Love is the easiest to fake in showbiz industry. A smile can convince millions, a glance can sell a story, and a kiss can be nothing more than a scene perfected for the cameras. Everything can be staged, until the lines between performance and truth start to blur. Selene Avery Huerta knew how to live with that blur. She mastered the art of guarding her heart, giving the world only what it wanted to see. Mas madali kasi magpanggap kaysa ipakita kung gaano siya nasaktan before. And in a world where everyone is watching, she believed the safest way to survive was to keep love hidden behind the script. But the limelight has its own way of rewriting endings. It found a way to bring her back to Kade Asher Alvarez---the one she swore to avoid---because in a world built on make-believe, nothing is more dangerous than a love that refuses to stay hidden. Started: April 29, 2024 Finished: July 04, 2025

'If we will be stuck in a remote island naked, nothing will even happen.' Those were Rosh's exact words to describe her relationship with Lucho. She's clearly not a fan of friends to lovers trope. They've been friends for five years yet her indignation towards him gets worse every day. It is past mending. She doesn't even know why she dislikes him, or how and where it all started, she just hates him. That's it. Until her 18th birthday came. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

[UNEDITED] Ayara Terrise Monterio a fresh graduate, is trying to find herself in the world of filming. Not knowing that following her dreams would lead her to the person she avoided the most. Because of their past, and the trauma it brought her, the only defense she can use is to pretend to hate him. But the question is how long? How long will it take for her to let go of the past? How long will it take for her to realize, that the very thing she feared to lose is also the only thing she will love the most? Under the Stars - Tonjuarez Series I Enemies to Lovers trope raindropsandstar

Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

A dream was hope, fantasy, or a goal. It wasn't supposed to be reality. If it was, Miracle wouldn't call it a dream. Being married to the man she loved since she was sixteen was a far-fetched reality to woke up to, especially if she remembered getting wasted at the fact he was marrying someone else tomorrow. How come his vows were sworn to her? Vows so far from the dream she wished just never came true.

Warning: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 | COMPLETED Syreen Elieja Averde, is a woman of principle. Basta hindi pasok sa prinsipyo niya, wala siyang pakialam kahit sino pang masaktan. Para sa kaniya, lahat nang gagawin natin ay may kabayaran at lahat ay siguradong may kapalit. She's talented, skilled, and lovable. She's a former secret agent and now a professor in college. May ugali siyang hindi niya kayang ipreno ang gusto niyang sabihin dahil para sa kaniya ang pagiging prangka ay isa sa katunayan na hindi ka plastik. She knows what she wants in life-and that is to be love. Wala siyang ibang gusto kung hindi ang mahalin nang walang halong panloloko at kagaguhan. Alam niyang nadapa siya noon nang piliin niyang mahalin ang taong akala niyang totoo sa kaniya, na siya palang gugunaw ng mundo niya dahil isa lamang itong gagong manggagamit at walang ibang kayang intindihin kung hindi ang sariling nararamdaman at mga kagustuhan. Tahimik at masaya na siya sa bago niyang buhay malayo sa mga baril, patalim, granada at mga misyon. Ayos na ayos na siya sa buhay niya. . . ngunit bigla na lamang bumalik ang hayop na lalaking gumamit sa kaniya noon at ngayon ay nais guluhin ang maayos niyang mundo. Anong dapat niyang gawin para muli na namang takasan ito? Anong dapat niyang gawin para makalaya sa mga mata nitong tila mga mata ng agila sa talim? Saan niya huhugutin ang tapang na tumakbo muli palayo, kung ang mundong ginagalawan nila. . . ay pilit pinag-iisa?

If we were to talk about making the first move, boys are usually the ones who do it, but not in the case of Ireena Razon. For her, it was a now or never situation. Given that it was her last year of high school, she felt she had to do everything. You only turn 17 once in your lifetime, and after that, you can't afford to make foolish decisions anymore, she thought. Little did she know, this "foolish" 17-year-old decision she was about to make would shape the rest of her life. Book Cover from: Su Minh in Pexels

[COMPLETED] Veronika Elvera Higuera decided to be independent at an early age. She does not waste time to provide for their needs that she forgets that she... was also in her youth too. But when a nerdy, handsome, innocent looking and rich guy entered her life, things started to spin around. She experienced happiness in their own time... but until when? When life threw her dream right in front of her face... can she let go of it and choose them? Him? Or, did she even try to choose him in the first place? That Juan Time Stopped - Intro: To the Dreams of my Youth a Series [Thesis/Special Project] raindropsandstar

[UNEDITED] Miande Yves Ronoua was sheltered all her life. Not just by wealth but literally by people who were trained to protect the only daughter of the Ronouas. But the only thing they can't do is to protect her heart. Not from the only man she gave all her love to. Even if she's always not the first option. But what will happen when the day comes that she realizes? There's no hope for both of them? Is leaving him really for the best? Raindrops of Astalièr - Tonjuarez Series IV She fell first, he fell harder trope raindropsandstar

[UNEDITED] Lyra's supposed to be lavish life turned into a painful and traumatic one. As she tries to regain her life from the darkness of her past, the love she found in Cian gave her hope. But would the comfort she lives now, enough to fill the desolated part of her heart? Ray of light in Paradise - Tonjuarez Series III He fell first, he fell harder trope raindropsandstar