Juan Miguel Leviste is the last man Penny wants standing beside her at the altar. He is arrogant, unreadable, and far too comfortable with the power his family holds. But when their families arrange their marriage for reasons, neither of them is allowed to question, saying no is never an option. Their marriage was never only about love. It was about debt and responsibility. But the closer she gets to Juan, the more she begins to realize that the man she was supposed to use might be the one person capable of ruining everything she has spent years trying to accomplish. Including her heart.

Out of pent-up anger, Perrie Peters, a LEAPMed student from UST, posts on DLSU's Freedom Wall to call out Miko Alcantara, an Engineering student from DLSU, who trash talked her in a Mobile Legends game. Perrie asks Miko for a duel, thinking that it will assuage her wounded ago. But when the question 'Hey, can we play?' becomes too frequent, she realizes this may be the start of something. . . she has avoided for years. *** Hey, Can We Play? An Epistolary Freedom Wall Series #1

She was always the 'good girl' and the perfect daughter. Every choice and every action was carefully planned and approved by her parents. She never stayed out late, never had bad friends, and never did anything without thinking first. But behind her perfect image, she had a strong wish to be free. The unwritten rules, the way everyone watched her, and the heavy pressure to always be perfect were slowly breaking her spirit. Now, facing a future that was already decided by others, she made a wild and brave choice. She decided to leave behind the perfect life her parents built for her. She wanted to make her own way, and live a real life-messy and unexpected as it may be-even if it meant losing everything she ever knew.

"...Not guilty." Napapikit ako ng mariin. Tumayo si Seige at tinapik sa balikat ang abogado nya. Nakita ko ang pagngisi nito. And there I saw my bestfriend who's crying. Wala sa sariling naglakad ako patungo kay Seige. I stopped infront of him. "I'm sorry..." that's the only word that I could say. Binigyan nya ako ng malamig na tingin. "You're sorry because you believed your lying conniving b*tch bestfriend who accused me of r*ping her?" I bit my lips. He smirked. "Seige-" "You're disgusting. I told you, I will make you and the Villares pay for what you did to me. Nobody messes with me and just get away with it." {Sweet Lies Series 1} DATE STARTED: March 28, 2024 DATE ENDED: April 20, 2024

Elyssia Lopez is smart, disciplined, and on track to graduate laude. By day, she's a nursing student at UST. By night, she's a lethal assassin for Crimson Veil. Her mission? Marry Zagreus and pretend to be his wife. It should have been easy. After all, he was hopelessly in love with her. Crimson Veil had failed to end him again and again... until the night of the explosion. The party, the car--everything was meant to end it. Two years of deception, two years of danger, and she thought she was finally free. But chaos tore through the room. People screamed and stumbled toward the exits. And in the middle of it all... he was there. Zagreus Romanovich Volkov--alive. From that night on, everything change. (the photo used for the book cover is not mine. crdts to the rightful owner.) Start: September 8 2025

UNIVERSITY SERIES #6 Past experiences. Broken hearts. Present tragedy. Those are the things Kierra Ynares from UST Architecture and Shan Lopez from DLSU Psychology have in common. No matter how wretched their similarities are, they still found ways to escape... to look forward to tomorrow, and keep everything that happened yesterday behind.

𝐋𝐔 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 #𝟏 | 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 Hendrick Jaze Valerio, a flirt with a dirty sense of humor, ended up sharing a room with Savier Gen Alvero. The problem? Savier hated anything sexual, perverted, and dirty jokes-however, Hendrick has them all. Living together was tough because Savier couldn't stand him. To fix things, Hendrick started giving Savier gifts and taking care of him, hoping they would get along soon. But it seems that Cupid had other plans because Savier started falling for him instead! What to do?! Hendrick is not ready for those revelations yet! And additionally, HE IS FUCKING STRAIGHT! ───※ ·❆· ※─── Date started writing: August 22, 2024 Date ended: August 13, 2025 Revised: June 30, 2026

this is an epistolary. ─ -ˋ °. • ⚘ •. ° ˊ- ─ paano kung magkaroon ka ng crush sa kapatid ng kaibigan mo? mananatili na lang ba itong simpleng paghanga... o unti-unti itong lalalim hanggang sa mapatanong ka kung darating din ba ang araw na magiging isa ang nararamdaman n'yo para sa isa't isa?

Isla Atalia is the epitome of allure in Aloha Haven. Sa kanyang ganda at kumpyansa, kaya niyang maging sentro ng atensyon kahit saan siya magpunta. Then there was Vlad Asher Valenciaga, one of the university's brightest students. His life had always been about getting the highest grades, reaching his goals, and never losing focus. While everyone else was drawn to Isla, Vlad barely seemed to notice her. To him, love and relationships were just distractions that could get in the way of everything he had worked for. For the first time, Isla wanted someone to see more than her pretty face. She wanted to be known for who she really was, not just the image everyone had already made up in their minds. And without realizing it, she falls deeply and irrevocably in love with the one man who seems emotionally out of reach.

Malaiah, the woman of hope. She was too young when her father walked away, and too unprepared when her mother was taken from her. Somewhere between those two losses, she became someone who learned to live without being held, carrying a life she never chose, and memories that were never given the chance to exist. Sa murang edad, natuto siyang tumayo sa sarili niyang mga paa, pilit binubuo ang isang buhay na kahit kailan ay hindi naging madali. Aiah learned early how to disappear in plain sight. It became instinct, whenever she felt her presence grew too heavy, too complicated, too much to carry, she would quietly step back. Distance became her language of self-preservation, a way to keep others safe from the emotional chaos she had long learned to endure alone. But Tibo Alexandre didn't respond the way she expected people to. He didn't flinch at her silence, nor did he take her withdrawal as a final answer. Will Aiah stay where silence keeps her safe, or will Tibo become the sound that lingers long enough to break what she never thought could be heard again?