ARTIST CIRCLE SERIES #1 " Fractured Frame " He shattered her world. She held the key to his. Ghalia Marie Clemore LeCoz, a timid artist, found her first love in the form of Elias Mariano Francisco Villanore. Her adoration was silent, expressed through hidden sketches. His response was anything but: a relentless campaign of bullying that left her bruised and broken. Now, a two-week graduation celebration in Boracay thrusts them together, a forced proximity that challenges every boundary. Ghalia yearns for escape, for a chance to finally move on. But in the close quarters of the island, she starts to see Elias not just as her tormentor, but as someone equally wounded. She never expected to see beyond the pain. But love has a way of revealing unseen truths. Because through the shared space, she picked up the shattered remnants of his own hidden struggles. Through the difficult conversations, she began to unravel the profound reasons behind his cruelty. And through the intense, undeniable connection that bloomed between them, she discovered a love powerful enough to mend even the most fractured frames.