Started: February 10, 2021 Finished: August 13, 2021

Sandejas Legacy #3: Chaining Lockets Sandejas Legacy continues... "He's still chained like a locket, not to me...but in someone else's neck." Crest Veronica Sandejas is the high-maintenance fashionista heiress of Atty. Iñigo Sandejas. The ultimate kikay of the century, she loves shopping, glittery things, booze, and parties. She believes in living her life to the fullest because she can only have it once. She loves spending money; she loves hanging out with friends and partying all night that her father could already imagine white strands of hair on his head. She's a happy-go-lucky woman, but behind those smiles lies the loneliest woman you'll ever meet. Crest was living the life until she met that man with seductive gray eyes and a strict, cold face, Lt. Lorcan Keith Dmitrov, the man who would turn her life upside down. She thought it was the start of her own happy ending, but soon realized she was not in a fairytale with rainbows and butterflies. Instead, they're in a dark fantasy, scary and twisted. When the secrets from their past start unraveling and monsters start chasing them, what if the ends of the links locking them met? Will they be able to free themselves from the chains tied to them?

Kept in the shadows all her life, May Ann Vallejos always feels unwanted and unloved. As she enters an arranged relationship with Mergus Brilliantes, can she finally find the love she longs for, or will it only break her heart even more? *** Growing up, May Ann Vallejos longs to be loved unconditionally. Despite being overshadowed by her younger sister, she still gives it her all and tries not to disappoint her parents. However, her life takes a turn when she unexpectedly finds herself arranged to marry Engineer Mergus Brilliantes, their business partner's grandson. Not only does he seem to have feelings for her young sister, but she also can't stand being with him around. Left with no choice, can May Ann eventually find love and make her relationship with Mergus work? Or will being with him only deepen her feelings of being unwanted and hurt? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Feeling left out and unwanted, Lucas Galvez has always been an outsider within his biological family. However, when the competitive and high-maintenance Milana Alvarez enters his life, Lucas unexpectedly finds himself falling deeper than he should. *** As the adopted son of the Galvez, Lucas often feels like he doesn't belong. Despite being cared for by them, he yearns for something he can truly claim as his own. When he continuously meets the spoiled and competitive Milana Alvarez, Lucas' patience is put to the test. However, as time goes on, they unexpectedly resolve their differences and turn their relationship into something more. Just when they believe they can make it work, an unforeseen crisis tears them apart. With shattered hearts and broken trust, will Lucas and Milana simply accept their fate and move on? Or will they choose to fight against the odds and give their happily ever after another shot?

Damien Sartori, a ruthless mafia boss, finds an escape from his vices in an unexpected savior: Saoirse. Discovering that only her presence can calm his violent temper, he drags her into his dark world, making her the one thing he refuses to lose. *** Damien Sartori, the youngest boss of the Sartorian Mafia, is consumed by violence and a heavy drug dependency, relying on vices to keep his lethal rage under control. Everything changes when he meets Saoirse, a woman whose natural scent calms him in ways no substance ever could. Drawn to the only peace he has ever known, Damien pulls her into his dangerous world with a ruthless demand: she must bear his heir. But even as he binds her closer, Saoirse begins slipping through his control. When everything he thought he could hold starts to fracture, is their connection enough to keep her bound to him?

He is her once upon a time but not a happily ever after. __________________________ Started and Finished: November 24, 2018