A HEARTBEAT KEPT SECRET - AGE GAP SERIES 5)

Si Dr. Apollo Jude Dela Victoria Montenegro ay ang depinisyon ng isang walking green flag—matalino, maalaga, at tapat magmahal. He is an elite pediatrician destined to inherit a medical empire. Pero matapos mabigo sa kaniyang unang pag-ibig, ibinuhos na lang niya ang kaniyang buong buhay sa kaniyang mga pasyente. He thought his heart was already numb.

Hanggang sa magbalik ang isang alaala mula sa nakaraan.

Sampung taon na ang nakararaan, he met a nineteen-year-old patient with a terminal heart condition. Isang dalagang ang tanging huling hiling bago pumanaw ay ang maikasal sa kaniyang paboritong doktor. Hiling na pinagbigyan ni Apollo—even going as far as buying real silver rings just to give her peace before she closed her eyes.

He was told she passed away that very next morning. He thought that was the tragic end of their story.

Now at forty, Apollo is trapped in a passionless relationship, completely unaware of the dark secrets running deep inside his family’s hospital empire.

But a medical miracle is about to walk through the operating room doors.

She survived. Hidden by the elite, powerful influence of Apollo’s own surgeon parents, she was whisked away to Europe to undergo an experimental procedure.

Now, she is back. At hindi na siya ang mahina at naghihingalong pasyente noon. She returns as a brilliant, Swiss-trained Pediatric Interventional Cardiologist—ready to expose the medical fraud, reclaim her place, and look Dr. Montenegro straight in the eye.

She held onto her life, her medical dream, and his silver ring for a whole decade. Now, the secret heartbeat is loud enough to be heard.

“I’m back, Dr. Montenegro. And this time, I’m here to marry you for real.”