[ WARNING : R-18 I MATURE CONTENT ]
[ Bad Pentalogy - Three ]

"Thrice is a pain in the ass."

Dreadmore Solomon hated the words spoken by lovesick fools so willing to die for someone not even worth dying for. Ayaw niya sa mga taong inaalay ang puso nila kahit alam naman nilang masakit ito at delikado.

Too much love can kill. That's what he thinks. He doesn't think it's real that it keeps people alive because it's pure bullshit once your heart starts beating for someone else other than yourself. Seryoso siyang tao kaya ayaw niya sa mga walang kakwenta-kwentang bagay kagaya ng pagmamahal na ito.

But love just kept on telling him it exists through so much suffering and pain.

Pero hindi ibig sabihin nun na hindi na siya marunong magmahal. Hindi niya ito maiwasan kahit sobra-sobra nang sakit ang binigay nito sa kanya dahil alam niyang ang pagmamahal ang bumuhay sa kanya sa mundong ginagalawan.

Ang ayaw lamang niya ay ang marinig ang mga salitang tila pangako ng kamatayan sa kanya. Ayaw na niyang sumugal. Ayaw na niyang umasa. Ayaw na niyang masaktan.

He's so sick of hearing those words, only to be faced by the harsh reality that all things end one way or another. He hates it. He loathes it from the bottom of his stone-cold heart.

That's why when he was forced to marry the eldest granddaughter of the Liras, he was livid. Tumindi pa ang kanyang galit nang malamang pinilit lamang ng pinakabatang apo ng Liras ang lola nito para makuha ang gusto, na ginawa ng tangang babaeng iyon ang hiling dahil mahal daw ng ate nito si Dreadmore.

But what does she know about love if she forces this on an unwilling man just to be the "perfect" little sister? He hated Morena Princess Liras to the core, even her elder sister, and her beloved family. Pinagsamantalahan nito ang kapangyarihan sa ibabaw ng ibang mga kompanya.

So he got drunk one night thinking about his problem, only to find an angel by his side when he woke up. With their naked bodies embracing as if they were lovers and the blood on the sheets, Dreadmore knew what happened.

It was a secret they were supposed to carry to their graves, especially when he's going to get married to her elder sister. Iyon lang dapat iyon pero nalaman niyang may nabuo pala ang gabing iyon.

At parang minahal na siya ng babae matapos ang pagkakamaling iyon. Rena was a typical romantic which irritated him deeply.

But what can he do if the three bad words just came from an angel's lips? Someone so warm and full of life that it slowly melted the ice out of him? Tatanggapin ba niya ang mga salita? O magpapadala na naman ba siya sa takot ng kinabukasan?

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Morena Princess Liras is the angelic princess of The Liras Group of Companies. She was sweet and loving—an angel from head to toe. She deserved everything the world could offer to such an innocent girl. Hundreds of admirers flock around her like helpless lovesick fools. Thousands of girls envy what she have. Millions of people melt at the sight of her smile. She was the epitome of angelic Filipina perfection.

It was obvious what the girl wants so much in life—a prince worthy of her heart. She wanted a peaceful and happy life with a husband and a child but her heart remained ownerless for years. Buti pa nga ang nakatatanda niyang kapatid may napupusuan na, ang problema nga lang walang emosyon ang lalaking napupusuan nito.

Rena felt bad for her elder sister. She rarely wanted someone or something in her life and it's important for her sister to have Dreadmore Solomon. Pero hindi siya kailanman pinagtuunan ng pansin ng lalaki dahil balita nilang wala naman daw itong interes sa pakikipagrelasyon. Gusto ng ate niya na makilala pa ito nang husto pero ano bang magagawa nila kung tanging business ang nasa isip nito?

So Rena tried to help her but the man just couldn't care less about her sister. She couldn't do anything about that, not until she begged her grandmother who loved her so much to make Dreadmore her sister's fiancé. Sinabi niyang papakasalan niya kahit sinong gusto ng pamilya basta ay sumaya lang ang nakatatandang kapatid.

At nagtagumpay siya dahil wala naman talagang makakatanggi sa isang anghel, sa Prinsesa ng Liras. Nalaman ito ni Dreadmore kaya nagalit ito sa kanya, sa kanila ng ate niya. Sinisi rin siya ng kapatid dahil sa hiniling kaya nalungkot si Rena. She drowned herself with alcohol, only to wake up the next day embracing a familiar guy. It was her sister's fiancé.

She knew she was doomed when he opened his eyes and gave her a glare that drained the color out of her pretty face.

"Aren't you sly, little Princess?"

If only it all ended there but the signs, the absence of her red days, and her changing physique made her realize Dreadmore had planted something inside her—a child which triggered the romantic side of her to yearn for his love.

Alam niyang hindi na talaga matutupad ang pangarap niyang isang masaya at buong pamilya, lalo na at ikakasal na ang lalaki sa kanyang ate matapos ang iilang buwan.

But Dreadmore gave her a reason to fight. Although he doesn't say it, she knew he was capable of loving and she will do her best to earn that, to let him say his dreaded three bad words.