In order to get over a bad breakup, Drake Hong agrees to become friends with benefits with the lovely Empress Palermo. But when the two falls in love with Empress getting pregnant, their supposedly happily-ever-after is put at risk when his past love resurfaces with a secret. ******* Twenty-three-year-old model Empress Palermo and Drake Hong have a simple arrangement: to help Drake get over a recent painful breakup, the two enter a friends-with-benefits relationship. Despite Empress' typical spoiled brat attitude, she ends up falling for the professed bad boy. Little does she know, Drake has fallen for her too. Finally, the two take a leap of faith and embarks on a proper relationship with a baby on the way. However, a woman from Drake's past-the very ex-girlfriend who broke his heart- emerges with a secret that threatens to ruin everything Empress and Drake have built together. DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A FILIPINO LANGUAGE STORY

Saige Eve Garcia believed she'd moved on from her college love, Ryder Craig Rivera, but now, with mounting medical bills and time running out, she feels desperate. It's a trade: give him a baby, and he'll give her the cash. *** Saige Eve Garcia believed she'd put her reckless college romance with Ryder Craig Rivera behind her. Now, with medical bills towering and time running out, Saige is desperate. Her sister's life depends on a miracle. Ryder, entangled with his girlfriend, who can't bear children, offers her one. His proposal is cruel in its simplicity: be the mother of my child, and I'll pay for your sister's surgery. No emotions. No attachments. Just her body, his conditions, and a timeline. But when old sparks ignite and boundaries blur between lust and longing, Saige finds herself tangled in more than just a contract. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

Klymene desperately needs to pay her parents' debts before they kill her father, and no one could blame her for accepting a one-night arrangement with Matthias Rivera--the man she never expected would soon become her husband. *** Klymene Velasco is just a club waitress, struggling to make ends meet while her parents' gambling debts keep doubling. When a threat to kill her father arrives, she pleads for another chance, but receives a shocking offer to spend one night with Matthias Rivera. If she'd had another choice, she would never have agreed. But desperation drives her into Matthias's arms, and one unforgettable night leads to a marriage she never expected. As Klymene uncovers who Matthias truly is, can she learn to love a man whose heart belongs to another woman, or will she risk everything to escape a marriage she never wanted? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

[REVISED EDITION, 2026] Lost Island Series #4: Dancing With Fire "A love that risked everything, knowing it might leave ashes behind, yet choosing to burn anyway." Money. For Serafine Veronica Mendez, money is everything. A self-proclaimed rich kid with a penchant for deception, she believes that wealth is the key to power, status, and entry into the elite world. Her life is neatly orchestrated around manipulating others-until one fateful night when she unwittingly witnesses what appears to be a murder. That night leads her to Engineer Vioxx Ephraim Miranda, a wealthy bachelor. A man who challenges her beliefs, showing her that money cannot buy true happiness, life, or love. Every time they embrace the fire between them, they only stoke the flames-never realizing that in the end, those flames would consume them both. Book 4 of Lost Island Series

Tamara Kienn Alcantara thought she's straight until she met Ava Calista Andrade, the well-known and reputable professor of Callister University. She's extremely frigid but with exceptional wit and beauty that captures the heart of the youngest Alcantara. Tamara knew that she can do anything for her beloved professor but how far can she manage to endure all the pain before Ava's frozen heart melts? Can she make the adamant professor hers? *** This is a girlxgirl love story so if you are not comfortable with it, much better na huwag mo na lang ituloy ang pagbabasa nito para hindi ka na ma-bother. Thanks! === Highest Rank Achieved: #1 in girlxgirl (11.08.2020)

(Game Series # 8) Adriadna Deanne Manjarrez, NBSB, promised herself na kapag pumasok na siya sa law school ay magkakaroon na siya ng boyfriend. Sabi ng parents niya, kusang lalapit ang lalaki sa kanya basta mag-aral lang siya nang mabuti. Kalokohan. Naka-graduate na siya at lahat pero wala namang lalaking luma-lapit. So, she made a promise na pagpasok niya ng law school ay maghahanap agad siya ng boyfriend. She wanted someone na gwapo dahil naniniwala siya na kung masasaktan na lang din siya, sa gwapo na. And after a while, she finally decided to chase after Rhys Arevalo-gwapo, mukhang mabango, at top 1 sa batch nila. She wanted him to be her first boyfriend... kaso hindi siya mapansin nito. Sino ba naman siya? Ni hindi nga siya kasama sa top 10 ng batch nila. At ang balita ay type nito 'yung matatalino. Ginawa niya na lahat, pero walang umeepekto... until she decided to befriend his best friend Samuel Hayes Fortalejo.

Blake Monteverde is a living proof that prince does still exist. He is the ideal boyfriend every teenage girl could dream of. He's the man every lady wishes to date. And he is the husband every woman aspires to marry. He's handsome, intelligent, cool and above all a sole heir of a billion-peso worth company. His elite status gives him the impression of being unapproachable, snob and arrogant. But one day his luxurious life turned into chaos when a carefree, energetic and a martial art expert woman showed up. She volunteered to become his bodyguard but as days went on, he fell in her unique charm...only to find out that she's an undercover police officer who's only using him as a bait to capture a notorious kidnapping syndicate.

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"Because some secrets ... just might kill you." ••• Date started: January 29, 2013 Date finished: June 22, 2014 Wag basahin kung hindi pa nababasa ang buong book 1. (If sa napublish na, volume 1 at volume 2 ang makakacomplete ng story). Iba rin ang nasa book (published version) at nandito. Bale, nirevise ko 'nung napublish. Kaya yung changes na nangyari sa book 1 ay hindi pa makikita rito sa book 2. Tho, minor changes lang yun. [PUBLISHED UNDER VIVA ] •••

Lorelei is never in favour of her father to be mainly involved in matrimony again. Pero napa-isip siya dahil na rin sa impluwensya ng kanyang kapatid, he deserved a shot to happiness after several years of him taking care of them alone. Kaya labag man sa kalooban nito, she agreed to the marriage. For his father. For his first hero. But one night lead into destruction and heartache. She consciously decided to be the villain for the sake of his father. Yet in a much deep-seated sense, she knew That she's breaking the affair for her sake.