How do you survive a marriage you never wanted-when the person you're married to is becoming the one person you can't let go? Everyone at the university knows Christian Luke Fernandez-the Student Council Secretary, campus celebrity, and the boy who's never hidden the fact that he likes men. Confident, sharp-tongued, and impossible to control, Luke has spent his whole life refusing to be anyone but himself. Then an agreement made by their grandparents forces him into an arranged marriage with Prencess Kaidence Fontanilla-the Student Council Treasurer, his biggest headache, and the girl who stole his first kiss. To save her family's company, they marry. Luke hates it. He hates the contract. He hates the expectations. And most of all, he hates how Kaidence slowly finds her way past every wall he's built around himself. What if the woman he was never supposed to love is the only one he can't live without? They agreed to the marriage. The feelings were never part of the deal.

How do you walk away from a one-night mistake... when it leaves you with a forever? Everyone knows Sixto Silas Leon Andrada, the university's famous influencer, Architecture student, and the boy who's never hidden that he likes men. Everyone knows Laureen Ysabelle Salvacion, the volleyball captain who's as stubborn as she is beautiful. One night changes everything. One positive test changes even more. Now, the only thing more unexpected than becoming parents... is becoming each other's future.

How do you stop wanting someone when every touch feels so wrong-but so addictive? Everyone in the country knows Euno Andreis Rivera-the famous model with a pretty face, expensive style, and a life that always looked perfectly figured out. Ever since he was young, he never questioned who he was. He liked men, loved fashion, adored soft and feminine things, and carried himself with confidence no one could shake. Then he met Sancia Faith Louise Bautista-a stubborn but charming volleyball player who somehow made him lose control without even trying. She was never supposed to become his favorite mistake. But now, Euno can't stop craving the one woman he was never meant to want.

Giovandrei Lucian "Gio" Vandemar is Auxeria University's fashion prodigy, a graduating student whose name is already making waves in the fashion industry. An openly gay, outrageously confident, and known for his endless chatter and brutal honesty, his life revolves around runways, designer sketches, and men because in his own words, he would never choose a monay over a hotdog. Xynaya Elise "Naya" Sinclair, the shy engineering student and dance team leader, is the complete opposite. Quiet, soft-spoken, and always hiding behind her friends, she's easy to overlook until she steps onto a stage and transforms into a fearless performer capable of stealing every spotlight in the room. But when the campus social butterfly becomes captivated by the one girl who never tries to stand out, his carefully stitched certainties begin to unravel. The man who swore his heart only belonged to boys suddenly finds himself drawn to the quiet dancer who turns wild whenever the music starts. Is Gio's heart as untouchable as he claims, or will the girl he never saw coming become the one thing he can't design his way out of? What happens when the person who never wanted a love story finds himself starring in one? Third Book of Prism Series. Dual Point of View.

I Kissed A Girl Series #1| R-18 • Mature | Ongoing Julian Sage Gustavo falls too fast. Ava Laurice Alvior lets no one in. Best friends since senior high, their game of dares and teasing suddenly crosses a line-one night, one kiss, and the rules no longer apply. Jules has only ever loved men. Laurie drifts between boys and girls, never staying. Now, the "game" is full of wanting, touching, and choosing each other, but neither is ready for the truth. When hearts become a dare, who will win and who will fall?

Xael August Dune is gay and was known for creating flawless perfumes precise, elegant, and unforgettable. But for an important university competition, he had to create something his fragrances had always lacked: emotion. Then he met Brylee Sunwyn. She wore no perfume, yet something about her lingered in his senses. A scent he could not identify and a strange feeling he had never experienced with any other girl. Gay si Xael, kaya para sa kanya, curiosity lang iyon. Brylee was simply the perfect inspiration for his next fragrance. But the more he tried to capture her in a bottle, the harder it became to deny that he was no longer creating a perfume. He was creating a memory of her.

Elowen Maris thought Caelan was the kind of boy she had always wanted, sweet, thoughtful, and capable of saying exactly the right words. What she didn't know was that the messages she reread at night, the gifts that made her feel understood, and the romantic gestures that slowly won her heart were never truly Caelan's. They came from Yvain Corvelle, Caelan's openly gay best friend, who never liked Elowen and only agreed to help because he had no other choice. But when Elowen and Caelan finally start dating, she begins to notice that the boy beside her feels nothing like the person she fell for. And Yvain, who was only supposed to teach his best friend how to love her, realizes too late that he had been putting pieces of himself into every word. She fell for the right feelings, just from the wrong person.

Elian Han is openly gay and known for being strict, cold, and completely uninterested in girls. His peaceful life suddenly changes when his father decides to marry another woman without telling him that she has a daughter. Forced to leave America and return home, Elian finds himself living under the same roof as his new stepsister, Seraphina Montez. They are not related by blood, yet from the very beginning, she becomes the one person he cannot stand.

Kaelis Rhune is openly gay and known for rejecting people. Loudly. Always in front of others. "Thank you. But no." Polite and clean. BUT humiliating. Everyone hears it, everyone watches. And everyone knows, he's the one who decides who's worth it. Aveline has seen it too many times. Classmates,friends,even strangers. Confessing and hoping. Only to be dismissed like they meant nothing. Like they were never worth choosing. So one day she does something reckless. She confesses to him. In public. In front of the same people who always watch. He looks at her the same way he looks at everyone else. Calm,unbothered,ready. He parts his lips.. ready to say the same line. But before he can speak.. she smiles. Soft and certain. "Actually... never mind. You're not my type." And she walks away. For the first time Kaelis Rhune isn't the one who ended it.

"Love is just a word, until it happens to you." Harley Ecobiñez was a gay man who wanted to be a woman. He dreamed of it, and finally, it happened. But then, a strange thing happened. He started to regret it. He wished he could go back, be the man he was... knowing that his fate was to be with Devin Lamendez, forever. Old Title: The Shifting Sands S: 10.14.24 E: 01.02.25 R: 07.22.25 Re-P: 12.11.25 #1 redstrings