “Okay, where are we going?”

“Ahh…I don’t think we should…” his words trailed off. He winced inwardly, hating the it-was-good-while-it-lasted moment. He figured that Catriona de Medici won’t take kindly to those words coming from a man. But really, that was all there was to it between them.

She stared at him seriously and when he said nothing more, her expression turned ugly. “Nobody tells me to leave until I’m ready.”

He smiled apologetically. “I need to go back to Fiorano, amore. I have a race next week. The final race, remember?”

That made her smile again. “Oh, I will come visit you in the Philippines next week, darling. I need a vacation, too. I heard your country has great beaches.”

He groaned inwardly. Not a good idea, baby. The Carribean would be a better option.

“That would be cool. But I need to win this season’s championship first, okay? Then we can relax together. How ‘bout that?”

Pleased, she flopped back on the pillows. “Can we do it one more time before you go, amore?” She licked her lips as her eyes dropped to his now stiff as a stick-shift ****. Like his professional race gadgets, his rod was a fine piece of machine, primed for maximum pleasurable experience with whoever he wanted to use it with.

Catriona opened her legs and gave him a good view of her private paradise.

He calculated the time. He had thirty minutes before Aldo’d come bursting in his room and whip his bloody *** for being too horny. He could spend fifteen to shower and dress up, fifteen to make some important business calls, and ten to drive back to Fiorano at race- speed, which left him ten to make her and himself reach Nirvana.

Tough, but he was not the type who’d turn down a challenge like that. He grinned and joined her on the bed. “All right, one more for the road, bella.”

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Desiree woke up with a start, her heart racing like she had run ten miles, her limbs languid like melting cream, her body drenched in sweat and her private parts thobbing crazily…and…wet… in remembered pleasure.

She blushed to the roots of her hair.

It had felt so real. Her dream.

She had been making love to…

“My goodness!” she exclaimed as she recalled who she was she making out with in her dream.
Drew Arroyo, for crying out loud!

She covered her face with her hands in shame but the handsome face won’t leave her mind.
That model in the Elixir commercial! That gorgeous hunk whose topless, perfectly ripped body had been sweetly torturing the entire female population lately. Lordy! This was what she got from ogling his giant billboard along Edsa and from gawking at the TV everyime the Elixir ad was playing.

In the Elixir TV commercial, the famous international race-car driver Drew Arroyo emerged from a roaring red sports car, removed his aviator glasses, looked straight at the camera and said: “Only Elixir for my baby…” He caressed the gleaming hood of his sportscar as a sexy lady mechanic pumped Elixir fuel into the vehicle. The next frame focused on Drew’s sinfully handsome face as he uttered sexily, “And for me…” He accepted a glass of milk from a sexy lady mechanic with an eye-popping cleavage which the cameras had zeroed in before focusing on Drew’s sensual lips as he uttered, “Only milk.” He drank from the glass of milk and smiled for the cam with his milk moustache.

That dream was the weirdest of her dreams ever. It had been so real. He had been so real, so alive. She could still feel his hard body against hers, his hot breath, his musky scent, his heady taste as he kissed her… even the feel of his…as he entered her. She woke up just as he was entering her.
Oh my Gosh! What was happening to her? Was she so devoid of social life now that she was starting to dream of celebrities? Hilarious!

Drew Arroyo was an international celebrity, a famous car racer who dated Hollywood actresses and socialites. He was a scion of a very wealthy and influential family. Their worlds were a million light years apart. The guy would never know that a plain, plump, nondescript Desiree Cruz existed somewhere in this planet and was dreaming of having wild, hot sex with him, like those millions of women who felt the same about him.

Her alarm clock suddenly went off, startling her from her morning reveries. Groaning at the ridiculous but uncontrollable going-ons in her nervous system-- making love with Drew Arroyo for crying out loud!-- she rolled out of her Victorian canopied bed and padded to her pretty as sunsihine, squeaky clean bathroom.
She looked at her reflection in the mirror and grimaced. She saw a banshee, her wavy, long hair mussed up all around her shoulders, her baby fats sitcking from the folds of her Victoria’s Secret pink teddy. Yup, she loved hot lingiree. She wanted to feel sexy even if she was not.

She stepped on her pink weighing scale. My God! Halos gutumin na niya ang sarili sa lintek na South Beach diet na ‘yan pero ganoon pa rin ang timbang niya! Only five feet two and fifteen pounds overweight! Palibahasa’y nandaraya naman siya sa kanyang diet program. Hindi niya sinusunod ang lahat ng food servings na nakasaad doon.

Wala na siyang pag-asang pumayat. Ever. She knew that. She had been dieting forever but her baby fats were stubborn. Hindi na actually baby fats kasi 27 na siya, hardly a baby. Fats. Period. She will be forever overwright at walang pag-asang mapansin ng mga hunks na tulad ni Drew Arroyo. Not that he would ever walk, not even accidentally, into her orbit.

Haaay, tanggapin mo na nga na mag-iisa ka na habam-buhay. Old maid forever. VSB. Forever. Period. Tanggapin mo na.

What a depressing thought.

Her phone rang. Her answering machine took the call.

“Hey girl, I found you a date for this Friday night. Dress to impress. I’ll call you later kung saan kayo magkikita.”

That was her BFF, Janet, the perpetual matchmaker who never made a good match for her.
Oh yeah? She had a date this Friday? A blind date, for sure. Again! Her 7 millionth blind date. Duh! She grimaced. Sino na naman kaya itong mokong na irereto ni Janet sa kanya? Hindi pa nga siya nakaka-recover sa palpak na date niya with that doctor last weekend, heto na naman po si Janet. Hmp, lahat naman ng dates niya, palpak. As in Philippine-Airlines-PAK!

But what did she know? Maybe this guy was finally THE ONE. Kung mabait ba ito at mukhang responsible, pwede na niyang pagtiyagaan.

