."Get out." Those two words destroyed everything. Jay Mariano spent months loving a husband who never chose her. Mark Keifer Watson spent months taking her for granted. Until one day, he threw her away. But when his perfect world begins to crumble and everyone turns their backs on him, the only person who can save him is the woman he left behind. The problem? She no longer belongs to him. 🩹✨

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑰 𝑪𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 Mark Keifer Watson and Jasper Jean Mariano have been enemies since childhood. Unfortunately, their parents never got the memo. While Jay and Keifer spent years arguing, competing, and driving each other insane, their families spent those same years planning their future wedding. Jay wanted freedom. Keifer wanted peace. Neither got what they wanted. At twenty-five, Jay finds herself working as a secretary at Watson Group, determined to prove she can succeed without her family's name. The problem? Her boss is Mark Keifer Watson. Twenty-eight years old. CEO. Arrogatingly handsome. Completely unbearable. At least according to Jay. According to Keifer, Jay is a walking disaster who somehow turns every workday into a headache. She steals his phone. He gives her extra work. She argues. He argues harder. She threatens to quit. He tells her to leave. Neither means it. When their parents catch them in a suspicious situation and immediately start planning a wedding, things only become more chaotic. Now forced to work together while pretending they don't care about each other, Jay and Keifer find themselves caught between old rivalries, family expectations, and feelings neither of them wants to admit. Because sometimes the person who knows exactly how to annoy you... Is also the person who knows your heart best. And sometimes, the secretary you should fire... Becomes the one person you can never let go. ✦ Childhood Enemies ✦ CEO × Secretary ✦ Forced Proximity ✦ Family Arranged Marriage ✦ Office Romance ✦ Slow Burn ✦ Comedy & Chaos ✦ "Tss..." Keifer Watson ✦ Sharp-Mouthed Jay Mariano

HOW TO FLIRT WITH A CRIMINAL🍷✨ What happens when the country's most wanted criminal keeps escaping... ...and the detective chasing her can't stop flirting? What if every rooftop chase ends with stolen smiles instead of arrests? What if the criminal you've sworn to catch is the only person who makes your heart race? And what if... the woman you've been shamelessly flirting with for months... turns out to be your senior officer? Oops. Will Detective Mark Keifer Watson finally arrest the mysterious thief known as Phantom? Or will Phantom steal the only thing she never planned to... his heart? One detective. One criminal. A thousand chases. Zero professional boundaries. So... How exactly do you flirt with a criminal without falling in love first?

No one survives working under Mark Keifer Watson. The youngest billionaire CEO. Cold. Untouchable. Feared by employees. Admired by investors. Chased by women. He has one rule. Don't waste his time. Then Jasper Jean "JayJay" Mariano walks into Watson Group... ...and accidentally slaps the CEO on her first day. She expects to be fired before lunch. Instead, she gets assigned to work directly under him. Now the entire company is waiting for the day she packs her desk. One problem. She never does. Because somehow... The loudest employee in the building becomes the only person who isn't afraid of him. She talks too much. Laughs too loudly. Asks questions no sane person would ask. Turns every serious moment into absolute chaos. And slowly... The man who built an empire in silence begins to notice the noise. But that's not the strange part. The strange part is what happens outside the office. An anonymous account always seems to know exactly when Jay is having a bad day. Someone remembers every tiny thing she casually mentions... ...from her favorite coffee order to the books she secretly loves. Coincidence? Maybe. Or maybe someone has been paying far more attention than they should. Meanwhile, Keifer starts doing things that make absolutely no sense. He stays awake at ridiculous hours. He learns things he never cared about. He starts noticing details no CEO should have time to notice. Even his best friend begins asking one question- "What exactly is wrong with you?" Keifer doesn't have an answer. Jay certainly doesn't. But the office has already started placing bets. Because when the coldest CEO in the country begins acting strangely... Someone is bound to lose their mind. The only mystery is- Who falls first? And who's the real... Gagong Baliw? 😽✨

If one is fire, the other is gasoline. Jasper Jean Mariano is savage, fearless, and the only girl who can make grown men step back. Keifer Watson is possessive, powerful, and the king of the university. Childhood rivals. Future business heirs. Forced roommates. They hate each other. They flirt like they don't. They deny everything. But when an anonymous message plants the seed of betrayal between them, trust collapses. Now they're enemies again. Except this time... it hurts. With jealous rivals, powerful families, gang threats, hackers, secrets, and an empire-level marriage plan hanging over their heads- Who will break first? Because in this war of pride and passion... Losing might mean falling.

Jay is chaos wrapped in sunshine-fearless, loud, always smiling. She talks too much, laughs too freely, and somehow carries everyone else's problems as if they were her own. No one ever notices how tired she is, because she never stops shining. Keifer has everything people dream of-wealth, looks, respect. But after a teenage heartbreak, he stopped believing in love. Surrounded by admirers, he remains distant, untouched, and emotionally closed off. When college throws them into the same class, they become rivals-her chaos clashing with his calm. Somewhere between arguments and stolen glances, Keifer starts falling for the girl who treats him like just another person. Fate intervenes when an old promise between their mothers forces them into an arranged marriage. They agree to live under the same roof, share the same room, but never share their hearts. No love. No expectations. Just a deal. But living together changes everything. As walls slowly crumble and feelings grow, a misunderstanding pulls them apart. Jay chooses silence over explanation, believing her pain only destroys the people she loves. Keifer, convinced he has failed at love again, begins to break. When the truth behind Jay's constant smile finally comes to light, both must decide-run from love once more, or choose it despite the fear. This is a story about a girl who smiled through pain, a boy who forgot how to feel, and a love that was never planned-but stayed anyway.