Hollis Ilaria De Guia struggles to find love and acceptance as an illegitimate daughter, but when she's forced into marriage with Tross Ashiel Del Rico, she faces the ultimate test of whether love will mend her broken heart or if the secrets of her birth will shatter her forever. *** On the day Hollis turns eighteen, her life is sealed with a signature she never signed. Her father arranges her marriage to Tross Ashiel Del Rico-the son of a powerful family who despises the very idea of her. Blamed for being born to a woman her father never loved. Hated by half-brothers who wish she didn't exist. Rejected by a husband bound to her only by duty. Hollis has carried the weight of sins that were never hers, enduring a lifetime of pain and accusations she could never escape. But as she enters a marriage built on resentment, Hollis must choose: will she live as the scapegoat of her family's lies or dare to claim a destiny of her own? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

People who did you wrong will call you heartless when you didn't forgive them, but isn't it more heartless breaking an innocent heart that did nothing but to love genuinely?

C O M P L E T E D WARNING: MATURED CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Flawed Series #5: The Mayor's Paragon ~*~ Following her first crush that turned into her first true love, Kesiya Llena did her best to be better in everything and even took the position of being his secretary just to be close to him. But would her effort to reach her first love be worth it? Or would it cause her greatest downfall?

"You haven't met her, have you? That is my wife, Sonya." My husband gestured a hand at me. "Sonya, this is my uncle, Karma." 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙'𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙚? ☘☘☘ After three years of marriage, Sonya Cecilia's husband had already given up when they still couldn't have a child. Being the wife, Sonya was blamed for it. His husband hated her, as did his family, who had been waiting for their first grandchild. Sonya's husband then started seeing a younger girl that his family approved of just to achieve what Sonya cannot do - bear a child. Sonya cried and cried while her husband slept with his mistress in their bed. But eventually, Sonya had enough. One night in a club, she met a beautiful, tattooed older man who, despite his intimidating look, treated her gently the way she wanted her husband to treat her. For one night, she decided to forget about her husband and sleep with that stranger named Karma. It was only one time for Sonya, and she's ready to forget everything. But how will she be able to forget about him when, the next day, he is in front of her again? Only this time, he's not a stranger she met in a club. This time, he's Karma Del Castro, her husband's uncle. ☘☘☘ TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Language: Taglish (Tagalog and English) ☘☘☘ Writing: January 26, 2024 - June 19, 2024 Published: March 3, 2024 - June 22, 2024 karma, my husband's uncle™ the hades folder: file no.1 NEKO