the death of his father, both he and his mother relocate to the U.S. Despite growing up in a prominent and wealthy family, Carding is a humble and caring individual, who as a child, befriends Luisa who becomes his best friend and later on his wife. Due to financial struggles that are kept hidden by his mother, he returns to Santa Lucia and attends university in Manila. He finally reconnects with Luisa and falls in love with her. He becomes involved in a head on collision after being rejected by Luisa and whilst in a coma, Luisa declares her feelings for him which later on, starts the beginning of their relationship. As the series progresses, married life for Carding and Luisa becomes challenging and by the end, Carding and Luisa both declare their love for each other and finally reunite. Carding shares a daughter with Luisa. Cherie Gil as Philomena "Menang" Medel - Carding's mother and a wealthy socialite. Menang despises poor people, seeing them as gold diggers and doesn't approve Carding on dating Luisa. Menang is encouraging Carding to date Mimi as their marriage will help boast her campaign for mayor. In the end, Menang attempted to burn her house down to get the insurance money, but was discovered and was left homeless and injured, Menang began experiencing the poor life and began to realize the error of her ways. She asked Luisa's family for forgiveness and they accepted, even allowing her to live with them. She is the grandmother of Carding and Luisa's child. Andrea del Rosario as Mimi Sandoval - A girl coming from a wealthy family, Mimi is deeply infatuated with Carding and is extremely jealous of Luisa. Despite Luisa being selected as the valedictorian, Mimi ultimately becomes her school's valedictorian by using her wealth for providing computers for her school. As the series progresses, Mimi has become a deranged psychopath and is willing to resort to murder, blackmails, and manipulation in order to accomplish her tasks. She was later discovered and was arrested for her crimes, she was later bailed out by her mother Carmen. Mimi is set out to finish what she started, killing Luisa. She sneaked into Jojo's house and knock her unconscious and acquires the address to Luisa's place. She sneaked into her house and attempts to kill her but Carding subdues Mimi and saves Luisa, just as he is about to