🎖️ FULLY COMPLETED 🎖️ They trained to protect lives. They weren't trained to protect their hearts. Charlee Ivelle Perez crossed oceans to chase her dream of becoming a naval officer. The United States Academy of Naval Command was supposed to test her discipline, her strength, and her resolve-not her heart. Then she met Kenrick Van Sanchez. Disciplined. Respected. Untouchable. A man already bound by a promise to someone else. For Cha, it was love at first sight. For Ken, she was the one person who threatened everything he believed he owed to his future. But some battles can't be won through discipline alone. As friendship turns into something deeper, the line between loyalty and love begins to blur. Then one devastating misunderstanding shatters everything they had planned for their future and the life they never got the chance to build together. Years later, fate places them side by side once again-no longer midshipmen chasing dreams, but officers carrying the weight of everything they left unfinished. The love they buried has never truly disappeared. Neither has the pain. Now Ken must decide whether love deserves another chance... before the woman he never stopped loving walks away forever. Because sometimes love isn't enough the first time. Sometimes it takes losing everything to learn how to choose each other. ❤️ Tropes You'll Love • Slow Burn • Second Chance Romance • Military Romance • Protective Hero • He Fell Harder • She Fell First • Emotional Healing • Heavy Angst • Happy Ending ⚠️ Content Advisory This story contains mature themes, emotional trauma, military violence, grief, and a few chapters with mature sexual content. Content warnings are provided at the beginning of applicable chapters. ❤️ No Love Triangle Endgame ✨ Guaranteed Happy Ending If you enjoy emotional slow-burn romances, protective heroes, military settings, heartfelt character growth, and second chances, this story is for you.

Constrained by the name and reputation she has to uphold, Halcyon Niccolo felt like a lost soul wandering in the cool embrace of Baguio. The passion for art she ran away from to escape her mother's chains still sings to her ears, not letting her forget what she loves and was born for-even if it's the very thing that imprisoned her for years. A child prodigy who lost his talent-that's how everyone knows Cielo Ferlacci-the Joker, as they say. But he's tired of being a failure and the butt of the jokes. After all, it was his darkest fears that restrained him, fears that he couldn't face. A chance encounter in the misty mountains and sunlit covered roads led two strangers together. Two dead stars wandering for a place where they belong. Will they ever find it as they follow where the wind blows?

[COMPLETED] Cassandra Aurelia Graciella lived a life where everything was decided for her. Everything except the two secrets she kept: the paintings no one was allowed to see, and her quiet devotion to a boxer she only ever watched through a screen. But her guarded world tilted when Bastian Baraquel, the boxing star she had secretly admired for years, walked into the Graciella estate to train. In her world, hearts don't get the final say. When a man who believes she was always meant to be his tightens his grip with a ring she never asked for, Andra learns that some cages are built out of fear. In a fight where everyone else has already chosen your corner, is it still possible to win the only round that matters? The one where you finally fight for yourself? Language: Taglish R18

[COMPLETED] They say perfection is just a lie dressed in gold. Summer Alydia Morada had everything-fame, fortune, and a life people could only dream of. Until one post destroyed it all. From being the internet's sweetheart, she became the most hated influencer overnight. Then Everett Llewis Esquivel re-enters her life, the sole reason for hate she is receiving. Forced into each other's orbit, Summer must decide whether to remain hidden behind the light she's carefully built or step into the shadows she's feared for so long. Because when the sun and a star collide, one is bound to burn.

STEP-BROTHER X STEP SISTER TROPE WARNING: THIS STORY IS NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNG READERS. BE OPEN MINDED! SYNOPSIS: Happie and his father promised each other that they always considered her mother's happiness. Since her father passed away 4 years ago, Happie's mother find another man to spend life with. Kahit pa labag iyon kay Happie, kinailangan niyang tanggapin na magkakaroon na sila ng bagong pamilya. Bago ang kasal, they moved in to her step-father's house and doon niya nakilala ang pervert niyang step-brother na si Thoper. Thoper dislike her mother. Sa una palang nilang pagkikita ay naging bastos na ito. Natakot si Happie na baka pahirapan lang nito ang kaniyang ina. She doesn't want that. In order to stop that, she requested Thoper to be nice with her mother and let them get married but Thoper wants an exchange. He wants Happie to be his sex slave. Para sa ikakasaya ng kaniyang magulang, tinanggap niya ang deal nito. Magiging mabait ito sa kaniyang ina at kapalit noon ay ang kaniyang katawan. Paano kung paglipas ng araw ay hindi na lang iyon basta init ng katawan? What if they ended up having feelings with each other? Will they be able to stop their feelings especially when it feels like it's forbidden?

PUBLISHED UNDER IMMAC PRINTING AND PUBLISHING HOUSE Warning: Mature Content | R18 Kaya mo bang iwan ang taong mahal mo para sa ikabubuti niya? Jenna Levanier has long-time feelings for Yves Roize. They were classmates since grade school, and she developed a certain feeling towards the guy because of how caring he was when it came to her. Little did she know, the guy liked her too. One day, when they finally confessed each other's feelings, a certain call needed to be made, and Yves had no choice but to distance himself from the one he loved, making Jenna doubt his feelings for her. Would Jenna be able to wait for the man who promised he wouldn't leave her, even after years? ***** After Years by Missy Forevah Book Illustrated by Ana Maria Date Revision Started: March 7, 2024 Date Finished: May 8, 2024

Mature Content Warning: R18+