She went back to ABS-CBN. Laurel starred on "Abt Ur Luv", and in the fifth season of "Komiks", where she plays an "Engkantao". In 2008, ABS-CBN started the Precious Hearts Romances Presents series in which Laurel is prominently featured. Thus far, she has starred in four of the series' adaptation: "Bud Brothers", "You're Mine, Only Mine", "Midnight Phantom" and "Kristine". She started getting recognition when she did the series, most notably in "Midnight Phantom" and "Kristine" opposite her good friend Rafael Rosell. Her team-up with Rosell has been a hit with the viewers, thus they were teamed up again in "Dahil Sa Pag-ibig". After "Dahil Sa Pag-ibig", Laurel starred on her fifth PHR series entitled "Pintada", where she played a teacher with a mysterious past.