Evan Shane Davico, a gay man, is forced into an arranged marriage with Daphne Ivory Rocca Davico, a bossy, bratty, and totally annoying woman, to honor his grandfather's final wish. They tell everyone at school they're siblings, keeping things simple. Living under the same roof, their worlds keep crashing with constant tension, each day filled with silent grudges and petty fights. Pero sa kalagitnaan ng pag papanggap at paglilihim ay unti-unti rin silang nahuhulog sa isa't isa. Habang tumatagal, ang nararamdaman nila ay hindi na kasing peke tulad ng dati. Eighth Book of Vexed Men Series. Dual Point of View. Started: JUN - 18 - 2025 Ended: NOV - 14 - 2025

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲. 𝗔𝘁 𝗮 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝘂𝗻. 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗻. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲? 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 "𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿" 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆? 𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 "𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿".

𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗮 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴.

"𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆." 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗰. 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. "𝗕𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵."