"Falling in love without limits without rules and without race."

To be with her only family means traveling far from her homeland, Barbie would become an orphan when her father died. But to her luck, her half-brother offered to take her to the far Eastern country the Philippines. She has no one to turn to so maybe going with him is not a bad idea.

The first time she steps foot in the country, everybody showered her attention and her brother's family treated her like she is one of them. Everyone except for Tom, her brother's half-sibling in his Filipino family. His dark penetrating eyes made her heart beat fast from the first time they're eyes meet. She never thought Filipinos would be as good-looking as him apart from her half-brother Rafael.

However, she needs to install in her mind that Tom is family just like everybody says. But what about the sparks when their skin touched and how can she deny the attraction she feels as fatal as his charm?

First Love Hurts

The music is playing while my heart is breaking. After the dinner, everyone enjoyed listening to the private local band who celebrated with us and the rest of the adults which I couldn't remember the names that Mama Irma and Papa Enrique mentioned. I walk towards the garden away from everyone, taking the glass of wine and gently sipping on it. I took the fresh air coming from the plants inside my lungs and wished that some of the hurtful feelings would disappear. 


I found an empty flat rock behind the thick stems of flowers and decided to stay there for a while when I heard footsteps. 


"You could not drink a single drop of alcohol Cristina! I am warning you, this is not gonna be good for you. You have to start thinking about your body from now on!" 


He sounded furious, and I could tell that he was holding her by the way their footsteps were together. Tom is going inside the garden with his girlfriend! I panicked but sat still. 


She Heard Him