Started: 04/27/2021 Ended: 08/24/2021 Ang hirap palang tumanda. Ang hirap magbayad ng bills. Ang hirap suportahan ng pamilyang akala ay isang milyon ang suweldo mo. Ang hirap ngumiti sa nanay na mataas ang tingin sa'yo pero hindi ka kayang ipagtanggol. Ang hirap tabihan sa hapagkainan ng tatay na pinag-uubusan mo ng pera pero hindi ka maalala. Ang hirap mag-abot ng tulong sa kapatid na baon sa utang. Ang hirap intindihin ng hipag na nakakapagpa-rebond pa kahit kapos na kapos na. Ang hirap pakisamahan ng bunsong halos ilahad ang mga palad tuwing makikita ka. Ang hirap ngitian ng mga taong tanong nang tanong kung bakit hindi ka pa nakakapag-asawa. Ang hirap humarap sa mundong isasampal sa'yo na mag-isa ka. Tulong, bigay, utang. Isang iling mo lang, madamot ka na. Kasama mo sila kapag may maibibigay ka, pero hindi mo sila mahahanap kapag wala na. Ikaw ang kakayod, sila ang tutuka. Ikaw ang iiyak sa pagod, sila ang magtatamasa. Iyon ang summary ng buhay ko. Sobra-sobra ang naririnig na paghingi, kulang na kulang ang naririnig na pasasalamat. Sobra-sobra ang pagpapasensya, kulang na kulang ang natatanggap na pagpapahalaga. Sobra-sobra ang binabayaran, kulang na kulang sa kasiyahan. Kaya nang dumating sa buhay ko ang nag-iisang lalaking hindi ako nakita bilang naglalakad na alkansya, ang nag-iisang lalaking nakinig sa mahabang listahan ko ng problema, ang nag-iisang lalaking nagbigay sa akin ng kakaibang saya, ipinangako ko sa sarili na sa gitna ng hirap ng pagtanda, magtitiis ako basta't siya ang kasama. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay pagtalikod sa minahal na pamilya. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay paglaban sa mundong pinatatakbo ng kapangyarihan at pera. Kahit pa ang kapalit noon ay ang pagdurusa't pag-iisa. Siya ang ginhawa, pahinga, at kasiyahan ko. Dumating man ang araw na tanaw ko na ang dulo. Dumating man ang araw na wala na kaming sagot sa lahat ng bakit at paano. Dumating man ang araw na pareho na kaming talo.

Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

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.

[Remedy Series #2] Olezia Heidilyn Clet Soldevilla is an overachiever, raised as a human near to perfection. She was cultured believing that in life you could only be a honor that will bring glory to the family or a failure that brings disgrace to the name. Marius Rushan "Maru" Sevilleja, on the other hand is a gifted man that strives his way to success. Despite of being naturally gifted, he believes that existing alone is already hard and pressuring oneself does not help. Two brilliant minds, one prestigious prize-only one shall claim the top Date Started: 07/04/2022 Date Finished: 11/21/2025

(Game Series # 4) Charisse Faith Viste believes in working hard. She does not believe in luck, only hard work. Bata pa lang siya, nasanay na siya na pinaghihirapan lahat ng meron siya. Being the only girl in a family full of guys, nasanay na siya na kung gusto niyang makuha, kailangan niyang pagtrabahuhan. And because of this, she grew up tough. She already accepted the fact that guys are just too intimidated to even give her a second glance. She'll always be too smart, too confident, too much for everyone. One day, she had this overwhelming feeling of sadness. She looked around and saw that everyone around her has someone by their side... Everyone has someone to embrace... Siya? Libro lang ang kayakap. She used to be fine with the idea of being alone... alone, not lonely. But not anymore. She needed someone to stop her from feeling so lonely.

Royce Allegre was never meant to kiss Giordana Ramirez. One slip in the dark, and suddenly he was caught in a moment that should never have happened, his lips on the girl he should never want, the girl his family would never accept. He should have walked away. Instead, the memory clings, haunting him, drawing him back to her with a gravity he cannot resist. There is something in her eyes-sad yet fiercely alive and brimming with quiet resilience that pulls him closer, even as every glance threatens to ignite what must remain forbidden. Some mistakes can be buried. Others blossom into obsessions. And Royce is about to discover just how far he will go when desire refuses to be denied... for the wrong girl. The Wrong Love | Book Two --

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Busy protecting his youngest sister, Lucius Tyrone Jorquera sets aside the possibility of having someone to love. But everything changes when he continuously crosses paths with Jinky Elle, the girl who stole his wallet-and also his heart. *** Meeting in the most bizarre way, never did Lucius Tyrone Jorquera think that he would fall for someone like Jinky Elle Castrodes. She's annoying, hard to deal with, loud, and most of all, a robber. But when his sister begs to let Elle be her companion in Illinois, Lucius has no choice but to give in to her request. Despite trying his best not to get entangled with Elle, fate seems to have other plans. Lucius finds himself drawn to her, making their situation even more complicated. When the possibility of Elle betraying him and his family arises, will Lucius choose to catch her and make her pay for her sins, or will his love for her remain strong despite everything? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

Childhoold friend, childhood sweetheart. All extant in childhood. Rashiela Eloise Labrador had a rough beginning to her teenage year. Betrayal destroyed her home and condemned her young perception of life. Despite her shattered belief and broken smithereens, Kielo Javier Montejano embraced the difficulty of pulling all the pieces of Rashiela, to make her whole again, to forget the past that kept on haunting her throughout. But just when each segment is in the right place, here come storms that shatter both of them. Kielo fell in love with someone else. At the same time, Rashiela just recently found out that she is pregnant with their child. Will co-parenting be enough, or will Rashiela do everything to have her Kielo back?

There are three words to describe the famous Dr. Ymar Stroam who owns the very successful and well known YS Pharmaceutical. Serious. Intimidating. And snob. While Czarina Salem is jolly, energetic and secretly green minded. Oh. And she loves eating banana. Magkaibang-magkaiba ang dalawa at alam na alam 'yon ni kupido. But Cupid still decided to play with them. One faithful night, while Czarina was busy flipping the pages of the Cosmopolitan Magazine, she heard a knock on the door. Akala naman niya ay si Channing Tatum o kaya naman si Chris Evans na ang kumakatok kaya mabilis niyang pinagbuksan. But what she saw outside her doorsteps is neither Channing or Chris. It's none other than her hunky neighbor, the always brooding Doctor Hottie whose smile could drop anyone's panties. Ang kaso, sa isang buwan na pagiging magkapit-bahay nila at paninilip niya sa kaguwapuhan nito ay napag-alaman niyang mamahalin ang ngiti ng Doctor. But that night, Doctor Hottie smiled and even took his clothes off in front of her! What the fudge was happening? Nagunaw na ba ang mundo at sila nalang dalawa ang natira? Paborito niya ang prutas na saging, pero hindi yata kakayanin ng matris niya ang malaki at mahabang saging na nasa harapan niya. CECELIB | C.C. COMPLETED