Eros Soledad de Merced was born to lead, rule, and dominate. Born as the eldest grandson of Soledad de Merced, everyone knew the weight of the crown he was born to carry. He was a man destined to lead. A boy who was born to rule. A man who carried the weight of his responsibilities with excellence and perfection. Eros knew what was expected of him at a very young age, so everything was carved into his mind. He knew his life, and he knew his future. For him, there was no room for failure. It was perfect, it was good... until it wasn't. One summer. A girl named Winter. Cold as her name might sound, yet she was able to set fire to his perfectly drawn life. The plans that were carefully built along his path suddenly became unclear. And amid his crumbling life was her, Winter Eloise Cojuangco. The woman who owns the pair of the most perfect forest green eyes he'd ever seen. The woman he left behind to fulfill what was expected of him. And the very same woman also happens to be the mother of his son. Date Started: December 2024 Date Finished: February 2025

Kio Soledad de Merced always kept his life quiet and private. He never wanted anything flashy and grand. Attention and spotlight were the two things he never wanted to have. Calm and easy, that's how he preferred his life. Shiloh Lumiere Bendia's life was far from what he wanted, she was born for the spotlight. Living under the scrutinizing eyes of the world, Lumiere's life consists of cameras and flashes following her whenever she moves. The world gravitates around her, and everyone who sees her is drawn to her light, including him. The moment he saw her on that stage with the spotlight shining on her, he knew he would spend his whole life admiring her from afar. But with the twist of fate and a little luck, his fate might have changed. A secret moment. A lingering stare. Quick stolen moments behind the camera that no one knows about. But to what extent can they sacrifice for a losing battle they knew they would never win? To love is to risk. To risk requires courage and courage is only found in places we're too scared to take. ---- Date Started: March 2025 Date Finished: June 15, 2025

Petals began looking a hue darker every time she sees him. Hyacinth's job as a student nurse is to assist patients and follow orders from superiors, not to roll her eyes every chance she gets to see their resident doctor, Dr. Altheron Santimera. But, truly, sunshines do make flowers bloom. Maybe it's because of his shy smile, his delectable dimple, his soft spoken voice, his adorable way of using emojis, and his gold-plated heart. Because the collision of a flower and the sun is a masterpiece for the world; a love that blooms among others. | Santimera Siblings #1 | an epistolary novel | 2022 © reyincarnation Started: March 23, 2022 Finished: May 16, 2022

"𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞." - 𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝘼𝙣𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙖 ⟡ 𓆩♡𓆪 ⟡ Maybelline Thana "Baby" Andrada has spent her life praying for a prince charming--a man strong enough to free her from the terrors of her life. Each day, she kneels, hands clasped, whispering her plea to the universe and to every god watching her, hoping for salvation in the form of a tall, handsome stranger. With less than a year until she's forced to marry a man she despises, Baby's obsession consumes her. Every sign, every omen tells her he's near, but when a fire traps her in its deadly heat, she nearly laughs at the irony. As smoke fills her lungs and her whispered prayer fades, a figure breaks through the flames--an enigmatic man named Arson who pulls her from death's grasp. But when she wakes, he's gone without a trace, leaving her haunted and desperate to find him again. And when she does, he turns her away, his indifference chilling her. But rejection only deepens Baby's obsession. Bound together by a web of secrets, missing people, and dangerous threats, Baby is determined to make Arson hers. Because for her, Arson is no mere savior--Arson is her twisted salvation. And Baby will stop at nothing to make him the key to her escape. ⟡ 𓆩♡𓆪 ⟡ TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Language: Taglish (Tagalog and English) ⟡ 𓆩♡𓆪 ⟡ Writing: October 30, 2024 - April 24, 2025 Published: November 11, 2024 - April 25, 2025 arson, my twisted salvation™ the hades folder: file no.2 NEKO

Seraphine Van Zeler thrives in her double life -- by night, a masked burlesque dancer captivating the high society's elite; by day, a calculating serial killer, cleaning up the deaths of the powerful men who once assaulted her sister -- the very same sister who abandoned her. Every performance, every death cleaned, brings her one step closer to finding her. Then, one night, an unmasked gentleman places a 5 million bid for a night with her. He loses -- but for reasons Seraphine can't explain, she wishes he'd won. His piercing gaze lingers in her mind, his knowing stare unsettling her in ways she doesn't understand. By morning, she's in handcuffs, accused of the murders she's spent years cleaning and covering-up in secret. And when she faces her interrogator, she's met with the same unforgettable eyes -- Lucifer Abalkin. Seraphine denies the killing. But instead of pressing for a confession, Lucifer makes her an offer: become a Grim Reaper for the Hades Organization, work by his side, and he'll set her free. There's just one catch -- he doesn't just want her as a partner. 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚. Seraphine leans in, smiling against Lucifer's lips. "𝙇𝙪𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙧, 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡," she says. "𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣? 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙎𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩. 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨. 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙡?" ♱ ♛ ♱ Writing: April 26, 2025 - September 26, 2025 Published: May 18, 2025 - October 7, 2025 lucifer, let's make a deal™ the hades folder: file no.3 NEKO