She sighed and took a bath, cussing the man who had figured in her most erotic dream ever. Damn you, Drew Arroyo! Damn you for making me feel so hopeless and pathetic! Damn you for making me accept the impossibility of finding my dream guy, the man who will give me the most beautiful kids. Damn you for being so hot and gorgeous you make me feel so ordinary. Damn you for you will never, ever be mine.
Nailing siya sa mga kadramahan niya. As if she can handle a man like Drew. His type was wa---y out of her league.

Natawa na lang siya habang nasa ilalim ng dutsa. Making love with Drew? Pathetic! He was probably romancing a supermodel in Europe and she was living an exteremely boring life at the tenth floor of one of the oldest buildings that still stood within the Ortigas Commercial district. The odds that they will ever cross paths, much less have a red-hot affair? Less than zero.

Haaaay, what a way to start my day.

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BURN FOR LOVE
by: Sharon Rose



Sister.

Zander cursed the word, had been cursing it for as long as he can remember.

He never wanted her to become his sister. Never in his entire life can he treat her with brotherly touch or brotherly kiss or brotherly affection. Kanina ang balak niya ay bigyan ito ng “sisterly kiss” sa pisngi ngunit hindi niya napigilan ang sariling damhin ang gilid ng mga labi nito. At kung wala ang maraming tao sa paligid ay tuluyan na niyang binihag ang malalambot na labi ng dalaga.

Seven years had passed but she still had this tremendous effect on his masculinity. Nagpakasasa siya sa piling ng maraming babae sa Amerika makalimutan lamang si Jecile. He had a lot of girlfriends and short lived relationships hanggang sa magsawa siya. He had been without a woman for a year now.

He thought he had succeeded in stabilizing his active male hormone. Na nagsawa na siya sa mga babae and that he did not have a raging libido anymore.

He was dead wrong.

His manhood excitedly flexed as he saw her splendid loveliness. And he instantly knew that he desired her again, had always desired her curvaceous, well- toned bod.

And his hunger was deeper this time. Mas lalong gumanda ang babae at mas lalong lumakas ang atraksiyong nararamdaman niya para rito. It was a very dangerous form of attraction and he knew destruction lined next to it. He remembered how it had destroyed him in the past…

Jecile… He gnashed his teeth. He wanted to hate her… wanted to despise her for creating this lunatic desire within him. She was as usual his waterloo, his self-disappointment. He knew he made a wrong choice to be celibate for months. If he did not abstain from sex, maybe he was not feeling this almost uncontrollable desire.

She was trouble. Big trouble from the very beginning. She was the reason why he left the country for years. She was also the reason why he was back for good.

His parents dropped the bomb over the phone last week while he was still in the States. They wanted to finally, legally adopt Jecile. THAT finally made him decide to end his self-exile in the States.

Jecile, her sister? Were his parents mad?!

Over his dead body!

A body that’s as far from death whenever she’s near, when you can freely breathe her lovely, sexy scent, the voice in his head whispered mockingly.

“Did you miss me, my soon to be ‘little sis’?” he probed as his eyes roamed her face and stopped at her lush lips.

That pair of soft, apple-red lips which can easily turn into any man’s fetish, had always been his greatest nemesis.

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Her One Desire
by Ruenna Ortiz



WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS...


The Venetian Resort Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, NV

Her name was Jenine Amanda Navoa Senel, Jansen for short, 23 years old. She worked for a prestigious teen magazine, her family owned a successful jewellery business in LA, she partied with the rich and famous. By upper-middle class American standards, her life was charmed.

That was last week.

Now she felt like the most miserable person on the planet. She just quit her job, left their house in Cali on her own to Vegas to bum around indefinitely and she had been in nothing but one bad luck to another the past week.

Lumingon siya at nakitang sinusundan pa rin siya ng lalaking nakilala niya sa isang club kanina. God, why can’t some men simply take no for an answer?! Hurry Jansen or you’d end up bashing that ******** face tonight with your four-inch stilettos!

Halos tumakbo na siya sa pagmamadaling makatakas. What a rotten night! What a rotten Vegas trip! Arrrgh! Daddy, it’s your fault!

They said it was great to go to the places that would bring you luck and so here she was, eyeing the expanse of the little Grand Canal at The Venetian some meters ahead as a means to escape the perv who wouldn’t leave her alone. Nakapunta na siya sa tunay na Grand Canal sa Venice nang mag-European tour sila ng pamilya niya. This one in Las Vegas was a great imitation and there was no danger of drowning if you fall into the waters or worse, wearing the accumulated smell of the past centuries dahil mahigpit ang safety measures ng naturang luxury hotel.

Tumakbo siya palapit sa isang gondola.

Bye-bye perv-- “Hey...! Watch out!!”

Dahil lingon siya ng lingon, bumundol siya sa isang lalaki at muntik na siyang mahulog sa tubig. His strong arm automatically wrapped around her to prevent her fall. Maya-maya’y binitawan siya nito at sumampa sa gondola.

What the hell...?! “Hey, what do you think you’re doin’?! I saw this gondola first!”

Ni hindi siya nilingon ng lalaki na prenteng nakaupo na sa munting bangka. Aba’t ang walang-modong ‘to..! “Excuse me, didn’t you hear me? Are you deaf? Hello!”

“What?” walang gana nitong tanong na humarap sa kanya.

She felt her heart palpitate when she saw his face clearly. A silent gasp escaped from her and she prayed that he didn’t notice it. My God, ang gwapo!

“Well?” he queried again, obviously irritated.

She readily shook herself from her sudden disorientation. “Will you please get off this boat? I saw it first!”

The man let out of an exasperated sigh. “Miss, I don’t care who saw this gondola first. I came here first. Right now, all I want is for this damn thing to move. You can share it with me if you want,” supladong sagot nito na gumala ang mga mata mula ulo hanggang mga paa niya. May nakita siyang disgusto sa pagkakatingin nito.

