[English/Tagalog] Zsalm Jelani A. Gomez is a very talented, smart, and yet cold and distant student. She always wants to be alone, and she only talks with her noisy best friend, Chanty. Everything about her life is fine, like a fine wine, but not until someone from her past knocks again on her heart. It was her professor, Samara Lewis Fernandez. All of her pain from the past, which she has already buried, comes back as they meet again. 2022

For years, Hope Eloise Sullivan has lived in a house that was never truly hers. Inside the Zalduana mansion, she learned how to survive by staying out of the way-quiet, careful, and never asking for more than what she was already given. Under the same roof as one of the most powerful families in the country, she grew up close enough to be controlled, but never close enough to be claimed. At the hospital, things are different. There, she is Dr. Sullivan-sharp, capable, and impossible to ignore. But then the Levistes step into the picture. And with them comes Zantasia Cazhielle Leviste. the Leviste's heir-a woman known long before she is understood. Brilliant, composed, and far too dangerous to someone like Hope, who has spent her whole life learning how to stay within the lines. But some people do not have to touch your life to change it. Sometimes, all they have to do is see you. And when being seen starts to cost more than silence, would you still choose to be kept within limits? Disclaimer: this story is written in Taglish

Bakit ba tayo sumusunod sa ating mga magulang?? Dahil sa ito ay para sa ating kapakanan, para di tayo maligaw ng landas. Pero paano kung may isang bagay tayo na gusto nila para sa atin o gusto nila gawin natin. Gagawin mo ba?? Kahit ito ay labag sayo, at di mo kayang gawin. Susunod ka pa ba sa kanila?? Kahit ang gusto nila gawin mo, ay pagpakasal. Pagpakasal sa taong hindi mo naman Mahal. Kahit ito ay labag sayo, at di mo kayang gawin. Susunod ka pa ba sa kanila?? Kahit ang gusto nila gawin mo, ay pagpakasal. Pagpakasal sa taong hindi mo naman Mahal.

She never said it-but I felt it every time she looks at me Published: July 29 2025 Completed: August 17 2025

Genre: Mafia Romance, LGBTQ+ (WLW), Drama Themes: Fate vs choice, power imbalance, forbidden love, identity, betrayal, found family, obsession, survival An orphaned girl, newly expelled from the orphanage at eighteen, is hit by a car owned by a dying billionaire. Out of guilt-or fate-the old man saves her life and takes her into his mansion as a helper. As death approaches, he forces her into a marriage meant to secure his empire. She agrees... only to discover she is marrying a woman-cold, powerful, and far richer than the old man himself. What begins as a contract marriage becomes a slow-burn obsession neither of them dares to name. Then the past returns. Her biological parents-wealthy and ruthless-find her and demand she honor a marriage arranged at her birth. A jealous stepsister, obsessed with the man meant to marry her, decides the orphan girl should never have been found at all. Love becomes dangerous. And survival comes at a cost.

Lilith Hawthorne is a 20 year old psychology student with a complicated heart and more issues than she likes to admit. She feels too much, thinks too hard, and often drowns in the weight of her own empathy. She's curious, emotionally intense, and carries unresolved wounds especially the kind only a mother can leave behind. Valentina Salvatore is a 30 year old CEO. She works hard to build her career and keep things running smoothly. At the same time, she loves deeply but carefully, making sure her feelings go to the right person. She has learned to protect her heart and waits for someone who matches the way she feels. Where Lilith is full of feelings and unpredictability, Valentina has her life sorted out. They come from different worlds and have different ways of living, but what if that's exactly why they fit?

Elizabeth/Ms. Wilson 30 University professor during the day, HOT mafia boss bitch at night Lily Smith 23 Student who (eventually) is so unbelievably smitten for her Ladies, it's got the age gap, the teacher x student, mafia boss, enemies to lovers, tension, slow burn, "who did this to you", "touch her and I'll kill you", stargazing where one admires the actual sky and says it's beautiful while the other one agrees yet her eyes are only on the girl beside her, angry love confessions in the rain, tooth rotting fluff and the HOTTEST sex ever. And so much more. It's got every single trope I know my desperate little loves need ;) ~ ACTUAL SUMMARY: Lily hates her. She hates that smug look on her face when she walks into the classroom like she owns the place. She hates the smirk that appears on those devastatingly beautiful, plump, soft looking lips whenever she catches Lily's eyes ogling her. She hates her cold, commanding tone. Her to-die-for body. Her breathtaking hazel eyes. The way she sounds so hot when speaking French. The way she rests her pen between her mouth while she reads over exams which ignites a burning jealousy in Lily of said pen between sinful lips. So yeah, Lily very much hates her. It doesn't help that Ms. Wilson is the meanest, coldest bitch to ever set foot on earth and is hell bent on making Lily's last semester unbearable. But in between their heated arguments, shared glances, and mutual feelings of hatred, lies secrets neither of which are prepared to unravel. Ms. Wilson. Her university professor during the day. But the leader of the most deadly mafia at night? Could she get any hotter? Ehem I mean terrifying? As they both become apart of each other's lives without meaning to, lines begin to blur and feelings rise to surface. But along with the million other reasons why Lily SHOULD walk away, only one makes her heart ache unbearably. I surpassed my word limit so I guess you'll just have to read and find out what ;)

Started: October 2024 Finished: August 2025 Published: August 10, 2025

Katana Gail Velasco had been an achiever since grade school. Her classmates and friends admired her for always being at the top of the class. She made sure to stay there, not just for herself, but to make her parents proud. Then came Jamie Larisha Escodero. A transfer student. Smart and confident. Suddenly, Katana wasn't the only one shining. And she hated it. She hated her. It felt like Jamie had stolen her spotlight, the one thing Katana had worked so hard to keep. But as time passed, her frustration toward Jamie only grew stronger. Every glance, every smirk, every little victory Jamie claimed sent Katana's blood boiling. What she didn't know was that, with every glare and every word of annoyance, Jamie's feelings for her only deepened. Because every time Katana got mad, Jamie didn't feel irritated- she felt something else entirely. Butterflies. "I-I think I'm in love with her..."

One night. One mistake. Two cold souls - Vesper Astria Green-Sandoval, an 18 year old artist with a mind for the stars, and Aysun Celestine Carter-Costa, a 20 year old mystery with ice in her veins and a camera always in hand are drugged by unknown perpetrators during a university event. Meant to be victims of something far worse, fate twisted the night, binding them in a confusing, accidental one-night stand neither of them planned nor consented to. Now entangled in guilt, secrets, and questions, the two must navigate the aftermath of that fateful encounter. But when feelings begin to bloom in the midst of trauma, can love truly grow between two girls shaped by silence, shadows, and survival? Or will the truth of Celestine's hidden identity and the people who tried to harm them destroy everything before it even begins?