Dr. Beauxdeaustreuz Bistalan felt like he suffered a massive myocardial infarction when he first laid eyes on Dr. Carmel Lucia Gozar Jonas, a gorgeous, cool and smart as heck, and a bad-áss government agent slash ObGyn. Right there and then, he knew that she's the one for him. So, he decided to pursue her, even if it means moving to another country just to be close to her. Beaux has everything a woman could want, he's an absolute good-looking, hunky, gentleman. A cardiac resident doctor who truly cares for his patients, in and out of the operating room. A hopeless romantic that would make songs and poems dedicated just to the woman he loves, and many more things that can melt someone's heart again and again. But Carmel is having none of it, because she pushes him away and deflects his advances every time. She refuses and swore to never fall again with anyone, after she got her heart broken by the person she's loved for three years. However, B's dedication is as strong as his feminist values, his hatred to patriarchy, and his defiance to toxic masculinity. He's so dedicated to making her fall in love even if it means being her rebound.

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Atty. Kimberly Jane Wencezlao is a successful Defense Attorney and a Political Science Professor at Saigon University. Everything in her life runs on order. Her days move on a perfect schedule, her meals are measured, her workouts never skipped. Her work ethic is rigid, earning her respect in the courtrooms and fear in the lecture hall. Her rare smile appears only when the cameras do, because she is the only daughter of the honorable Judge Holt Wencezlao. The two things that matter most to her are being the best and being her father's perfect daughter. She has always done as he says, even dating the man her father approved for her, though deep inside she knew he was not the one. She believed this was the life she was meant to live-until Elijah Pierceton walked into her lecture hall and threatened to ruin the order she built. Elijah is everything her father warned her about since she was a girl. A student-athlete, tall and infuriating, with a chiseled jaw, lips that curl into a dangerous smirk, and hazel eyes that strip her bare every time he looks at her. Unapologetic. He pushes her buttons on purpose, tempting her to cross the rules that shaped her life. He is her student. Years younger. A glaring red warning sign. She should not like it. She should slap him for how he makes her feel. But damn it, he awakens a part of her she thought had dried up long ago. And his wicked ways make her wonder if, for the very first time in her life, disobedience might be worth it.

❝You are the bane of my existence, a thorn in my side that refuses to be removed.❞ Lycoris radiata was known as the devil, the most fearsome being in the modern world. However, one fateful night, she underwent miraculous transmigration into a romantic novel, awakening within the dying body of the story's villainess, Medea Falaguerra. For her, it seemed like the perfect playground to continue her wicked games. But an unexpected encounter changes everything, redirecting the course of her new life in ways she could never have anticipated. Can she survive in a human vessel cursed by the narrative's misfortune, adapt to an entirely unfamiliar world, and learn to find a way back to her own? Or will she be forced to embrace the very emotions she once scorned and be trapped there forever? ────⊱⁜⊰──── 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝘾𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙄𝙀𝘾 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙥 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮: 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙚 & 𝙃𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙚𝙡 𝙇𝙪𝙣𝙖

Ares Madriaga has carved out a formidable reputation as Asia's prominent and most desirable surgeon. His intense demeanor, coupled with his fame and expertise, has opened countless doors for him. Renowned for his toughness and ambition, he is accustomed to getting whatever he desires. As one of the most sought-after and well-known bachelors, he effortlessly captivates attention. With his aloof attitude, he'd rather prioritize his career over romantic pursuits. He believes that his success stems from his unwavering commitment to doing what he believes is right. However, his perspective changed when he met a woman in a nightclub. Despite his principles and intelligence, he chooses to pursue her knowing she's forbidden. Anais Cuanco embodies the epitome of an ideal woman, but she is off-limits as she is engaged to his friend. But who gives a damn about that? For the first time in his life, he wants to steal her away, despite the fact that she's going to be tied to someone. People said that chase your dreams, and that's exactly what he's going to do. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Content Warning: This story contains mature scenes that are not suitable for young readers. Status: Ongoing