Belle Mariano agrees that love shouldn't be an inconvenience for someone with big dreams.

Just find somebody that makes it convenient, the 20-year-old singer-actor said.

"You can live the best of both worlds. If that person truly loves you, they'll let you grow and reach those dreams with you," Mariano added.

Mariano, together with Donny Pangilinan, stars in An Inconvenient Love, an upcoming Star Cinema film by Petersen Vargas.

Ayef, portrayed by Mariano, is an aspiring animator who works as a convenience store clerk. She meets Manny, played by Pangilinan, a rich boutique plant shop owner and a secret social activist by night.
The two enter into an agreement: Fall in love but on a deadline.

"Mahal ang magmahal, minimum lang ang sahod ko," Ayef tells Manny in the film's trailer.

An Inconvenient Love also stars JC Alcantara, Iana Bernardez, Epy Quizon, Maxene Magalona, Matet de Leon, Teresa Loyzaga, Adrian Lindayag, Chino Liu, Sheenly Gener, Brian Sy, Lara Quigaman, and Tirso Cruz III.

Watch Ayef and Manny's love story unfold in cinemas nationwide on 23 November.

An Inconvenient Love follows DonBelle's Love Is Color Blind, directed by John Leo Garcia, which premiered in December 2021. Prior to that, the pair worked in the iWant TFC and Star Cinema television series He's Into Her.