🎖️ FULLY COMPLETED 🎖️ They trained to protect lives. They weren't trained to protect their hearts. Charlee Ivelle Perez crossed oceans to chase her dream of becoming a naval officer. The United States Academy of Naval Command was supposed to test her discipline, her strength, and her resolve-not her heart. Then she met Kenrick Van Sanchez. Disciplined. Respected. Untouchable. A man already bound by a promise to someone else. For Cha, it was love at first sight. For Ken, she was the one person who threatened everything he believed he owed to his future. But some battles can't be won through discipline alone. As friendship turns into something deeper, the line between loyalty and love begins to blur. Then one devastating misunderstanding shatters everything they had planned for their future and the life they never got the chance to build together. Years later, fate places them side by side once again-no longer midshipmen chasing dreams, but officers carrying the weight of everything they left unfinished. The love they buried has never truly disappeared. Neither has the pain. Now Ken must decide whether love deserves another chance... before the woman he never stopped loving walks away forever. Because sometimes love isn't enough the first time. Sometimes it takes losing everything to learn how to choose each other. ❤️ Tropes You'll Love • Slow Burn • Second Chance Romance • Military Romance • Protective Hero • He Fell Harder • She Fell First • Emotional Healing • Heavy Angst • Happy Ending ⚠️ Content Advisory This story contains mature themes, emotional trauma, military violence, grief, and a few chapters with mature sexual content. Content warnings are provided at the beginning of applicable chapters. ❤️ No Love Triangle Endgame ✨ Guaranteed Happy Ending If you enjoy emotional slow-burn romances, protective heroes, military settings, heartfelt character growth, and second chances, this story is for you.

Arrietty Osorio, a woman who was diagnosed with a rare disease, the Magdalena Syndrome, a disease that causes the patient to bleed nonstop and the only way to cure it is through impregnation. She then pulled all of her strings to force Agon Alacar, a nurse to impregnate her and she succeeded. later on, forced him to marry her and again, she succeeded. But, when loving Agon means loving agony, will she still stay?

Clover Allison Aguilar has it all-beauty, grace, and the privilege of being the mayor's only daughter. To everyone in town, she's the untouchable princess from a perfect family. But behind the polished smiles and elegant posture lies a girl quietly breaking. And then there's Matthew Dwayne Guerrero, the student council Governor, campus crush, and the boy she's been secretly in love with for years. They've always been just a glance apart, never close enough to touch. Until Clover, desperate to be near him, joins school events just to steal moments beside him. But as their worlds begin to collide, secrets from the past start to rise-ones that threaten to ruin everything Clover's tried to protect, including her heart. Will she risk it all to follow what she feels? Or will she let love fade like a scent that once lingered in the air, now gone with the wind?

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.

Since I have been getting quite a few requests, it is easy for me to understand that you all, Mafias, would like to read a bonus chapter of Aemie and Zeke's story. As promised, here is the chapter from our Kumu live on July 26th, during which we collaborated on writing and voted on which scenes to include in this bonus chapter. Please don't forget to follow WattpadPH on the KUMU app so you don't miss out on any additional bonus chapters like this one! Also, please include the hashtag #WattpadPH in the KUMU profile bios you create! Congrats nga pala kay Kagameei for winning the 1st place sa Book Cover Contest. -Yanalovesyouu ♡♡♡

For twenty-five years, the Yaji and Roswells have secluded themselves from the Mafia world, and people wonder what exactly happened in those years of silence. In dancing at the edge of mystery, have they started to finally live in peace-or just building another plot in their hands? *** Two and a half decades of romance, enemies, power, and family-from Aemie and Ezekiel's coping of Bullet's kidnapping to marriage after-parties and honeymoons-this collection of undisclosed mature and rated scenes from the different second generation couples will make you believe that while a smile will get you pretty far, a smile and a gun will get you farther. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

#ProjectM II This work of fiction may include potentially disturbing readings, scenes and discussions around topics such as self-harm, physical violence, emotionally triggering materials, death and suicide. Please engage in self-care as you read this work. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

SPG | R-18

The Young Master got into kidnapping incident followed by a car accident, a hit and run. After having trauma to the eye due to the accident, he became blind until he finds a cornea donor to make his corneal transplant possible. Being blind made him feel so worthless. Being blind made him so insensitive, he gets mad whenever he wants to, no personal maid will stay... until this jolly and persistent lady wearing big black rimmed eyeglasses worked for him as his personal maid. For a long time, Dric became used to seeing dark. He can no longer see the difference between day and night. He is hopeless and helpless. But then Ela became his eyes, he was able to see again through her. He was able to see things more beautiful because of her. She was her light in his dark world and she stayed. Everything seems fine when they finally met each other. It was too good for him, she made him continue living. But then, there are secrets someone cannot keep forever. Secrets are about to unravel. Will the love they have for each other enough to make each other stay? - [PUBLISHED UNDER POPFICTION]

Amasia Guarin finds it hard to find work after graduating until more than half a year looking for a job she finally landed one. But that one job that can pay her millions also included marrying Aldous Formentera, the CEO of the number one hotel in the country. She accepted the job weighing the pros and cons but will she be able to handle his husband who already put up gray walls between them?