Juan Miguel Leviste is the last man Penny wants standing beside her at the altar. He is arrogant, unreadable, and far too comfortable with the power his family holds. But when their families arrange their marriage for reasons, neither of them is allowed to question, saying no is never an option. Their marriage was never only about love. It was about debt and responsibility. But the closer she gets to Juan, the more she begins to realize that the man she was supposed to use might be the one person capable of ruining everything she has spent years trying to accomplish. Including her heart.

Saint, a dark and controlled artist, and Dheia, his stepsister, a soft and fragile girl who believes their love is a sin, fall into a relationship they can not fully name or escape. As Saint's art shifts from shadows to light because of her, they are forced to confront family expectations, reputation, and a world that condemns what they feel as a sin.

A lie is all it takes to destroy Akiro Ayasaki's life, pulling him into a world of corruption, loss, and betrayal tied to the powerful Lopez family. What he thought was truth becomes deception, and what he thought was love becomes the reason he falls apart. When the past resurfaces, Akiro is forced back into the same world that broke him. Only now, nothing is simple. Not the truth, not the lies, and especially not Winona Lopez. As danger closes in and buried sins come to light, Akiro is left with one choice. Let the past destroy them again, or face it for a love that never truly ended.

Phia spent years trying to outrun a love that once felt too certain, carrying a secret she vowed to protect. Riley spent those same years chasing what he lost, never knowing a piece of his heart was growing up without him. What began as young love turned into a story written in distance, in missed chances, and in the quiet bond of a child who unknowingly tied them together. When the chase finally ends, who will be the hunter or the hunted?

Quinnzel grew up believing she was unwanted, a name erased from a family that never claimed her. Now a successful model, she returns home to face the truth she's spent years running from. Primo, a man tied to her past more than she realizes, never expected her to walk back into his life. In a web of secrets, betrayal, and unspoken history, two people find themselves entangled between love and the ghosts that made them who they are. Some truths can break you. Others can set you free.

In a circle of friends where everything looks normal, Klaus and Blair act like nothing's going on between them. But when no one's around, they end up crossing the line they never talk about, slipping into secret pleasure they both pretend doesn't mean anything. Until it slowly stops obeying them until silence between them starts saying more than words ever could. And in the end, is it still just a pleasure, or was it never just that at all?

(Pearl Palace Series #1) [18+] Georgina Aldana never expected to wear a crown, let alone marry the prince she had spent fourteen years hating. Inside the palace, however, Juan Miguel de Loyola proves to be nothing like the cruel boy she remembers. Behind his seemingly cold and guarded exterior is a man carrying impossible burdens, and despite herself, Georgina begins to fall in love. But the palace is full of secrets. A woman who is believed to be Miguel's longtime lover refuses to disappear. Political alliances continuously shift, and the ghosts of an unsolved massacre threaten to ruin the fragile trust they've built. As old truths resurface, Georgina is forced to question everything she thought she knew, not only about the Loyola Massacre, but about the man she now calls her husband. DISCLAIMER: The story is written in Taglish. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COVER DESIGN: Yours truly

[ completed ] In their four years of knowing each other, Draco Malfoy and Amora Buckley have never managed to see eye to eye. However, when the pair are locked in the library overnight together, things start to change between them- and neither of them like it. Throw in Harry Potter's not-so-subtle crush on Amora, the fact that her cousin is Hogwarts' golden boy Cedric Diggory, and that her mother is the Muggle Studies professor, and things are bound to get even more complicated... TROPES/EXTRA TAGS: enemies to lovers, secret relationship, forced proximity, forbidden love, opposites attract, slowburn. TRAINING WHEELS draco malfoy x oc goblet of fire - deathly hallows harry potter series.

Iñigo Soledad de Merced is the most loved and admired among all the Soledad de Merced with his kindest smile and gentle soul, he could easily charm his way into anyone's heart if he wanted to. Confessions, gifts, and letters of declaration of love from his admirers were something he was used to having from the moment he was old enough to understand. He could have hundreds of admirers and receive thousands of love letters... Yet none of those would matter-not because he's arrogant and proud, but because Iñigo's heart already belongs to someone else. An anonymous girl named Ellie. One chain of emails. Thousands of exchanged messages. Four years of searching. And he finally found her... Elleriene Velasco-the only girl who made his heart skip a beat, and the only woman he ever loved. But there was only one problem. Iñigo was fooled. The Ellie of his dreams wasn't Elleriene Velasco... rather, it was Jordan Reverie, his brother's best friend and the woman who stole his first kiss. But time had already passed, and wounds had already healed, without even knowing, he had already lost his dream... his reverie. Iñigo lost her. He lost Jordan Reverie.

Elara Soledad de Merced thrives in attention and affection-being the youngest and only daughter, never once did she experience being set aside and treated as someone deemed unworthy. All her life, she was treated with utmost care and love. The princess with a perfect life who had never gone through hardship. Boys dream of her. Girls look up to her. Some hate her. Whatever she does, everyone follows. Second to none, rejection was something she was never familiar with, until him-her first love and the only man who ever rejected her. But not even her first rejection could stop her, so she pulls out her highest heels and her sparkly little dress, because what Elara wants, Elara gets. Luis Silvino Prodigalidad is what she wants, and she will get him, even if it means painting his hurricane into pink skies.