This plot has been read three million times online, became a National Book Store bestseller in 2013, and eventually landed on theaters as a Star Cinema box-office hit starring Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, also known as Kathniel. Read also: 4 Local Books That Would Work as TV Showsĭoes that sound familiar? Well, in fact, it’s too familiar. And guess what? The two find themselves falling for each other instead. Here’s how the story goes: A 17-year-old girl with bad hair plays trick on the campus heartthrob, who just so happens to be a bad boy, self-proclaimed “gangster.” When he finds out that the girl he’s been talking to actually isn’t the ex-girlfriend he was pining for (the two girls should have the same name), he puts up the condition that they should pretend as lovers until the gangster’s ex comes back to his life out of jealousy.
