Maurice Severina de Morga, a registered nurse, wants to escape the torment of her family by leaving the country, but Ulysses Ridgen 'Yuri' Suarez offers her a fresh perspective on life. However, just as heaven grants hope, it also finds ways to take it back. *** Neglected and mistreated, Maurice has lived in the shadows of cruelty, cast aside by a family that never saw her worth. Leaving home and building a future abroad seems like the only way to prove she can live on her own. But fate has a wicked sense of irony when she asks Yuri Suarez for a bizarre request in her laboratory class. As a grumpy nurse who detests small talk, dealing with Yuri is far from easy for Maurice. But for once, she believes he is a wildcard deal straight from heaven-a chance at something more. Yet when his life hangs by a thread, Maurice is caught between saving him and saving herself. Is he truly heaven's wildcard, or has fate cursed her with yet another inescapable hell? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

SPG | R-18

SPG | R-18

"Why can't you let me go?" I asked, my voice dripping with frustration. He had cornered me against the wall, his muscular arms caging me. "I don't know." He replied, leaning his head against me so gently that for a moment, I forgot how dangerous this man really was. "I just know that staying away from you is not an option for me." "I hate you." I resisted his touch, when all I wanted was to melt in his arms. "Hate me all you want but you are mine." He replied, touching my jaw softly with his fingers that made me turn into a puddle of emotions. •°•°•°• A series of events lead Penelope Woods to Sean Miller, the tall, dark and handsome business typhoon. But is that all he is? Or there is something dark and twisted behind his white collar facade? Read my story to find out.

"A congressman will always be a congressman man who plays dirty tricks" 25years old who worked as a secretary of Congressman Raffy Cyan Alfonso. Once dreamed to have a fairytale wedding and wrote thousand of stories were I am the protagonist. Meeting love in unexpected way, where my man in my dreams riding a wonderful carriage. But, faith doesn't let me live the way I wanted it to be. Should I stay or leave things hanging? Will I accept the faith given to me? I am Heidz Dianne Ferrer, the congressman's paramour. Started: March 13,2023 Ended: //-//-//

Ang pamilyang Alonto ay isang mayaman at kilalang pamilya. Ngunit nang mamatay ang ina ni Alfonso ay ipinagbilin ng kanyang ina na alagaan ang isang batang babae na siyang anak ng kanyang yumaong matalik na kaibigan. Labag man sa kalooban ni Alfonso na mag-alaga ng isang batang babae ay wala rin naman siyang magagawa. Lumisan si Alfonso sa bayan ng halos na ilang taon dahil sa mga transaksyon na iniwan sa kanya ng kanyang ina. Nang makauwi si Alfonso ay nagulat na lamang siya nang makitang dalaga na ang batang babae at ibang-iba na rin ito. Sa kabilang banda si Amanda ay nagkaroon na ng lihim na pagtingin sa binata kahit sa mga litrato lamang nito. She fell in love with a ruthless and cold man. She fell in love first, but he fell harder in the end. She was a forbidden fruit that he needed to resist in order not to make a sin. Ngunit sa bawat paglapit ng kanilang balat at sa angking kagandahan ng dalaga ay nahuhulog nang husto ang binata. Kaya bang panindigan ni Alfonso ang kanyang pagmamahal kay Amanda? O sa huli ay iiwan niya na lamang ito dahil iyon ang mas nakabubuti sa dalaga?

With a dark past and a darker future, he had given up on love. It brought nothing but weakness to him and that was a mistake he could never make again. No, a mistake he refused to make again. Cue the BUT, In the midst of sudden chaos, when the most bizarre woman asks him for a smile, all logic is suddenly thrown out of the window. {}{}{} Muscles, check Personality, a work in progress Glare, could make children cry Face, would look much better with a smile