Nailang tuloy siyang bigla sa ayos niya. Eh pakialam ba nito sa ayos niya? Ang puntong pinagtatalunan nila ay ang gondola and it was hers! “But I don’t wanna sail with you!” aniya at sumampa na rin sa gondola at naupo sa tabi nito.

“Fine with me. You get off if you want,” he answered in a bored tone, spreading his arm as if showing her the way out.

Lalo siyang nainis dito. Akala mo kung sino kung makaasta! She could not believe the man’s arrogance! “You kidding me? It’s you who should leave, not me!”

He smirked and shook his head. “Miss, I am not in the mood to play your game tonight. So, if you don’t mind, will you please let me sail alone.”

Her jaw dropped in disbelief. Grabe talaga ang kapal! Walang ni katiting na pagkamaginuo sa katawan! “What...are you nuts?! I saw this gondola first!” she insisted like a stubborn child.

“Then, we will sail together.” Sinenyasan na nito ang bangkero.

Magrereklamo pa sana si Jansen pero nang makita niya ang matangkad na lalaking papalapit sa gondola ay nanahimik na lang siya. Pasimple niyang tiningnan ang Amerikanong nangungulit sa kanya na nakatayo sa ‘di kalayuan, di na nakalapit sa kanya. Gwapo sana ito pero medyo lasing na at masyadong mayabang at madalas pa siyang tsansingan kanina sa bar.

She quietly sat on her side of the gondola but her attention was at the man beside her. They were sitting so close together she could feel the heat coming from his body and she suddenly felt tensed.

Jansen couldn’t stop looking at the man beside her through her long lashes. Dahil sa totoo lang, ang gwapo talaga nito at muntik pa nga siyang matulala kanina. Pero napaka-arogante talaga! Akala siguro nito ay sinundan niya ito at sumakay siya sa gondola intentionally. The nerve! She rolled her eyes, pouting her natural, red lips. Kung hindi lang niya tinatakasan ang ka-date niyang Kano kanina, wala naman talaga siyang balak sumakay doon. Wala sa loob na tumingin siya ulit sa katabi. Uhm... But then again, this man is better looking…Tisoy na Asian. Pwede ng pampalit sa bwisit na date niya... Napangiti siya sa naisip. Kung anu-ano ang pumapasok sa kukote niya. Napadami yata siya ng nainom na spiked drink kanina sa club.

Tumingin ito sa kanya, nahuli ang ngiti niya.

“What’s so funny?” suplado na namang tanong nito at halos magsalubong na ang mga kilay nito.

“What...? You talkin’ to me?” aniyang nakataas ang isang kilay. Ano kaya ito? Mestiso Japanese or Malaysian? O baka Pilipino pa nga. Kapag nasa America na kasi, lalo na sa Vegas o California, halo-halo na ang mga Asians at hindi na ma-distinguish kung anong bansa ng Asya nanggaling ang isang tao, maliban kung biglang nagsalita ng native language nito.

She tried to hide her smile. Hindi niya alam ngunit nag-eenjoy siya sa obvious na irritation ng lalaki sa kanya. May kapilyahang pumasok sa kanyang ulo. She turned her back around a little and acted as if she was ignoring him. Then she moved her back closer to him until she was touching his side a little bit. She sighed, she couldn’t help it. Because it felt very good. She heard the man’s deep sigh.

“Yes, miss. I am talking to you, and stop flirting will, ‘ya? It’s not workin’.”

She looked at him over her shoulder. “What…?! You crazy? What made you think I’m flirting with you?!” pagmamaang-maangan niya. Noon lang yata hindi umubra ang kanyang charm at nakakainsulto ‘yun!

“Oh, I know,” he sneered. “I know what you’re up to and I’ll tell you now, I don’t go for women like you.”

She couldn’t believe what she just heard. Napatuwid siya ng upo at hinarap ito. Nakangisi ito, ang mga mata ay naglilibot sa kabuuan niya. Sandaling tinitigan nito ang mga labi niya. She was about to say something when he spoke again.

“I have specific preferences when it comes to women.”Inilapit nito ang mukha sa mukha niya. “And you didn’t come up to my standards. And beside, it’s not my style to pick up women.”

His fresh breath on her cheek tickled her and gave her a shiver of excitement. Pero nang rumehistro at maintindihan ang sinabi nito ay muling nanlaki ang mga mata niya.
Did he just imply that I’m a...I’m a hooker..?!

She was really infuriated now. Tiningnan niya nang masama ang lalaki. HE was unbelievably over the top! “How dare you even think that?!”

“I will think what I see,” he said, giving her a lusty once-over again.

Saglit siyang natigilan. She self-consciously checked herself. She was wearing a red tube top, a black tight fitting micro-mini skirt that barely hid what needed to be hidden. She knew her make-up was a bit too much and she was wearing a wig with pink highlights. Ganoon ang ayos niya dahil invited siya sa ginawang costume party ng Seventeen Magazine sa TAO Night Club kanina sa loob mismo ng Venetian Hotel. Naging apprentice siya bilang isang feature writer ng naturang magazine sa loob ng ilang buwan at kahit nag-quit na siya sa trabahong iyon, inimbita pa rin siya ng dati niyang kasama sa trabaho na nakapalagayang-loob niya. She knew she was a little overdone with her costume, but she didn’t look like a *****, did she? Paris and her sister Nikky and some of the female guests at the club were wearing more daring outfits!

Nanggigigil na talaga siya sa inis. “Excuse me, I am not flirting with you! You flatter yourself!”

“Oh, come on,” he smirked. “I know you intentionally stepped on this gondola with me.You followed me here from TAO. You had been trying hard to get men’s attention at the club.”

