WHITE HEAT SERIES 1 | COMPLETED | R-18 Chiara Asunción has survived a life of betrayal, trauma, and neglect, yet the scars run deep. Rebellious, guarded, and carrying the weight of her past, she trusts no one until Demian Chavez, her former senior and now professor, enters her life. Quiet, steady, and strangely attuned to her pain, he offers something Chiara thought she'd lost forever: a chance at justice, healing, and maybe even love. But can Chiara let down her walls for a man who seems so detached yet so determined, or will the shadows of her past keep them apart forever?

PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 10/07/2020 Ended: 11/18/2020 Elora Chin Valencia grew up in a toxic Christian family where she was viewed as the black sheep. Araw-araw ay ipinaparamdam sa kanya ng mundo na wala siyang lugar sa sarili niyang tahanan. She was a consistent dean's lister and an obedient daughter, which left her wondering what she had done so wrong to be disregarded as a speck of dust in the wind. They made her feel like she was just dirt, filling up the empty space. The one who would never have her own safe place. Feeling all of this contributed to her endless suicidal ideations. Baka nga tama sila. Baka nga wala siyang halaga at kailanman ay hindi na sasaya. She almost believed that. She almost held onto that notion. Not until she met the man in his BS Civil Engineering uniform and gorgeous grin, Troy Jefferson Dela Paz. He kissed her forehead, and her loud thoughts were silenced. Her demons calmed down. Her foes were defeated. For the first time in her life, she had proven her family wrong---a happy Elora Chin was possible. She was loved and well-taken care of. Troy embraced her sharp parts, not minding the wounds he might get. But fate had a lot of cruel things in store for her. Because when she thought she had reached the peak of happiness, she found myself drowning alone in the ocean she now called home, alone in her shame, alone with the waves she couldn't tame.

Challenges, pains, heartbreaks. These are inescapable things that every person would experience in reality. Sinusubok tayo ng iba't-ibang uri ng sakit para malaman kung gaano tayo katatag at kung gaano tayo tatagal sa mga bagyo na maaaring humagupit sa ating buhay. Si Millicent Cortejos, isang dalagang nagmahal at nasaktan. She's in love with the guy whom she bestowed everything she could. Ngunit mayroong isang bagay na hindi niya kinayang ibigay kay Nigel at iyon ay ang katawan niya. Why? Because, she dreamed to be a virgin bride. Ngunit paano kung ang inakala niyang prinsipyo na matatag at hindi mababali ninuman ay napatumba hindi lang ng taong minahal kundi pati na rin ng taong kinaiinisan niya buong buhay niya? What would happen to her life after that night... that night she gave up her body to the guy she hated most? And how would she deal in life if the guy she loved considered her as a venal woman now? Ang kapal naman ng mukha ni Nigel pagkatapos siya nitong gaguhin at pagtaksilan. Ngayon ay titignan siya nito bilang madumi at bayarang babae? Totoo. Ngunit nagawa niya lang naman ito dahil sa matinding pangangailangan sa pera at dahil na rin sa sakit na naidulot ng lalaki sa kanya. Tinulungan lang siya ni Phoenix Dela Vega para mapasakamay ang halaga ng pera na kailangan niya. Ngunit bakit sa lahat ng tao ay si Phoenix pa? Bakit siya pa?

"She doesn't have a heart." Iyan ang pagkakakilala ng marami sa kanya. She can do everything - humiliate everyone, hurt anyone, if she likes to. She wants everything in control. But reality says, not all things are controllable. So, does that mean that not everyone can be controlled by this girl who's said to be the epitome of evil? Especially this guy, this guy who can make everyone kneel, this guy who can make everyone cry, this guy who's capable of making her emotion, her heart, her body, praise him - all of him? Could she avoid the temptation this man innately has? Even if her system shouts to... Don't play with Fire!

Is it bad to change myself because of him? Is it bad to give everything to get him? Is it bad to beg for his love... Evein if I knew from the start I couldn't mend his broken heart?

Dalawang bagay lang naman ang gusto ni Serenity Ortega: Kalayaan at kaligayahan. Sa murang edad, natutunan na ni Serenity na basagin ang mga batas ng mga magulang niya. She learned how to break their rules for the sake of her happiness and freedom. Pero dumating ang gabi na pagsisisihan niya ang lahat. Hindi niya alam, ang gabi rin na iyon ay ang magiging simula ng pagbabago sa buhay niya. Hindi niya akalain na darating ang punto na makukulong siya sa hawla na kamumuhian niya. Pero hindi niya inaasahan na darating ang punto na hindi na niya gugustuhing kumawala pa. Inside that cage, she learned to grow up. She learned to love unconditionally. Natutunan niyang mag mahal kahit alam niyang mali. Kahit alam niyang maraming hindi magaganda na mangyayari. What if in the middle of loving him, may mga pangyayari na magpapamulat sa kaniya na hindi sila para sa isa't isa? Paano kung malaman niya na ang mga tali na ibinuhol niya sa kanilang dalawa, makakalas din pala? What if they are not really tied for each other? That they are not destined to be together? Matutunan niya kayang ipaglaban ang bagay na alam niyang hindi para sa kaniya? Will she be able to intertwined them together bago pa kumawala ang isa sa kanila?

Malaki ang pangarap ni Stella. Simula noong bata pa lamang siya, pangarap na niya nang maging isang tanyag na mang aawit. She will do anything just to make this dream turn into a reality. Ngunit paano kung may dumating na isang tao na magiging hadlang sa pag abot ng pangarap mo? At paano kung dumating ang pinapangarap mong lalaki at siya pala ang magiging sagabal sa mga pangarap mo? Sa mga pangarap mong matagal mo nang gustong maabot. Ano ang pipiliin mo? Paano kung dapat isa lamang ang piliin? What will you choose between the two? Your dreams, or a man you love but can't make your dreams come true? - HIGHEST RATING IN GENERAL FICTION : #17

Agatha Joan Montgomery is what you can call 'The Extraordinary'. She is not the typical rich girl with branded bags and clothes. She is the girl with guns and bullets. Instead of malls and parties, it's field and missions for her. Matagal na niyang pangarap na makapasok ng army at mapabilang sa special forces. Ayon sakanya ay gusto niyang i-alay ang buhay niya sa bansa. Natupad lahat ng 'yon pero nagbago lahat dahil sa isang misyon. Para sakanya ay misyon at trabaho lang ang lahat pero nagising nalang siya na.. nag iba na ang takbo ng paniniwala niya, mula utak, puso at kaluluwa niya ay ibang iba na. Hindi nalang pala sa bansa at misyon niya inalay ang buhay niya.

Hindi man natupad ni Aika ang buohin muli ang kanilang pamilya. Hindi naman siya nagsisi sa naging desisyon niya para sa mga ito, lalo't nakikita niya na masaya na ang mga ito ngayon. Kahit pa kapalit 'non ay ang kaligayahan naman niya. At sa paglipas ng panahon, muling magbabalik ang taong noon ay pinakawalan niya. Sa pagku-krus muli ng kanilang landas, handa na nga ba siyang pakisamahan ito ngayon, bilang isang kapatid? Hanggang saan ang paninindigan niya na kalimutan ang nararamdaman niya para dito, kung matindi parin ang epekto nito sa kanya? Parati niyang itinatangging wala na siyang nararamdaman para dito pero magtama nga lang ang mga mata nila ay naghuhuramentado agad ang kanyang puso. No matter how many times she denies her feelings, her heart couldn't lie. Because all along she's still in love with him. Book 2 of When She Loved Him (Half Blood Boys Series #1) STARTED: 09|04|15 FINISHED: 11|02|15 Levelion