Yvonne needed money. Ewa needed a way out. Yvonne never expected the arrangement to be this complicated - pretend to be Ewa Montenegro's wife, step into her luxury world, and act as a mother figure to her twin children. No emotions. No attachment. No falling in love. That was the contract. Ewa Montenegro is a powerful, intimidating businesswoman - elegant, sharp, and used to control. She doesn't trust easily, and she definitely doesn't let people close. Especially not Yvonne. But living under the same roof changes everything. The twins start calling Yvonne "Mom" like it's the most natural thing in the world. Ewa starts looking at her a little too long... a little too often. And Yvonne starts feeling something she was never supposed to feel. Dangerous. Unwanted. Real. Because Yvonne is hiding a secret she has carried for years. A truth connected to the twins... and to Ewa herself. She is not just a fake wife. She may be the missing piece of Ewa's family without either of them knowing it yet. Now lies, longing, and love begin to blur inside a house built on a contract. And when the truth finally comes out... It won't just break the arrangement. It might break them both.

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." - Shakespeare Odani Astrid Kensington, cheerful literature professor. MEETS Marie Elizabeth Fernandez, Ethics professor and the Ice Queen of Veridan University. Some people believe love is fate. But some... Well, let's just say that some make fate questionable.

Dr. Amara Velasco lives for one single purpose: to keep the hospital built from the sweat and blood of her deceased mother alive. However, her entire world shatters when she discovers that the institution is on the brink of total bankruptcy. Desperate to shield the family legacy from public humiliation, her father secretly signs a ruthless contract with the most powerful conglomerate in the country, an agreement to trade Amara into an arranged marriage in exchange for financial salvation. The transaction is cold and simple: Amara must marry the brilliant yet terrifyingly icy Monteverde heiress, Celeste. When Amara learns of this betrayal, her fierce defiance drives her to reject the arrangement and storm out of her family mansion. But the Monteverdes are not ordinary business owners, and the contract her father signed leaves no room for rebellion. Infuriated by Amara's refusal, Celeste ruthlessly triggers the hostile clauses of the agreement, using her absolute corporate power to freeze the hospital's finances and strip Amara's father of his remaining authority by force. With her mother's life's work completely cornered, Amara is left with no choice but to bend to Celeste's terms. Upang hindi tuluyang mabasag ang natitirang pangarap ng kaniyang ina, she enters a legally binding cage, forced to comply with every single whim and command of the ruthless heiress.

Right or wrong? Morality? Justice or injustice? Principle over love? What is ethics, really, when the lines between good and evil blur with every choice? In a world where every smile hides a secret, every gesture carries a hidden meaning, and every promise can be a trap, what does it truly mean to be good? What are you truly fighting for? How far are you willing to go to survive in a world that has already abandoned fairness? And when the system itself is corrupted, can any act of honesty or courage actually matter? One day, out of nowhere, Cianne Maeve Vizcarra finds herself pulled into a life she never anticipated. She becomes the personal bodyguard of Atty. Reese Zohara Trevino, the polished, flawless, and revered daughter of the President; a family whose wealth and influence are built on lies, corruption, and power accumulated at the expense of countless innocent lives. Every fiber of Maeve's being rebels at their presence. She despises everything about them: their arrogance, their untouchable status, and the way the world refuses to see the darkness behind their perfection. But the closer she gets, the more she begins to see that nothing is as simple as it seems. Reese's perfection is a mask, but behind it lie hidden cracks, whispers of secrets that could change everything Maeve believes about her, about her own principles, and about the nature of power itself. As days pass, Maeve will discover fragments of the person behind the public image; layers of cunning, ambition, vulnerability, and perhaps even something unexpected. But can she trust what she sees? In a world dominated by deception, manipulation, and invisible forces guiding every action, the closer you get, the harder it is to know who is the predator and who is the prey. Maeve must choose. Either to cling to the light, holding onto principle and honesty in a world that punishes both or embrace the darkness, bending the rules, exploiting deceit, and risking everything for her...

PROFESSOR X STUDENT (Taglish) (Top Prof/Sub student) She was perfection-brilliant, disciplined, untouchable. Heaven Xangus (21) had everything planned: graduate as summa cum laude, make her family proud, and build the future she always dreamed of. Until she became a secret. Valerie Alexeyev (30) was power incarnate-feared, admired, and engaged to the man who stood beside her for nearly a decade. She believed her life was already complete. Until she risked it all. Behind closed doors, in stolen glances and dangerous silence, a forbidden connection grows-one that could destroy reputations, futures, and everything they've worked for. Because some desires don't follow rules...And some love was never meant to be solved. The right pronunciation of their surname: Xangus → ZAN-gus Alexeyev → ah-LEK-see-yev REMEMBER: This book is an original work created solely by the author and is not authorized for copyright claims, reproduction, or commercial use by any third party. Any attempt to copy, distribute, republish, or claim ownership of this work without explicit permission from the author is strictly prohibited. This work is not for sale in any form, except if officially released by the author as a physical or digital copy. Unauthorized use will be taken seriously and may result in legal action. ©️ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2026

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Perfection can be lonely. For Sophie Jane Ellis, admiration comes easy, but connection doesn't. She moves through her world with grace and precision, earning respect yet keeping everyone at a distance. Behind the polished image lies a quiet pressure she can never escape, and a life carefully shaped by the weight of unspoken expectations. Then she meets someone who changes everything. Rylee Quinn Ramos has a lightness about her - effortless, warm, and endlessly magnetic. Friendships come to her without effort, laughter follows her everywhere, and she moves through life without the burden of perfection. Where Sophie holds back, Rylee draws people in, and where Rylee is free, Sophie feels confined. Their paths collide in ways neither anticipated. What starts as competition slowly turns into something far more complicated. Beneath the teasing and rivalry grows a quiet pull they can't deny, one that threatens to break down walls both have built. In a world where pride rules and appearances matter, some rivalries aren't meant to end. Some are just the beginning.

She was the loudest voice in the room. She was the professor who hated noise. Neither expected the other to become the one thing they couldn't silence. In the world of architecture-where every line, shadow, and structure hides a secret-an exuberant student and her guarded professor slowly find themselves drawn together. What begins as irritation becomes fascination... and what they build in silence may change them both forever.

GL (profxstud) In a family shackled by old traditions, two women are forced into marriage. As a fragile bond begins to bloom, Makaela Castellano becomes eager to uncover the secrets of her wife, Briar Alverton, leading to betrayal, separation, heartbreak and devastating sacrifice. Disclaimer: this story is written in TagLish.

What if someone suddenly became the center of every moment you wake up to? she was never on your list of perfect things, never part of the plans you carefully made-especially not your own boss-but somehow, everything changed the moment your heart chose her.