Ling Ling Kwong is a nerdy, awkward electrical engineer who'd rather fix a toaster than talk to people. Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong is a glamorous Keep:Silent hotel CEO with a secret soft spot for clingy affection and dorky girls in glasses. When Orm hires Ling to upgrade her hotel's energy system, sparks fly-just not the kind Ling can explain with science. What starts as business slowly turns into late-night ramen, lingering touches, and a love that simmers before it burns.

Lingling Sirilak Kwong, the fiercely independent heir to one of Thailand's most prestigious hospital empires, has no interest in romance. Scarred by a past betrayal, she vows never to open her heart again. But as the pressure to marry and uphold her family's legacy mounts, Lingling finds herself cornered-until a chance encounter gives her a bold idea. Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong, a hardworking university student juggling studies and a food delivery job to pay her tuition, has little time for anything outside her dreams of a better future. When a fateful accident leaves a scratch on Lingling's luxury car, Orm braces herself for the worst. Instead, she's blindsided by a proposition that will change her life forever. Desperate to avoid the suitors her parents have chosen, Lingling tricks Orm into a contract marriage, offering her financial security in exchange for pretending to be her girlfriend. But as their lives intertwine, the stark differences between them ignite more than just tension. What starts as a cold business arrangement begins to thaw under the warmth of shared moments, unexpected kindness, and the spark of something real. Will Lingling and Orm overcome the barriers of class, past wounds, and their own fears to find love in the most unlikely of places?

🎬 Childhood friend to lover "Orm Kornnaphat, let's get married." This was Orm's first ever proposal. A moment that should have been joyful. But it wasn't. Lingling proposed at a funeral, under the first rainfall of the evening. What kind of lunatic would say yes to a proposal like that? No roses. No music. No ring. No one else around... just the two of them. And yet, Orm knew this wasn't an ordinary marriage. She also knew there was only one person left in this world she could still call her own. And she knew - without a doubt - that only she and Lingling could rely on each other now, to uncover who was behind the silent flames that wiped out their entire families in a single night. Orm took Lingling's hand. "Let's get married."

✒️ Fantasy romance set in 1930s Phii-seua: Butterfly Phii-seua was the title given to the concubines of the nobles--women of lower caste marked with a tattoo of a butterfly. Ayla, a girl from the Southern lands, struggled to survive alone after being cast away to the North--a free land ruled by nobles. Her mistake was only one: She picked up a fallen apple that belonged to Tawan. Tawan-Rawee Wang, the daughter of a noble family, the military ruler of the Northern border. "Khun Poo, I want that shabby, grasshopper-smelling girl to be my Phii-seua. Make the Phii-seua mark on her shoulder." That cursed mark of ownership haunted her for life. Ayla, the hungry little girl, ended up becoming the concubine of a noble girl--Tawan. Tawan-Rawee Wang. *** "Divorce me, Khun. You can find another woman you want to keep your bed warm." "Ayla, darling, do you really think I'd let you go that easily? Try being a good, obedient girl for me."

🎬 Assassin (Ling) x Model (Orm) Lingling Sirilak Kwong, the angel of death. Heiress of an infamous assassin bloodline. One command from her, and a thousand lives vanish from the earth. She sides with no one. Known for her neutrality, she does anything strictly for money. With limitless wealth, she gets whatever she wants. Watching rival factions outbid each other to kill their own, that's her favorite pastime. None of her targets ever survived, except for one woman: Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong. She was the first to make it out alive. None of Lingling's agents could kill her. So Lingling had to do it herself. Orm was the only daughter of a powerful mafia family. A model, famous for her beautiful face.

Kai Montinola is the perfect student council president - polished, admired, and dating the university's golden boy. Her life seems perfectly mapped out: honor rolls, charity galas, and a future she thought she had all figured out. Then Rain Celmar speeds into her world - a quiet student by day and a skilled mechanic by night, with oil-stained hands, a brilliant mind, and a secret life behind the wheel of a midnight race car. She's mysterious, grounded, and couldn't care less about student politics - or so Kai thought. One spontaneous invitation to the racetrack leads to lingering glances, stolen rides, and a connection Kai never expected. Suddenly, her once-straight path begins to veer off-course. In a world where their lives were never meant to intersect, what happens when love takes the wheel?

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Kai is a freelance model who lands gigs every now and then. Rain is a race car driver who chases speed and adrenaline. Everything should've stayed as it was - until one unexpected meeting pulls them closer, not just to each other, but to the dreams they buried long ago for the sake of practicality: singing their hearts out. A story that shows how finding the right person feels a lot like going home.

After winning Pinoy Big Brother in the Philippines, two teenagers who had formed a deep, special bond inside the house went their separate ways, returning to their families and leaving behind the unique world they'd shared together. No longer living under the same roof, the question loomed: what happens now? Can they preserve the connection they once had, or will the pressures of fame, the media, and the expectations of becoming artists pull them in different directions? As they step into the spotlight, they must navigate the complexities of their relationship-facing the challenges of their new lives, the scrutiny of the public eye, and the weight of their dreams. Will they hold on to the bond that brought them together in the first place, or will the distance and the world outside change everything they've come to cherish?