TRUST SERIES #1 She believed being the best was the only way to be loved-until losing changed everything. Maria Corazon Diaz is a student who has built her entire life around academic excellence. To her, success isn't simply a goal-it's a necessity. Validation, pride, and love have always seemed tied to being at the top of her class. She pushes herself beyond her limits, terrified of failure and even more terrified of disappointing the people she loves. But everything changes when, for the first time, she loses-to Lavena, a girl who seems perfect, effortless, and untouchable. Lavena becomes everything Cora wishes she could be: flawless, admired, and undeniably brilliant. What begins as intimidation slowly spirals into obsession. The more Cora tries to surpass her, the more she becomes consumed by the belief that being the best is the only way she can ever be enough. Blinded by insecurity, she begins pushing away the very people who see her as more than her grades-including Kiyo, her rival-turned-confidant, whose kindness reminds her of everything she refuses to see in herself. In losing everything she thought made her worthy, Cora discovers that love was never something she had to earn-and that trust, acceptance, and healing begin with learning to see herself as more than a number on a piece of paper. STARTED: 02/28/24 ENDED: 08/07/25 UNDER REVISION!

TRUST SERIES #2 Miciella Reverie Valencia gave up her studies when an offer to become a singer came at her lowest point. She used to be the kind of girl who smiled so brightly, no matter how hard life got. She always found a reason to believe things would be okay. But everything changed the day her father died in a tragic accident. She didn't just lose her father... She lost her joy. Her dreams. Her whole world. And from then on, nothing was ever the same. Rev was forced to stay strong for her mother, even when she was falling apart inside. People around her kept telling her to stand up, to move on, to be strong... yet no one ever truly saw her pain. For most of her life, she felt invalidated, invisible to the people around her, in a world that kept asking too much and giving too little. She kept going, kept singing, kept breathing... even though deep down, she was slowly breaking. So she poured her emotions into every note. Her songs weren't just melodies. They were the sound of her sorrow, the melody of her melancholy.