For someone like Attorney Kimberly Jane Wencezlao, reputation is important, and involvement with a younger man in her class, especially Elijah Pierceton, is a secret she has to hide. *** "A respected professor at Saigon University and a defense attorney, Attorney Kimberly Jane Wencezlao has built her life on control, discipline, and reputation. Every move is calculated, every boundary firmly in place . . . until Elijah Pierceton. Best on the field and self-assured in the class, Elijah is everything she should avoid--a smug athlete, her student, and the one man who refuses to be intimidated by her authority. He's a risk she can't afford. And yet, with him, she feels something dangerously close to freedom. When everything is on the line, is disobedience worth losing it all?" DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Rayne Mariano

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?

"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

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Astrid Selene Elizalde has spent years imprisoned in a single room, a life defined by walls and silence, with no answers to the questions that have haunted her entire existence. Her only yearning: to understand why. She has known nothing but darkness, and the relentless ache of unanswered questions, each day a reminder of the life stolen from her. But everything changes the moment she crosses paths with Cassius Giddeon, the fourth of the enigmatic Goldenthorn siblings. He is both the key to her freedom and the spark of a dangerous desire she cannot resist. In a world drenched in secrets, power, and obsession, Astrid discovers that liberation comes at a price. Loyalties are uncertain, motives are hidden, and the line between love and destruction blurs. She must navigate the dangerous allure of a man who can save her but may also be the reason she falls and breaks. In the dark heart of the Goldenthorn legacy, Astrid will learn that freedom is never simple, and desire is a weapon sharper than any chain.

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