STATUS: COMPLETE ⤷Highest Rank: #2 in Teen Fiction ⤷The Wattys 2025 Shortlisted Growing up always being ridiculed for her mother's night job, Sarisa Ophelia Aloria was determined to prove everyone wrong by becoming the top of her class and graduating with the highest grades possible. But her dreams slowly shattered when Marx Gian Hernandez, the school principal's son, became her classmate in highschool. Always being second to Marx, Sarisa was determined to steal the top spot before graduation comes--even staging a public love confession and pretend to have a crush on the one person she hated just to distract him. What started as a facade fueled by hate, was watered down with something Sarisa didn't even expect as she got to know Marx beyond being her academic rival. In a game of tug of war with your feelings, will it be possible to win when in the first place, you already lost?

Hermoine Lilliana Donatello and Leander Nicodemus Romanov

"I'm not your real wife. Substitute niya lang ako."

Around Manila Series 2 Missy and Anton Sometimes, letting go means less wounds than holding on. Missy, a Broadcasting student and iskolar ng bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, is known for her social skills. She blends in anywhere, whether it's a hairstyle, an outfit, or new people. With her personality, she effortlessly connects with others. Missy believes that every connection is like a string, some loosely tied, others knotted tightly. She spent her life gripping them tightly, even when they burned and hurt her hands. Because to her, that's what love looked like. But how long can she keep tying knots with people who only want to untangle themselves? How much of herself must she give up just to stop them from turning their backs? Antonio Gabriel Simon, her ex-fling, a Political Science graduate and alumni from PUP, comes back into her life. Antonio has always believed that if someone doesn't like you, just let them go. Their strings cross paths again when they both receive a surprise message from Beebeads: they've been chosen from thousands of past buyers of couple bracelet for a chance to win ₱500,000, if they can prove they're the most heart-fluttering couple. Will they allow their strings to be tied once more? Can they tighten the knots again, despite the thousand reasons to loosen them?

Maria Noelle Arcilla has everything-prestige, a legacy, and a surname that opens doors. But beneath the pressure of her family's medical empire, she feels like she doesn't belong. Leander Velasco, on the other hand, built himself from nothing, fighting for every step he takes in the hospital. Forced to work together, their rivalry turns to something more-until betrayal rips them apart. Years later, fate brings them back together, but some wounds don't heal easily. Enemies to lovers. Enemies again. And maybe, just maybe, lovers once more.

Book 1 of Rule Series Martina Rasha Radejas is beautiful but rebellious--like an enticing rose covered with thorns. She likes to party. She likes to drink. And she likes men who challenge her--the type who will not easily give in to her. Due to the threat in their families' lives, her brother hired the most annoying bodyguard she ever had. Alano Kerzaes. The ruthless, cold, and most handsome man her eyes had laid into. Her former crush, whose ideal girl is the opposite of her. If she is a rose with thorns, he is a deadly poison who dominates all. How is she going to rule over him when it is her who is ruled from the very beginning? date started: october 03, 2025 date ended: december 28, 2025 This story is written in Tagalog and English.

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.

Saint, a dark and controlled artist, and Dheia, his stepsister, a soft and fragile girl who believes their love is a sin, fall into a relationship they can not fully name or escape. As Saint's art shifts from shadows to light because of her, they are forced to confront family expectations, reputation, and a world that condemns what they feel as a sin.

A lie is all it takes to destroy Akiro Ayasaki's life, pulling him into a world of corruption, loss, and betrayal tied to the powerful Lopez family. What he thought was truth becomes deception, and what he thought was love becomes the reason he falls apart. When the past resurfaces, Akiro is forced back into the same world that broke him. Only now, nothing is simple. Not the truth, not the lies, and especially not Winona Lopez. As danger closes in and buried sins come to light, Akiro is left with one choice. Let the past destroy them again, or face it for a love that never truly ended.

Phia spent years trying to outrun a love that once felt too certain, carrying a secret she vowed to protect. Riley spent those same years chasing what he lost, never knowing a piece of his heart was growing up without him. What began as young love turned into a story written in distance, in missed chances, and in the quiet bond of a child who unknowingly tied them together. When the chase finally ends, who will be the hunter or the hunted?