“What are you talking about?!” Alam kaya ng lalaki ito na may costume party na nagaganap doon ng mga sandaling yon? Naalala tuloy niya ang Amerikanong tinakasan niya. Kung hindi dahil dito hindi sana siya na- trap sa gondola kasama ng antipatikong ‘to! Ayaw sana niyang umalis sa club dahil nag-eenjoy siya. Karamihan ng um-attend sa party ay mga young celebrities na naging kaibigan na rin niya. Pero nakulitan na siya sa ka-date niya kanina dahil lasing na. Kaya nagpasya siyang umalis muna para umiwas sa kanong ‘yon.

“Please cut the crap, will ya? I know your type. Maybe I am your type but sorry, honey, you’re not my type. But I’m willing to endure a few minutes with you if you are, so let’s just get going.”

She couldn’t help but roll her eyes in disbelief at his extreme insolence. She had never been insulted like this in her netire life! Dinuro niya ang dibdib nito. “For the record, you *******, I was not even aware that you were in that club, too! And even if I saw you there, I will not even pay attention to you! Of all the gorgeous Caucasian guys there, why would I go for you? Who do you think you are?! God’s gift to women?! Gosh, the nerve!”

Matt Lenard Serrano can pretty much have all the nerve in the world, alright. In the world of dog eat dog business, having no nerve meant total annihilation by his competitors.

After his father retired from managing their multi-national company to spend more time with his mom, he became the President and CEO of their multi-million company called Miracure Inc., the number one distributor and manufacturer of medical drugs in the Philippines. Miracure got started by marketing basic drugs like Aspirin and now to life saving cancer medicines. His family also owned the Miracure Drug, ang may pinakamaraming branches ng pharmacies sa buong Pilipinas.

College pa lang siya ay na-train na siya ng ama. Kahit hindi siya nakaupo noon sa board, siya ang karaniwang hinihingan ng opinion nito tungkol sa mga malalaking desisyon sa pamamahala sa kanilang kompanya. Hindi pa siya nakakatapos ng pag-aaral ay may trabaho na siyang hawak sa Miracure. Nang nagtapos siya sa college, diretso Vice President ang posisyon niya. Ni isang empleyado o stock holder walang tumutol. He had graduated with a double business degree and with the highest of honors.

He was also blessed with good looks that he used to his great advantage both in business and pleasure. Pwede siyang maging modelo o artista kung gustuhin niya. Ilang beses bang may lumapit na agent sa kanya, local at international para alukin siyang maging modelo? But limelight was not for him, although many times he was featured in some local and international magazines in a those lists of young, very successful and eligible bachelors of Asia.

He had learned early from his father that you can’t get anything from life by waiting for things to happen. You have to go and get what you want. And that philosophy also applied to women. Not that he ever had to lift a finger in that area. He had always been very attractive to women. Everywhere he’d go , they came after him. All his life hindi niya naging problema ang babae. Ang mga ito ang parating namumroblema sa kanya kung paano siya tatalian.

Sa totoo lang, ayaw niya ng babaeng halos ipagpilitan ang sarili sa isang lalaki. In other words, gusto niyang siya ang manligaw, ang maghabol. Kaya nga lahat ng nakarelasyon niya ay pawang panandalian lang. Hindi niya pa nakikita ang tamang babae na tutugma sa pihikang panlasa niya.

Bibihira siyang nagkakainteres ng totoo sa isang babae. Hindi pa talaga siya nagkakainteres ng todo sa isang babae. Women were all easy in his book. Lahat ay may kiliti. Sanay siyang napakadaling huliin ang mga kahinaan ng mga ito. That was why he couldn’t believe that he was actually having this ridiculous conversation with a total stranger who was blatantly rejecting him. His ego was thoroughly bashed for the very first time.

Yup, he had wanted the woman at first sight. And it was no ordinary wanting. He had followed her with his eyes at TAO earlier. Napansin agad niya ang babae kanina sa club dahil sa daring na pananamit nito. Pero hindi lang iyon. Marami namang babaeng roon na mas sexy pa ang suot kaysa dito. May kakaibang aura lang ang babaing ito. He couldn’t help but notice her beautiful face, her long shapely legs, those luscious pouting lips that made him crazy with carnal thoughts.

He had actually followed her out of the club when she left with her date. Tinakasan niya ang ka-date na blonde para lang sundan ang babae nang lumabas ito ng TAO. Sinadya niyang agawan ng gondola ang babae. He wanted to be with her so bad that he actually resorted to this cheap hook up tactic. Ano ba itong pinasok niya? He was so annoyed and yet he was enjoying his little verbal showdown with her.

Bubulong-bulong ito sa inis na nakatalikod na sa kanya. She was staring at the water and probably comtemplating jumping off to avoid him. He grinned. She was a challenge that he would conquer tonight.

“So…why are you paying attention to a mere ASIAN like me now? Is this how you show a guy that you’re not interested in him?” panunudyo niya dito. Lalo siyang na-challenge sa pambabara nito sa kanya, na mas type nito ang Caucasians kasya sa Asians. She was an Asian for chrissake!

Muli siyang hinarap nito. “I was not…I am not…!” she stammered. “ Do I even have a choice?! You stole my boat! My God, you’re so conceited it boggles the mind!”

She actually turned scarlet in ire now and the girlish blushing looked good with her pink wig, too. Lalo itong naging cute sa tingin niya. No, not cute. In fact, she was beautiful. She may be working as a showgirl in one of the casinos. But who knew? This was Las Vegas, the Sin City, people were not what they seemed all the time. Maybe this was her MO to make some profit tonight, accidentally bumping into a guy to get noticed. At hindi niya alam kung bakit nainis siya sa isiping isa itong mababang uri ng babae. Still, he couldn’t take his eyes away from her luscious lips.

They were almost under the bridge…

Ngumisi siya at biglang hinila ang babae sa kanyang dibdib. He turned her face toward him at walang babalang hinalikan niya ito sa mga labi.

It was a very nice surprise for him. Ahhh damn! What soft lips! He could on kissing her for hours. But they had passed the bridge already. With great reluctance, he let go of her lips.
Nanlalaki ang mga mata nito sa pagkabigla. Ni hindi ito nakakilos sa sobrang gulat. Then she was pushing him. “How dare you! Let me go!”

