THE LOSERS' CLUB SERIES #4 How does it feel to live with tons of what ifs and should-have-beens? Knowing that under different parameters, you could have worked it out. Knowing that if you only weathered the storm together, you could have built a home in each other's arms. Napakaraming sana--ganiyan ang naging takbo ng buhay ni Ysabelle Katana Montecer. Sana mayaman siya. Sana mas maganda. At sana may kapangyarihan siyang ibalik ang oras. If only she had listened to the little voice in her head, she could have been in a relationship with the only man who ever caught her attention--River Mattias Fuentabella. But it was too late for her. She was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. A heartbeat away from silence. Kahit ayaw niya, kailangan niyang tanggapin ang hatol ng tadhana. River would always be out of her reach. He was close, but not too close enough for her to hold. They could have happened. They could have been together. But sadly, they never were.

Gloane Alcaraz never dreamed of more than a quiet, survivable life. If the world would grant her one mercy, it would be a future where she and her younger sister, Cianna, could wake up without fear. Far from violence, far from hunger, and far from the man who once called himself their father. Ang kolehiyo ang naging lugar kung saan kailangan niyang patunayan ang sariling halaga. Ang paggraduate ay hindi na simpleng pangarap, kundi isang pananagutan para kay Cianna. Pero sa likod ng mataas na pamantayan, mas kilala siya bilang pariwarang estudyante, dahilan ng init ng ulo ng mga propesor, laman ng discipline record. Then Sinan Noam Alfaro came into the picture. He was her opposite in every way: precise where she was guarded, polished where she was worn thin. An English major with near-perfect scores, well-mannered and has a clean record. She found herself allowing him into the parts of her life she had learned to hide. With Sinan, the weight of the world did not need explanation. She tried to disappear. She always did. Pero hindi nakaligtas kay Sinan ang mga bakas na iniwan niya, ang mga lamat na dulot ng bigat ng mundong ginagalawan niya, at ang mga alaalang inakala niyang sapat nang ibaon para takasan. She ran. He always followed. There's always something left to trace. Bittersweet Series #1: Catching the Wind's Traces (Completed)

Prequel of "I Love You since 1892" Pilit hinahanap ni Aleeza ang mga kasagutan sa mga kakaibang panaginip at pakiramdam na nararanasan niya sa tuwing bumubuhos ang ulan at sa tuwing nakikita niya ang estrangherong naghahatid ng magkahalong saya at lungkot sa kanyang puso: si Nathan. Magagawa kaya nilang maitama ang pagkakamali ng nakaraan upang maiwasan ang trahedyang dulot ng bawal na pag-ibig na nagsimula pa noong una at nagpapatuloy kahit ilang siglo na ang nakalipas? O hanggang sa panahon bang ito ay hindi pa rin nila mababago ang nakasulat sa kanilang kapalaran? A story that will look back from its past and present. Will the lines connect them for the second time around? or Will history repeats itself? [Next: "Bride of Alfonso"] Date Written: May 06, 2017 Date Finished: November 12, 2017

"Wattys 2021 Winner in Historical Fiction Category" Sa loob ng labinlimang taon, ang makasal sa kababata niyang si Enrique Alfonso ang tanging pinapangarap ni Estella Concepcion. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang makilala niya si Lucas, ang pinsan at karibal ni Enrique sa politika. *** Makatwiran at hindi nagpapatalo, lumaki si Estella Concepcion na patuloy na umaasang magkakatuluyan pa rin sila ni Enrique Alfonso, ang batang nagpagaan ng kanyang loob labinlimang taon na ang nakararaan. Ni minsan ay hindi nawala ang kanyang paghanga at pagtingin sa binata na siyang magiging susunod na gobernadorcillo ng bayan ng San Alfonso. Ngunit tila gumuho ang kaniyang mundo nang mapag-alaman niyang ipinagkasundo na ito sa ibang dalaga. Desididong mapangasawa pa rin ang binata, hihingin ni Estella ang tulong ni Lucas, ang pinsan ni Enrique. Sa paglipas ng panahon at sa mga sikretong kaniyang matutuklasan, handa pa nga rin bang gawin ni Estella ang lahat upang maikasal sa binatang matagal na niyang inaasam? O tulad ba ng ihip ng hangin ay magbabago rin ang isinisigaw ng kaniyang puso? Cover Design by Precious Pages Corp./LIB Books Book Type: Hardbound (With Book Jacket Cover)

