Alyssa Aragon believed that a person can fall in love many times. She easily falls in love to a man who's sweet and with good looks. Everything changed the moment she met Ezekiel Joachim Valmont. It wasn't just her heart that stayed loyal, but also her heart, mind, and... lips? She doesn't want to like him because he's serious and mysterious. But at the back of her head, lies the number one reason why she forced herself to hate this man. He hurt someone who's important to her. She hates him for what he did... or so she thought. Cold and aloof, Ezekiel Joachim Valmont whose name was popular in the business industry, didn't care about anything except his brother. What he hates most is betrayal. In a world full of love and heartaches, he shielded his heart from it, until he met Alyssa. He tried hard to stay away, for her sake. But... like a rubber band, it still bounces back even when stretched. And just like a rubber band, it was never broken... and so is his feelings. He woke up and found himself swimming in the ocean no matter how deep it gets. And the farther she stayed away, the deeper his feelings grew. Can the cold and aloof billionaire be able to capture the wounded beauty who's trying to flee? And can she accept the wounded billionaire? Covered with secrets and lies due to fears, worries, hesitations... will they be given a chance to be together once they unveil the scars of their past? Book Cover: shaney_art Date Published: August 10, 2025 Date Finished: November 16, 2025

Lewuiela Via La Borra is a woman who is raised to be strong and dependent to protect her twin brother. She was forced to fight at a young age, and trained to be a woman that can protect people around her when no one did the same for her. Namuhay siyang na ninilbihan sa isang taong may napaka laking utang na loob siya, at and kapatid nito. Pero, anong gagawin niya kung nasanay siyang may ibang taong prinoprotektahan bilang trabaho, kaso bigla siyang tinaggal sa serbisyo? She devote herself to take care other people, as she forgot about herself entirely. What would happen if she met a guy, who would remind her to choose herself now? That she needs to live her life more freely, than how she was living it. What will happen if she finds out the darkest secret of the only guy, who made her feel that she was a worthy woman? Would she defend her love for him? Or her love will defend him?

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Azaleinara Almiera Alcobra isn't someone that you can easily imagine. She was a firefighter and rescue team leader who was always in command of saving people even though she had a trauma nearing with someone. She fantasizes about death and will do everything to kill herself out of nowhere. What will happen to this ironic woman who hates people yet will do everything to save everyone when she meets a guy who she thought was perfect? A guy who came from a picture-perfect family that she'll be obsessed with? The only guy can control her desires.

Xaviera Cayla Valiente was the youngest among the four powerful daughters of a notorious serial killer and an underground businessman. The prodigy, the one that handles the family's dirty work, the one that could make everyone kneel in her presence, yet the most hard-headed daughter. A woman who believes no one can surpass feminity when Valiente is around. A woman who would get obsessed with this anonymous writer, the one who would feed all of his fantasies from his books. The one that her man needs to discipline.