Pinakawalan naman niya ito.

“Why did you do that?! Who gave you the right to kiss me?!” she ranted, her face red, her eyes narrowed but showing mixed emotions.

“Oh, the saying in Italy gave me the right, sweetheart,” he said, grinning. Wala na ang nararamdamang inis niya kanina dito. She tasted really good.

“A what...?! What the hell are you talkin’ about?!” Parang gusto na siyang sakalin nito nang mga sandaling yon.

"They say that…you know...” kunwari’y nag-isip siya. “Well, they say that,” he stopped again and shrugged his shoulder. “When you’re in Italy sailing the Grand Canal with a woman, you should kiss her when the gondola passes under the bridge.”

He almost laughed out loud when he saw her reaction. A mixture of stupefaction and anger and she became more and more attractive to him.

“Excuse me...?!!” she shrieked. “Do you know where the hell you are right now? He-llo?!” She rolled her eyes, her hands up in the air. “You are in Las Vegas Neh-vah-dah, in the middle of the desert, moron!”

“Yeah, I know that...” He was grinning like silly now. This woman made him smile like no other woman ever had and he was enjoying every moment with her. “But we are in Venice…tian, in the Grand Canal and you are with me, here, sailing a gondola. I am just following tradition, you know?”

Ilang beses itong huminga nang malalim upang kalmahin ang sarili. Nadako ang mga mata niya sa dibdib nito na tumaas-bumaba kasabay ng paghinga nito. Nice pair. Napaayos siya ng upo dahil bigla siyang nakaramdan ng pagsikip ng kanyang pantalon sa bandang harapan. Pero nang maisip na baka na-enhance na ang mga ‘yon ng siyensiya ay na-disappoint siya. Mas gusto niya sa babae ay all-natural, lalo na sa boobs.

But what did he care if she was natural or surgically-enhanced? As if he had not touched enough silicone boobs in the past. The women he went with were all vain Barbies anyways. So why would he feel different now?

Jansen wanted to cover her front with her arms, suddenly shy from the man’s blatant scrutiniy of her frontal assets. But of course, she didn’t. Magmumukha siyang hindi palaban.

“Tradition? Are you kidding me?! You’re not the type who’d believe in those kinds of old-fashioned sentiments.”

“How do you know that? What do you know about my sentiments? Have we been intimate before?” he answered smoothly, his eyes teasing and still feasting on her bossom!
Hindi daw interesado sa akin ha! ‘Yan ba ang tingin na hindi interesado?! Kulang na lang kainin ako nang buo!

“My goodness...You are imposible!” Napailing-iling na lamang siya sa kawalang masabi. This man was driving her crazy. Makakapagmura siya ng di oras! “Hmpppph…!” Pigil na pigil siyang talakan ito ng walang patumangga. Sarap sakalin!

Ngingi-ngisi lang ito sa kanya while she stared at him with a murderous look in her eyes. Anong klaseng nilalang ba itong lalaking ito at bigla na lang akong hinalikan na akala mo eh isa ako sa mga babae sa harem niya?! Pero kinalma niya ang sarili. But she wondered, what was in that kiss that she wished he would kiss her again? Dampi lang kanina ang halik nito, pero feeling niya para siyang nasa heaven after the kiss.
She saw another bridge coming. She wondered if he had the guts to do it again. Hindi siya kumilos, pinakikiramdaman lang ang katabi.

But then he didn’t make any move towards her again. Why she felt disappointed, she didn’t know. Tiningnan niya ito. Nakangisi ito sa kanya na parang alam ang iniisip niya.
Inirapan niya ito. Malapit na sila sa dulo at makakababa na siya ng gondola. Pero hindi niya maintindihan kung bakit parang ayaw pa niyang bumaba. Maghihiwalay na sila ng estrangherong lalaki at hindi niya alam kung bakit nalulungkot siya sa isiping iyon. Gusto pa niya itong makasama kahit naaasar siya sa kayabangan nito.

Sa lalim ng kanyang pag-iisip ay hindi niya napansin na malapit na sila sa panghuling tulay. Wala sa loob na napatingin siya dito na nakatitig din sa kanya. Napigil niya ang hininga nang makitang dahan-dahang bumaba ang ulo nito.

Jansen shivered in anticipation, unknowingly closing her eyes when she felt his lips on hers. She parted her lips and welcomed him. In that instant she felt a spark of electricity and it spread quickly all over her body. She thought it would be like the first kiss, soft and brief, but the man continued kissing her, slowly at first, then thoroughly and her knees melted instantly. Napakapit na sa ulo nito ang isang kamay niya.

Then, his tongue darted inside her mouth…searching. Goosebumps rose all over her body. She never did a French kiss before. The idea grossed her out to the max. But now…

She heard a masculine groan and he withdrew his tongue. Unconsciously her tongue went after his. Now, it was her sucking him. She moaned softly, she couldn’t control it. Then his kisses changed. He became gentle na para pa siyang tinatakam lalo. Pagkatapos ay huminto ito at tinitigan siya. She was mesmerized, totally under his spell.

“Let’s go to my suite,” she heard the man say in a husky voice, lust and desire in his eyes.

Jansen couldn’t even think straight at that moment. She just nodded.

She must have gone crazy!

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EverMore
by Garnet Hart


PAYBACK TIME...


Rei drifted slowly into wakefulness and wondered about the strange ceiling above him. This wasn’t his room, and it couldn’t be a hotel room.

He had to blink twice to clear his eyesight and convince himself that he was indeed staring at an old, faded ceiling, probably of a basement.

Turning his head around, he realized he was in an empty room. Tanging isang upuan at mesa na may maliit na bag sa ibabaw ang nakita niya sa kanyang kanan. As he tried to sit up, he realized his hands and feet were tied on each corner of the bed.

