Overview
Halik (International title: Betrayal / ) is a 2018 Philippine drama television series starring Jericho Rosales, Sam Milby, Yen Santos and Yam Concepcion. The series aired on ABS-CBN's Primetime Bida evening block and worldwide via The Filipino Channel from August 13, 2018 to April 26, 2019, replacing Since I Found You and was replaced by Sino ang Maysala?: Mea Culpa.
Premise
Halik begins with four people's lives are intertwined in a complicated web of love, lies, and deception. Lino (Jericho Rosales), Jacky (Yen Santos), Jade (Yam Concepcion), and Ace (Sam Milby) get entangled in unpredictable situations where they become hapless victims of circumstance. Will they still be able to redeem themselves and escape the pit they have dug themselves into.
The Beginning
Halik is a fictional story of two marriages, marred by temptation, discontentment, misunderstandings, and other relationship problems.
This fictional teleserye follows the lives of two childhood friends, Jacky Montefalco (Yen Santos) and Lino Bartolome (Jericho Rosales), torn apart by a vengeful man and then thrust together by a cruel twist of fate, and betrayal.
Jacky is the heiress of MonteCorp Furniture, a renowned furniture establishment in the Philippines and Asia. She is the only daughter of Mauro and Loida Montefalco (Precious Lara Quigaman), prominent members of society in the country and owners of MonteCorp. Jacky learns early on that she is not the natural offspring of the man she thought was her father. Nevertheless, she longs for her adoptive father's acceptance.
Mauro Montefalco (Romnick Sarmenta) is a cruel man who kills his wife's lover in a jealous rage, and raises her daughter as his legal child. This is as far as his benevolence goes as he is extremely cruel and dismissive to his daughter. Though he keeps up with the filial appearances to save his face, he dislikes his daughter and directs his anger on her and the Bartolome family who he blames for his unhappiness.
Agustin "Gustin" Bartolome (Allan Paule) is a talented furniture designer whose pieces are much sought after. It is through Agustin that Loida meets her lover, Robert Oliva. Loida is the suffering wife of the domineering Mauro. The couple fall in love. Loida attempts to leave Mauro to join Robert but he is killed. Jacky is the fruit of their relationship.
MonteCorp
MonteCorp, originally the Ybañez Furniture of Cebu, is a well known furniture company founded by the Ybañez family, Loida's parents.
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