Second Floor Novels & Stories

“Congratulations, Miss Santillan. You are six weeks pregnant.” Nanigas si Marga sa kinatatayuan niya habang nakatitig lang sa doktor. Bumaba ang paningin niya sa prenatal examination report. Napapikit siya at napahawak sa kaniyang tiyan. “B-Buntis ako…” mahinang sabi niya. Hindi niya maintindihan ang kaniyang nararamdaman. Mas nangibabaw pa rin ang takot sa kaniya na baka malaman ni Brandon ang tungkol sa kaniyang pagbubuntis. *** “Kinakabahan ka ba?” Binuhay ni Brandon ang makina ng sasakyan. “Kung palagi kang ganito sa tuwing kausap mo ako, iisipin ko talaga na buntis ka, Marga.” Napalunok ng maraming beses si Marga. Mas lalo lang siyang kinakabahan. Pinagpapawisan na rin siya kahit na malakas naman ang aircon. “Kung totoong buntis ako, ano ang gagawin mo?” Napakagat-labi siya pagkatapos niyang bitawan ang mga katagang ‘yon. “You will raise the child alone, Marga. Kahit isang piso ay wala kang makukuha sa akin.”

Para kay Rafael, isang malaking pagkakamali lang ako noon. Isang anino sa loob ng limang taon na pinakasalan niya lang dahil sa lolo niya. Tiniis ko lahat ng cold treatment at pang-aapi, hoping he would love me back. Pero noong araw na nalaman kong buntis ako, he threw divorce papers at my face. Si Sophia, ang dating girlfriend niya, ay nagbalik. Pinalayas niya ako na parang basahan nang walang kaalam-alam na dala ko ang anak niya. But he was dead wrong to think he broke me. Six years later, wala na ang kawawang Loraine. I am now a billionaire CEO of my luxury perfume empire. Most of all, I am a mother to Ezekiel, ang anak na may mukha niya pero hinding-hindi magiging kanya. Ngayong nalaman niya ang katotohanan matapos siyang lokohin at perahan ni Sophia, gumagapang siya sa harap ko, umiiyak, at nagmamakaawa. Ang kapal ng mukha mo, Rafael. I don't want your apologies. Nais kong maranasan mo ang bawat sentimo ng kahihiyan na ipinalasap mo sa akin. Watch me from afar...rich, beautiful, and completely untouchable. Ang absolute indifference ko ang magiging pinakamalagim na parusa mo habambuhay.

Hindi naniniwala sa pag-ibig si Armani Sevilla. Naging matigas na ang puso nito matapos iwanan ng ina nito ang kanyang ama noong bata pa siya. But he needed a wife to claim the inheritance his father left him. Georgia Alcazar needed to take revenge on cheating her ex-husband. Kaya naman nang magtagpo ang landas nila ni Armani at alukin siya nito ng kasal, kapalit nang pagtulong nito na maghiganti sa dati niyang asawa ay tinanggap niya ito.

Tatlong taon na ang lumipas mula nang iniwan ako ni Cassiel Esquivel—the man who once owned me in every way. A trillionaire tech mogul. Ruthless in business and even more ruthless in love. Akala ko ligtas na ako. Akala ko tapos na ang lahat sa amin. But one day, I woke up in his private jet—kidnapped, disoriented, and furious. “I’m saving your life,” sabi niya, “because you clearly have no idea what kind of danger you’re in.” Pero ano nga ba ang mas delikado? ‘Yong mga taong humahabol sa akin… o ‘yong lalaking minsan ko nang minahal at winasak ang puso ko? Now I’m trapped on a private island with the man who still knows every inch of me. The man I swore I’d never forgive. And maybe... the only man I’ll ever love. Pero para makawala sa kan’yang hawak, wala akong ibang paraan kundi akitin siya… kahit pa ang ibig sabihin nito ay sunugin ang sarili ko sa apoy ng pagnanasa.

An ordinary girl accidentally met a disabled man. "It's really hard to live. I hope one day someone can save me from this really dark life of mine" he said. Dahil sa isang accident na bago ang lahat, nawalan na ito ng ganang mabuhay takot makipag salamuha sa ibang tao dahil sa kanyang kapansanan gayunpaman, nanatili parin ito natatrabaho nag papatuloy sa buhay, he never expect to have a relationship to anyone, but then cupid's cafe ang naging instrumento para mabago yung pananaw nito sa buhay lahat nag bago ng isang iglap. Ito’y pandalian lang ba? mananatili parin ba kaya ito pag katapos ng kanyang natuklasan sa mismo araw na pinaka-aayaw niya matatanggap niya kaya ito? mananaig parin ba ang pag mamahalan na patuloy nilang pinaglalabanan.

Hinalikan ni Irene Smith ang isang lalaking hindi niya kilala upang matakasan ang ka-blind date, subalit hindi niya akalain na ang lalaking aksidente niyang hinalikan ay isa palang bilyonaryo na noon ay nakatakda nang ikasal. Si John Maki Montealegre, isang mayamang lalaki na nangangailangan ng mapapangasawa. Kailangan niyang mapapayag ang kanyang lolo na magpa-opera. Dahil sa ginawa ni Irene, siningil siya ni Maki sa kalapastanganan ng dalaga. Ang kabayaran? Ipakikilala ni Maki si Irene sa kanyang pamilya bilang kanyang fiancée.

Claire met Sebastian on her wedding day. He is the older brother of her husband-to-be. Fate took its time to play with her when she felt a very huge attraction to the man on the very same day she was bound to be someone else’s wife. From the intense look he gives her to the way his lips curved up into a smirk, she can’t help but feel foreign sensations running down her body. Sensations she’s not allowed to feel for someone who’s going to be a family soon. Sebastian knew he needs saving when he felt a very strong urge to pull the bride and lean her on the altar and take her there senselessly. With her strawberry blonde hair curled to the side of her shoulder exposing her delicately creamy-white skin, thoughts of running his tongue there invaded his mind. Damn him to hell for thinking thoughts like that to the woman his brother was about to marry. But the heavens must be in his favor when things around weren’t what he expected it to be. This time he was determined to steal her from his brother, and no one can stop him. Not even fate.

Rhiane and Darryl have been in a relationship since highschool. Going strong naman ang kanilang relasyon hanggang sa isang araw napansin na lang ni Rhiane na parang may tinatago at hindi sinasabi si Darryl sa kanya. She would always ask him but he would always refuse.What happens to a relationship when secrets come and trust beg to fade?

Para kay Belle hindi basihan ang mukha para mahalin mo ang isang tao. Sa kabila ng lahat na kasungitan sa kanya ng asawa na si Russell, at sa katakot-takot na mukha na meron ito ay pinatunayan ni Belle na handa niya itong mahalin. Para sa kanya ang pag-ibig walang pinipili. Guwapo man o pangit kung titibok ang puso wala ka ng magagawa kundi sundin ito. Pero matanggap pa kaya niya ito kapag nalaman ang tinatago nitong sekreto?

Xiana Autumn Asher, a skilled lawyer by day and a deadly agent by night, is no stranger to danger—especially growing up as the Mafia Princess of the Asher family. She has loved Dark Gunter Jones, her brother’s best friend and a feared mafia boss, for as long as she can remember. But when an arranged marriage binds them together, Xiana finds herself trapped in a love full of secrets, betrayal, and unexpected passion. Years after heartbreak and separation, she returns with a secret of her own—their daughter. Fate forces them back together in a deadly game of revenge, power, and redemption. As past enemies resurface and their love is tested, can Xiana and Gunter fight for their family and the future they never thought possible?