“Damn it!” he growled and struggled to get free, but the rope was too thick and too tight it deeply cut through his skin.

Gasping, he gave up and tried to think about who could have done this to him. The door suddenly opened, followed by a woman’s voice.

“You’re awake.”

His eyes opened wide as he realized who it was. Arya! What madness has gotten through this woman?

Turning his head to the side, he saw that devilish grin on her face as she stood a few meters from the bed. Despite his anger, her round bossom under her low-necked, thigh legth dress didn’t escape his sight.

“How pitiful,” she said as she sat down beside him and watched him struggle with the ropes. “How delightful it is to see you at my mercy.”

He scowled at her, gasping hard. “Untie me or I’ll strangle you!” he roared but the more that she laughed, extremely amused of his pathetic position.

“Then the more that I have reasons not to untie you,” she replied and thrust her arm foreward to see the back of her fingers. He couldn’t believe she was wearing the ring that he was supposed to give to Jillian.

“That’s not for you!”

“Alam ko,” mabilis nitong tugon at nakangiting pinagmasdan ang singsing. “Pero sa tingin ko mas bagay ito sa akin. Maganda ‘to at mamahalin, di tulad ng ibinigay mo sa akin noon. Anong tingin mo sa akin dati? Cheap?”

Rei remembered the ring she was talking about. Kahit limampung libo lamang ang halaga nun ay isang taon siyang nag-ipon para mabili iyon. “Fine! You can have it! Just untie me!”

Laughing louder, she looked at him again. “You’re too late, dear. Kanina pa nagsimula ang engagement party mo, and unfortunately, you didn’t show up.”

Rei gave her a muffled curse as he suddenly lost his temper. He tried to snatch her but was caught short by the ropes that bound his hands. He roared loudly and began to tug furiously like a ferocious beast fighting for dear life.

“Stop that!” she yelled. “You’re just hurting yourself.”

“Once I get out of here, I’ll wring your neck!” gigil na turan niya.

Tumawa lang ito na hindi man lang naapektuhan ng kanyang pananakot. “You have all night to try. Pero sa umaga pa kita balak pakawalan.”

“I’m sure they’re searching for me right now and any moment, the police will come here to arrest you.”

“Really?” She flashed him a mocking gaze. “You don’t believe I also have the brain to plan things, right? Hindi pa naman ako ganun kapobre para hindi ko kayang magbayad ng mga tao at ng bahay na pagtataguan sa’yo. I don’t think they’re searching for you either. That girl who went to get you left a message on your table saying you’re a coward and you don’t want to push through with the engagement. I copied your penmanship ang forged your signature as well. Brilliant, don’t you think so?”

“You are insane!” he snarled. “I’ll drag you to the nearest mental hospital myself!”

She laughed hard, like the mad woman that she was. “My plan worked perfectly. After tonight, who knows what troubles await you.”

“This is not a joke, Arya! You can ruin my life!”

“Ruin your life?” she repeated with a sarcastic laugh. “And who started to ruin someone’s life? Di ba ikaw?”

Nagsalubong ang kanyang mga kilay. “What?”

“You think I don’t know? Di ba ikaw ang humaharang sa mga products ko sa mall? Kayo ng maldita mong… ah, whatever. Pero kung iniisip mo na tatahimik lang ako, you’re wrong. Kung may pangil ka, meron din ako.”

Rei was quiet. It was true he’d been doing that for more than a year now, but they only deserve it, and he wouldn’t stop it either.

“Ano? You’re guilty kaya ka tumahimik?” she concluded. “Bakit? Masama ang loob mo sa mommy ko? Sa akin? Ano bang kasalanan ko sa’yo? Baka nakakalimutan mong ikaw ang nanloko sa akin—”

“Shut up and release me!” he suddenly roared like a lion. She jumped at his harsh voice. Furiously, he struggled once again. Blood were dripping out of his wrist now but he didn’t care.

“Kalagan mo na ako ngayon kung ayaw mong itapon kita sa kumukulong tubig!” he threatened harshly but it seemed not enough to scare a strand of her hair. She only looked at him with a raised eyebrow, unafraid and unaffected.

As Rei was drained of his strength, he laid his head back on the pillow, gasping hard. All his dreams of prestige crumbled at that very minute. Jillian and her family would never forgive him for this, and he could lose everything he had worked so hard for.

He laughed at his helplessness. This can’t be happening! He couldn’t believe this woman could actually do this to him. Was it only three years ago when she was so sweet and innocent?

“I did love you, Arya,” he found himself saying. For a moment he hesitated to speak another word, but perhaps an emotional approach could soften her. He was too desperate he’d wager his pride for his freedom. “…More than my life.”

Even though he didn’t look at her, her silence indicated her surprise.

“Had I eloped with you that time,” he continued. “I could have been the happiest man in the world.”

Arya didn’t move for a while, then she looked at him with puzzlement on her face. He thought she’d finally gotten back to her senses, but then to his dismay, she just started laughing, so hard that her eyes turned misty.

“You think I’m gonna fall for that? You really are a best actor, Rei, but too bad I’m not that stupid girl anymore. Try harder next time.”

Rei could feel his face burning in embarrassment. He shouldn’t have expected something like that to get through this shrewd vixen. “Just untie me!” he grunted. “I am getting married soon. Let’s just stop this nonsense now!”

She stopped laughing and her face turned solemn. She sat on the side of the bed and narrowed her eyes at him seductively. “Nonsense you say?” she said, slowly leaning over him.

Rei could hardly speak. She was so near her sweet smell was intoxicating him. “I have to attend my engagement, Arya,” he gasped, trying to resist the temptation. “You have to release me.”

She raised an eyebrow and pressed her soft breasts against his chest. He almost groaned at the sensation. She may have noticed the effect she was having on him. She smiled and rubbed her front on him some more. Almost instantly, he felt his flesh rising from its confinement.