Published book, series and now a Wattpad Original. Read the original story or watch new episodes weekly only on VivaOne. Hindi intensiyon ni Carmela Isabella ang umibig, lalo na sa taong 1892. Mula sa taong 2016 ay mapupunta siya sa nakaraan nang may isang misyon: huwag hayaang umibig sa kanya si Juanito Alfonso, ang anak ng kilalang gobernadorcillo at ang lalaking nakatakda niyang makaisang-dibdib. *** Palaging kinukuwestiyon ni Carmela Isabella ang mga kuwentong nakabaon sa nakaraan ng kanyang pamilya, ngunit hindi niya akalain na mula sa panahong 2016 ay mapupunta siya sa taong 1892 sa pamamagitan ng isang lumang talaarawan at ang Arch of the Centuries na kanyang nagsilbing portal. Inatasan siya ng isang misteryosong madre upang gawin ang napakahalagang misyon: kailangan niyang mamuhay bilang si Carmelita Montecarlos, ang bunsong anak ng pinakamayamang pamilya sa San Alfonso at siguruhing mapipigilan si Juanito Alfonso--ang nakatakdang mapangasawa ni Carmelita--na umibig sa kanya. Sa nalalapit nilang kasal at sa kasaysayang naghihintay na maisulat muli, ang pag-ibig na hindi naman sinadya upang maranasan ng dalawang inosenteng puso ay muli bang masisilayan pagkalipas ng isang siglo? Book Cover by: LIB Publishing Illustrated (Charcoal Painting) by: Warner Jr. DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. Started: June 01, 2016 Completed: April 27, 2017

May mga sandali na kapag pagod ka na sa pagsusulat ng assignments, pagtitipa sa keyboard ng laptop, pagbabasa ng libro at panghihina sa pagtatrabaho, mapagtatanto mo na nakatitig ka na lang sa labas ng bintana. For Louana Denise Soliman, looking out the window is more than a pause for rest. It is a quiet moment of recognition of seeing the beauty of life unfolding just beyond reach. Despite the world's failures, mistakes, and wrongs, she never saw it as flawed. Except for herself, as the one whom everyone expects to be perfect, the student who cannot falter. Gusto rin niyang mapasama sa mundong tanggap ang magkamali, magreklamo at matalo. The world where stumbling is not failure, where asking for help is not weakness, and where failing a test does not measure your success. Alone in her room, she notices Arvid Lonzo (Alon) Peralta, a dancer and civil engineering student with a contagious smile and playful jokes. Despite the hundreds of girls who admire him, he looks back at her as though she is the one being admired from the window. In the fragile and quiet moments they shared with each other, he makes space for everything she has been taught to hide. Her mistakes, her failures, her tears. All. But then the world intervenes. It's as if the windows close around them, forcing them to see each other in isolation. That life they've been imagining together and the world they thought they shared is impossible. Bittersweet Series #3: A Window of the Candle

For Maria Florenais Andrada, dancing is the only place where the noise softens, where breathing does not feel like labor, where peace feels briefly within reach. But her family became her prison. The very home she believed would accept her was the first to reject the love she held for dancing. Ipinadama nilang hindi kalayaan ang pagsayaw kundi limitasyon. Ang pag-angat ng mga kamay ay pagsuway, ang pag-indak ng balakang ay kasalanan, at ang bawat hakbang ng mga paa ay rebelyon. In the sea of chaos, Sancho Miguel Cojuangco pulled Florenais from the grasp of the waves, shielding her from the sea's hunger. Sa kanya napatunayan ni Florenais na totoo pala ang nakakabaliw na pag-ibig. Totoo ang naglilikot paruparo sa t'yan. Totoo ang nakakabinging kabog ng dibdib. Totoo ang panginginig ng tuhod. Totoo ang hindi maipaliwanag na damdamin. Sa kabila ng mala-paraisong dala ng damdamin, hinanakit ang sukli nito. Dahil ang pagmamahal ay hindi lang nagpapagaling, umuubos din. Unti-unti kang sisimutin. Pati lakas mo'y hihigupin. Maging ang paglanghap mo ng hangin ay kailangang pagtrabahuhin. Yes, love is sweet. But at the end of its taste waits bitterness until it tightens around you and pulls you under, drowning you in the very sea that has always felt like death. Bittersweet Series #2: Just a Hidden Theory