Isaiah Gideon del Valle, the man who once loved Vivi so gently and understood her like no one else, is gone when she returns. In his place is someone cold, distant, and quietly unforgiving. Still, Vivi endures-not just because a part of her still hopes there's something left to save... but because Isaiah holds the one ace he knows she can never walk away from: their child. South Boys #3 JFSTORIES

This guy is bad news, pretending to be cute and nice while hiding an evil inside. Zandra Asuncion, who dislikes Michael Jonas Pangilinan, starts to understand him and foolishly tries to "fix" him. Unbeknownst to her, she's falling into a trap, as this guy has no intention of pursuing her - and no intention of letting her go either. South Boys #6 JFSTORIES

He is her human trophy. Carlyn doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, as long as she has Jordan Moises Herrera, her sensible and almost perfect boyfriend from the Science Class. But when she started falling for him for real, Jordan suddenly realized that he was too good for someone like her. South Boys #2 JFSTORIES

He is trouble incarnate. While she's a studious, well-mannered student, he's a delinquent who gets tangled up in all sorts of problems. They are completely opposite... yet unexpectedly ended up in some kind of weird "secret" relationship. South Boys #4 JFSTORIES

He's as loyal as a dog who follows her around, but that was before she gave him up. Arkanghel, the charming high school boy who taught Sussie's young heart to love and gave her her first kiss, is now a massive company's cold and arrogant CEO. And aside from being unreachable now... Arkanghel detests her to boot. South Boys #1 JFSTORIES

As far as Laila knows, she's the obsessed one, secretly fangirling and hardcore stalking the campus semi-cal cutie, Asher James Prudente. But how does Asher, who's totally not interested in a weird, not-so-pretty girl like her, suddenly become obsessed with her to the point of madness? When did their roles reverse? South Boys #5 JFSTORIES

Celine Galvez, a graduating law student and a famous man hater from the University of the Philippines, dedicated her life to fulfill her promise to give justice to her father's death. She pledged to make her family her greatest priority in everything, until she met Lorenzo, the notorious playboy and star of Ateneo Medicine, who slowly wrecked her principles in a way that she surprisingly found pleasuring. Will she be able to keep both her promise and Loren whom she learned to love, when all the hindrances are starting to surface against them? How can she forget him when he left a beating heart that reminds her of him every day? Should Celine just move on and live alone with their child, or will she risk it all to find the star that once fell for her?

~~my entry to the friends-to-lovers- trope/cliche~~ GENRE: Erotic Romance (M/F) LANGUAGE: Taglish ( sprinkled with Hiligaynon and Akeanon dialogues) DISCLAIMER: This work is for MATURE ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY. It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes between two consenting fictional characters of legal age (under Philippine laws). Some readers might find the graphic descriptions of sexual acts and highly sexualized dialogues offensive. Thus, reader discretion is advised which means that when you read this work, you (yes, dear reader, you) made a conscious decision to consume material content of a sexual nature. You chose to read this. No one forced you. Then again, there is HEA to be enjoyed. So, enjoy! ***** Date Started: June 9, 2021 Date Finished: September 27, 2022 Date Reached 1M Reads: December 1, 2023 Date Edited for Publishing: February 1, 2024

PUBLISHED UNDER TALKING PAGES Tears Series #2: Zion Miguel Villareal

Blake Vitale was a mess. Alam niyang para siyang bomba na malapit nang sumabog. He can even hear the ticking of the clock in his head, the time bomb in his soul. Pero pilit siyang kumakapit, pilit siyang lumalaban para sa hustisya at para sa kakambal niya. Sa paglipas ng mga taon, normal na sa kaniya na wala siyang emosyon at wala siyang maramdaman. Day after day, he got broken and broken until there's nothing left of him. He plead for forgiveness. He plead for absolution and for remission of every sins he committed. But would his broken soul's plea be heard? Or would he lost his soul altogether? CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | P-18 COMPLETED Cover: Astrid Jaydee