“Arya, don’t do this,” he warned harshly but she didn’t hear anything and pressed her hips firmly against him.

“My,” her voice was almost a moan as she brushed his cheek with her fingers. “You get hard so easily.”

Rei was short of breath as he stared at those luscious lips tempting him. He must not give in, even though his male urges were aching for her.

“Relax, sweetheart,” she taunted with a smile. “I’ll make you feel so good it’s worth sacrificing your engagement night.”

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hello hello! certified pb addict din ako lol....... martha cecilia pb lang ang collection ko but since napag-usapan ang lothario books sa kristine thread interested na din ako sa pb ni eve....

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salamat winter sa mga excerpts

i-post mo na din yung mga batch 1 at yung ibang out na

para sa mga makakadiskubre pa lang

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salamat winter sa mga excerpts

i-post mo na din yung mga batch 1 at yung ibang out na

para sa mga makakadiskubre pa lang

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Yaps! I will..para naman makilala ng iba yung ibang LOTHARIO MEN!!!

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LOTHARIO BACKGROUND FROM THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF MS. EVE MONTELIBANO

This is where it all began...

LOTHARIO is the name of the elite and exclusive gentlemen's club where my gorgeous heroes are all exclusive members. Now what happens when a bunch of hellraising lotharios get together in one place? You can guess...or you can read about them

Why Lothario? To give you a background, I got the name Lothario from a hero in one of Nicholas Rowe's plays. When you check out Mr. Webster's dictionary, a lothario is another term for a cassanova, a heartless seducer of women, a smooth operator extraordinaire. Well, to say the least, I am really fascinated by Lothario in the play THE FAIR PENITENT. He is one tormented soul who constantly battles between good and evil. A man of contradictions, but a man who is the master of his own universe. And thus, my own brand of Lotharios were born.

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NICO SANVICTORES

EVE MONTELIBANO

The business world called him the Golden Boy, because like King Midas, everything he touched turned into fortune. He was the heir to a business empire and about to marry a beautiful and wonderful woman. Everything that a man could wish for, he had it all. Ngunit nang gabing una niyang makita si Laila ay nagbago ang inog ng kanyang mundo. He gave up everything that he held dear and everything that he worked so hard for in order to be with her. He loved her like no other.

But she betrayed him.

Makalipas ang halos apat na taon ay muling nag-kurus ang mga landas nila ni Laila. One look at her and all their memories together came crashing back, leaving him shaken with deep longing and burning hatred for the woman who callously shredded his heart to pieces. Alipin siya ng nagbabagang poot na iyon sa loob ng nagdaang mga taon. Ang buong kamalayan niya'y sumisigaw ng paghihiganti!

Finally, it was payback time.

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EXCERPT

HE HATED the way she was blinking her tears away. Hindi bagay ang mga luha sa mapanlinlang na babaing ito! Pero naapektuhan si Nico sa nakikitang hapdi sa mga mata ni Laila. May kung ano’ng panlalambot siyang nararamdaman para dito. He fought the urge to take her in his arms and comfort her. Stupid fool! Pinairal niya ang kanyang galit dito. Kahit awa ay ayaw niyang maramdaman para sa babaing ito.

“Please, spare me the stupid tears, Laila. Nakinabang ka sa pera ko. Sa ating dalawa, ikaw ang nakabentahe. You were the most expensive geisha Lothario ever had. You must be really proud of yourself, huh?”
“It was your mother’s money, not yours.”
He smiled coldly. “Wrong, sweetheart. Ako ang gumagawa ng pera sa pamilya namin. Lahat ng tsekeng galing sa mga accounts ng SGC ay may lagda ko rin. Or you never bothered to check? Sobra ba ang excitement mong mai-withdraw ang pera at ni hindi mo na tiningnan kung kanino talaga nanggaling ‘yon?”
Namutla si Laila. Hindi nakasagot.
“You mean, you didn’t know?”
Nagkibit-balikat ito at umiling. “It was pay to cash. Kung ikaw man ang nagbigay niyon sa akin kahit na hindi direkta ay nagpapasalamat ako, Nico. Nakatulong iyon nang malaki sa akin. Hindi ko na kinailangang bumalik sa Lothario o magtinda ng hamburger.”
The casual way she said it grated at his nerves even more. He moved towards her on the sofa. Her scent wafted all over him, making his head swim with memories of hot, steamy nights with her. They had been explosive in bed together.
He stared at her. She stood her ground.
Itinaas nito ang noo at nakipagtitigan sa kanya nang diretso. Nanggigigil siyang sunggaban ito at…ano? So many urges came to mind. He wanted to put his hands around her lovely neck and squeeze the avaricious life out of her. He wanted to kiss her hard and wipe that maddening arrogance off her pouty lips. He wanted to **** her so hard till he got tired of her and never think of her anymore! He wanted to be free of her. For good! But he will never be a fool again for this woman. Right now, he was a businessman with a bad case of lust. And like any company he had coveted in the past, he would have her, use her. And then discard her.
“So… magkano ka na ngayon, Laila?”


