What if the one person you couldn't trust became the only person you could trust? Will they find a way to work together? Or will their hatred tear them apart? When the line between love and hate blurs, will they begin to realize that their hatred might just be a mask for something way deeper?

Cigarettes and Daydreams Series #1 A love story born in silence, tested by blood, and healed by pain. ********** Nisrine Ozerov never asked to be born from betrayal. Branded a burden by her family and isolated by her own design, she finds comfort in solitude and safety in emotional walls that too high to climb. Until Chrysander. He's warm where she's cold, light where she's shadows-and the only person who dares to stay. But when buried sins from both their pasts erupt, Nisrine is forced to choose: fight for a love that feels impossible... or protect it by walking away. She chooses silence. He chooses to wait. But destiny isn't done with them yet. This story is written in English and Tagalog. Cover illustration made by Yana Arts

In the quiet hum of rehearsals and the ache between chords, Aia, lead singer of rising indie band KISSLAP, hides a love she can't have. As the group spends one unforgettable summer chasing their biggest break yet, the tension both musical and emotional starts to build. Aia pours her heart into every song, except the one that would reveal who it truly beats for. Will she keep the harmony or risk it all for the truth? A soft heartbreak story about music, unspoken feelings, and the courage to speak through song.