Evan Shane Davico, a gay man, is forced into an arranged marriage with Daphne Ivory Rocca Davico, a bossy, bratty, and totally annoying woman, to honor his grandfather's final wish. They tell everyone at school they're siblings, keeping things simple. Living under the same roof, their worlds keep crashing with constant tension, each day filled with silent grudges and petty fights. Pero sa kalagitnaan ng pag papanggap at paglilihim ay unti-unti rin silang nahuhulog sa isa't isa. Habang tumatagal, ang nararamdaman nila ay hindi na kasing peke tulad ng dati. Eighth Book of Vexed Men Series. Dual Point of View. Started: JUN - 18 - 2025 Ended: NOV - 14 - 2025

Volume 3 (Eternal) Cassandra Illustre thought her life was set in stone. At thirty-five, she was a respected professor, serious, distant, and untouchable ever since her fiancé left her at the altar, she vowed never to love again. But one night in the library changed everything. The next morning, she awoke as her twenty-year-old self. For Cassandra, it wasn't a blessing but a curse. She never asked to be young again. Determined to uncover the reason for her transformation, she returns to campus as a student, hiding her true identity.. There, she meets Erin Serene De Vellière, her student and slowly begins to discover sides of her she had never truly known before. In this second youth, can Cassandra risk loving someone she was never meant to and survive the longing she thought she had buried forever? "I should be moving forward... but instead, I became once young again, trapped in her, facing feelings I thought I had long left behind."

Volume 2 (Bound) Marisella Orivon, a renowned historical romance author known for tragic historical love stories, secretly dreams of a lasting love. In her novel Liyag, she dares to give her characters a happy ending. But when fate traps her inside the story in 1895, the world she imagined becomes real. She meets her creations, Gregorio and Rosalina, and must protect their love from Amparo Villavicencio..the cunning antagonist she designed.. Yet as Marisella interacts with Amparo, the villain she once despised awakens unexpected feelings. Caught between duty and desire, she faces a world where her story is alive, unpredictable, and filled with passion, secrets, and danger... Can she safeguard the happy ending she wrote without losing her heart to the one she never expected to love? "She's supposed to be the villain in Liyag... so why does my heart betray me, trapped by her?"

Sorenza Mieux Queenswell lost her mother at a young age, and when she was 10, her father remarried Adelaide Herrera, who had a daughter, also named Areianne. They grew up as sisters, but over time, Sorenza developed feelings for her step-sister. Despite knowing it was forbidden, Sorenza couldn't help her feelings but the situation only grew more complicated when Areianne decided to enter the convent and became a nun. Heartbroken, Dr. Sorenza threw herself into medicine. However, no matter how hard she tried, their paths kept crossing. As Areianne became a Queenswell, their lives intertwined in ways Sorenza couldn't avoid. The more she distanced herself, the more she found herself drawn back to Areianne, torn between her duty, her family, and her forbidden love. "Because I love you, Areianne. I am choosing you over my family, over my career, and over everything else in this world" -Sorenza Mieux Queenswell DoctorxNun

Amara Sarmiento, a criminal known for killing the son of a powerful president, spent nearly a year in prison before her two older brothers planned her escape. They hid for months, staying away from authorities searching for Amara. In hiding, they made a plan to kidnap the president's wife for revenge. But things went wrong when they accidentally took General Valora Merreux Queenswell, a ruthless military leader... Now, with nowhere to run, Amara is forced to keep the general captive. As tensions increase, Amara begins to realize that General Queenswell is both more dangerous and more attractive than she ever expected. "You really thought you could hold me, little girl? Amateurs. All of you. It's almost insulting that I wasted seven months hunting you down when you're this incompetent." -Valora Merreux Queenswell GeneralxCriminal

Volume 1 (Again) Dawn Loraine Hermoza, known to as "Lori," is a famous actress and model from a wealthy family, living in the year 2025. But her world turns upside down when she is suddenly transported back to the year 1995-the year a series of brutal murders begins, claiming the lives of her mother's friends and schoolmates. There, Lori meets Serina Leonor De Vellière -a quiet and enigmatic girl whose name she's heard since childhood. Serina was known to be her mother's best friend... and the final victim of the notorious "Lollipop Killer." determined to change what's already set in the past. She starts her own investigation, hoping to stop the murders before they happen. But time is fragile, and changing fate always comes with a cost.. Can she rewrite the past to save the future? Is she willing to risk her life to protect those who were once doomed and a girl she never expected to fall for? Because in saving Serina Leonor... She just might lose herself.. "I wasn't supposed to be here... but somehow, I got trapped in her year."

Sylvette Devereux Queenswell and Averil Mercado were close friends since childhood, but their friendship fell apart when Averil started dating Sylvette's academic rival. Years later, Averil is offered the lead role in a new series at a major company in the GL industry, only to discover that the CEO is none other than her former best friend. But Sylvette is no longer the warm, gentle woman she once knew; she's now ruthless, cold, and impossibly composed... "You know I don't like her and because you chose her, from now on, we're nothing but strangers,"-Sylvette Devereux Queenswell... CEOxACTRESS

Started: March 20, 2026 Ended: She died... but not completely. Valeria is back-this time, in her own body. No more pretending. She finally reclaimed what was hers. But everything she left behind? Hindi pa rin tapos. Fate has a cruel way of playing games... dahil muling pinagtagpo ang landas nila ni Alysandra-not as lovers, not as strangers-but as business partners. The same woman who once held her like she was everything... now looks at her like she's nothing. Alysandra is still trapped in the past-haunted by the love she lost, grieving the wife she thinks she buried... unaware that the soul she cried for is standing right in front of her. And Valeria? She knows the truth. She remembers everything. She feels everything... even the things she never dared to admit. But the question is- Should she tell Alysandra the truth? Or keep hiding behind a different kind of mask... forever? Because some truths don't just heal- they destroy. And some love... is better left buried. If the woman you loved died... but came back as someone else- would you still choose her... beyond the mask?

Started: January 20, 2026 Ended: March 18, 2026 What if you woke up... in someone else's body? Meet Valeria-a cold, deadly assassin who suddenly finds herself trapped in the body of Avelyne... a woman living a completely different life. A life she never chose. But it doesn't end there. Avelyne is married to Alysandra-an international model who barely looks at her, barely cares... like she doesn't exist at all. And as if that's not enough? May boyfriend pa ang so-called wife niya. Now Valeria is stuck in a life full of lies, secrets, and a love she never expected to feel. From killing without hesitation... to feeling something she doesn't understand. Can she survive this life pretending to be someone else? Or will she lose herself... beneath the mask?

SLOWBURN • STUDENTXSTUDENT • WRITTEN IN TAGLISH