SHE PRAYED for the courage to endure his presence a bit longer. Just a bit longer. Iyon ang naidasal ni Laila. Kung dito matatapos ang lahat, so be it. Maybe, this was finally the closure that she had been waiting for. Ang muling makaharap si Nico, at malamang wala na ni anupamang maaaring mamagitan pa sa kanilang dalawa. Titiisin niya ang lahat ng pang-iinsulto nito, kung iyon na ang huli nilang pagkikita.
Noon ay sinunod niya lahat ng dikta ng kanyang puso, kinalimutan niya ang kanyang respeto sa sarili. Pero hindi na ngayon. Iba na siya. She had evolved into a new person. She had rebuilt her life from the ashes. And never again will she succumb to her feelings for this man.
“I don’t think you can afford me this time, Nico.”
His eyes flared. “Ah, Laila. You’re a contradiction, you know that? Masyadong mataas ang pride mo para sa klase ng pagkatao mo. I actually thought you were priceless. Pero murang-mura ka pala. Five million. Tsk. Still, that was a lot better than our original two-million deal. I gotta give you credit for your bargaining power. Nauto mo si Mama na bayaran ka nang mas higit sa totoo mong halaga.”
She didn’t even blink at the insult. “Bakit? Nasaktan ko ba ang pride mo nang iwan kita, Nic? Hindi ka sanay na iniiwan dahil ikaw ang nang-iiwan? Masyado bang masakit sa ego mo ‘yon? What do you want from me? An apology?”
His eyes were harsh and smoldering on her. “No. Sinabi mo sa sulat mo noon, it was good while it lasted. It wasn’t good enough, Laila. You took my five million bucks but I didn’t get my money’s worth. You owe me.”
“Your arrogance is unbelievable, Nico.”
He smiled ferally. “Believe it, sweetheart.”
“Then I will pay in cash. Bigyan mo lang ako ng sapat na panahon. Ibabalik ko nang buong-buo ang limang milyon mo.”
He moved closer to her on the sofa that she could feel the warmth emanating from his big body. “You don’t get it, do you, Laila? You think it’s the money? Latak lang ang limang milyon sa bulto ng perang nasa pangalan ko. I could have given you much, much more than that if you bothered to stick around a little longer. But you jumped the gun way too early, sweetheart. You could have been rolling in money.”
Kung anong lalim ng sugat na iniwan ni Krista sa kanyang pagkatao noon as siya ring muling binubuksan ni Nico. At mas malalim ang sakit na dulot niyon. Because she gave her all to
this man. Minahal niya ito nang sobra.
“Kung ano man ang mga nangyari noon ay hindi na natin maibabalik pa, Nico. Pareho tayong nagkamali ng pagkakilala sa isa’t-isa. Para matapos na ang lahat nang ito, babayaran kita. You have my word.”
His hand went up and his fingers traced her cleavage slowly, making circles on her delicate skin. Her body reacted instantly. Licks of fire seemed to spark from his fingertips and travelled like liquid heat all the way to her extremities.
“Pay me with your body.”
She was breathless and he smiled down at her knowingly. “No… I’ll pay you in cash.”
Naningkit ang mga mata nito. “Ah, still as shrewd as ever? Bakit, mas mahal na ba ang presyo mo ngayon, hmm? Have you acquired better skills as a geisha? Siguro ay beterana ka na ngayon sa negosyong ‘yan? Mas lucrative ba ang market dito sa Singapore at nag-relocate ka? Alright, I’m a businessman. Let’s negotiate.”
His voice was so smooth and silky but they hurt her like razor blades. Pinilit pa rin niyang maging kalmante. “I was never a geisha and you know it.”
“Oh yes, you were. Mas pasimple nga lang ang diskarte mo kaysa sa iba. You certainly put a nice touch to it, baby. Yes, you were a virgin but a very shrewd one. You put a very high price to that piece of membrane between your legs. Tinanggihan mo si Lucky. Of course, it was a calculated move. You knew that was guaranteed to make you more expensive. You knew you were playing a winning hand. Alam mo kung gaano nabaliw sa ‘yo ang mga lalaki sa Lothario. You just waited for the highest bidder. And it turned out, ako pala ‘yun. Thanks to my ever generous mother.”
Nagkibit-balikat siya. “Thanks to her, indeed.”
They stared into each other’s eyes with unconcealed, burning hatred. It was so hard to rebuild her life all over again after she walked away from him. Now, here he was again, annihilating her defenses, making her feel vulnerable again. Her mind recoiled in remembered pain as memories of her earlier days without him came back. She thought she’d never survive the loss of him, but she did. And she should never forget that.
Tinangka ni Laila na tumayo mula sa sofa ngunit pinigil siya ni Nico. He grabbed her waist and sat her across his lap. “Don’t play hard to get with me, Laila. I know you want it.”
She panicked. “Bitiwan mo ako!” Itinukod niya ang mga kamay sa dibdib nito pero hindi ito matinag. Bagkus ay naramdaman niya ang mabilis na pintig ng puso nito. And down there against her thigh, she could feel him, hard and insistent, throbbing with life. Memories of the intense pleasure they had shared together flooded her consciousness. He used to make love to her so slowly till she was screaming for completion. Shefelt hot and feverish now. Worse, she could feel wetness flow between her legs. She was horrified!
“You owe me two months, sweetheart. Pay me with your body. Then we’ll call it quits.”
“No! Let me go! How dare you! Let me go!” Nagpumiglas na siya. Her defenses were slowly crumbling against his powerful sensuality.
Parang wala itong narinig. “Ah, same ol’ trick, Laila? Nagpapapresyo ka pa rin? That hot little ***** sure knew all the best tricks before and I won’t be surprised if it made you rich already. Only this time, please spare me the act, will you? I’m a paying costumer. I’m giving you a premium deal. Kapag nag-enjoy ako, bibigyan kita ng bonus. Another million. How’s that, sweety? That’s way, way too much for an encore but you can earn it. I’m sure you’d be able to earn it easily enough. You still remember how to please me, Laila? Don’t you, baby?”
Parang umakyat ang dugo sa ulo ni Laila. Hindi niya napigilan ang kanyang rumaragasang galit sa mga pambabastos nito sa kanyang pagkatao. Sinampal niya ito nang ubod-lakas.
Violence exploded out of him. Dinaklot nito ang kanyang mga balikat. Bumaon ang mga daliri nito sa kanyang balat “*****! You man-eating, little *****!”
A second later, his mouth descended on hers.

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bukas..excerpt naman ni JONTY!!!! nyt nyt

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bukas..excerpt naman ni JONTY!!!! nyt nyt

kakakilig ang story nina jonty and vanessa. their first meeting was one helluva scene. i'm almost done reading the book.