MANIPULATION SERIES 1 OBSESSION & DARK ROMANCE Marco De Luca doesn't believe in love-only possession. Marco is rich, powerful-and deeply unstable. The moment he sees Myrina, he decides she must be his. But Myrina Cabral has a boyfriend and a normal life-things Marco sees as obstacles. He starts watching her, following her every move. Anyone who tries to keep her away from him starts to disappear. People lose their jobs. Secrets are exposed. Accidents happen. One by one, Marco destroys anything that stands between them. To Myrina, he seems like a helpful stranger. Kind. Caring. But behind the mask, he's pulling every string, breaking her world apart piece by piece-until she has no one left but him. He calls it love. But it's obsession.

Calvin Donatello believes his childhood friend loves him. She always has-he's sure of it. The way she once laughed at his jokes, the way she looked and cared at him... that wasn't nothing. That was real. Even now, with Coreen Ignacio living a life that doesn't include him, he tells himself she's just lost. Confused. Waiting to remember what they had. That deep down, she's waiting for him to pull her back. But the line between devotion and delusion is razor-thin. As Calvin's grip on reality begins to blur, he weaves a love story only he can see-one where every sign is a message, every silence a promise. And when Coreen doesn't return his love, the truth becomes too painful to face. Because sometimes the most dangerous love is the one that exists only in our mind.

LURE AND DARK ROMANCE Enzo Luther Ferrante is the guy everyone thinks they know-loud laughter, easy smiles, and a carefree charm that makes people drop their guard. He looks harmless. Fun. The type who never takes anything seriously. But that's the mask he perfected. Behind it is a man who reads people too easily, twists situations to his advantage, and gets what he wants without lifting a finger. When Enzo becomes serious, the shift is frightening-his tone sharpens, his eyes change, and the cheerful persona disappears. In that moment, he becomes someone dangerous... someone who doesn't hesitate. When he sets his sights on someone, he knows exactly how to pull them in-using warmth, humor, and subtle manipulation until they're too deep to walk away. And once they're under his influence, Enzo's true nature slowly shows: decisive, calculating, and willing to go deadly if anyone threatens what he claims as his. Enzo is the kind of danger you never see coming... because he makes you believe he's safe.

Dominic Castellano and Yllana Montecordova. When love turns into regret, everything begins to fall. Yllana Montecordova is a supermodel. She has it all-money, fame, luck, and endless opportunities. But everything shattered the moment she fell for Dominic Castellano-the ruthless mafia. At first, she didn't know the truth behind the gorgeous man she admired from afar. When she tried to win him, she soon discovered the price of desire. . .end it was more than she could bear.

Julius Severian doesn't beg. He bleeds. With trembling hands and a shattered voice, he paints himself as the man she broke-the loyal one, the wounded one, the one who only ever loved her. But every tear is calculated. Every silence is sharp. He doesn't want her forgiveness. He wants her guilt. Her surrender. And Hannah Evangeline doesn't see the trap not until she's kneeling beside the man who twisted his pain into a weapon. And made her believe she was the one who pulled the trigger.

Adrian Velazco never hurt Cathy Ordoñez-not in ways anyone could see. He didn't need fists when words could scar deeper. Every time she pulled away, he said she was cold. Every time she cried, he said she was crazy. And when she finally spoke up, he made her feel like she ruined everything. "You pushed me to this, Cathy. You always do." That was his power-twisting pain into proof, turning her reactions into weapons against her. While she carried the weight of his wrongs, he walked away clean-wearing the mask of the man who "tried." But the worst betrayal wasn't his lies. It was how easily she believed them and how she was shackled by her mind.

He promised her forever wrapped in silk words. A life by the sea, a house filled with laughter, mornings where she'd never wake up alone again. But none of it was real. Every plan was a leash. Every sweet promise is a cage. And the more she clung to the future he painted, the more she lost her grip on the present. He never intended to build anything-only to keep her waiting, hoping, staying. Because Felix didn't love her. He loved being adored. He fed off the light in her eyes every time he lied with a smile. And by the time Cecile saw the truth, she wasn't in love. She was trapped in a dream that was never hers to begin with.