THE WATTY AWARDS 2021 WINNER: ROMANCE Due to an unexpected pregnancy, ex-lovers Ryo and Frankie are forced to live under the same roof. They can't stand each other but when the moments from their past are slowly catching up, their lingering feelings seem to be much stronger than they thought it would be. *** When Frankie Castañares broke up with Ryo Canencia, she is determined to move on and never meet him again. They are living well on their own with her working hard to be a magazine editor and him reaching his dream of becoming a professional basketball player. But with the news of Frankie being pregnant with Ryo's child, they've got no choice but to act civil and live under the same roof. They bicker over the simplest things and their situation couldn't get any easier than they ought to be. With them still hung up on their past, can they be brave enough to settle their differences and start all over again? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Illustration by 17aila_

"When you fall in love with an atypical guy who does not love you back and you try to move on, but no matter how much try, you just can't, will you do everything to make him love you back or will you do everything to forget him? I don't ever want to force someone to love me back, but I can't forget him either. He's not a bad boy. No way. Not in any way. He's just... a little bit awkward." - Tyrese Janelle Hao Dela Cruz

(Game Series # 6) Assia dela Serna's dream was to become a lawyer. Ever since she was little, she had dreamt of becoming one... But from a young age, she knew that her family wasn't financially capable of sending her to law school. Kaya naman bata pa lang siya, sinigurado niya na magiging maayos lahat ng grado niya. She made sure that everything in her transcript was perfect. She needed to get a full ride scholarship to the best law school in the country, St. Claire's Academy College of Law... But things do not always go according to plan. She didn't make it to SCA, but she made it to Brent. It wasn't the best school, but she met a lot of good people. She was happy. She felt like everything was going according to plan. She's gonna be a lawyer. She's gonna go home to her province and help the people in her town. Everything was great... until her last year in law school. That's when shit started to happen.

I've brought this back to Wattpad as a free and complete story because schools have assigned it as part of 21st Century Philippine Literature but HAVE NOT taken steps to give students a full copy. How will you write about a book you haven't read? How can teachers grade you if they don't have a copy of the book? Anyway, the book is here. I'll add a discussion about the book to this story, at the end. Hope you pass your subject and discover books you want to read and discuss! Critique is welcome! [November 2024] I've updated the cover! This new lovely cover for the Philippine print edition is by artsbyannz. === About the book: Zack and Jasmine never dated, but no one else knows that. That story started in college, because she was being a good friend, and he needed help with something. The friendship and affection that followed were very real, but the lie kept causing trouble. Years later, after a falling out and real relationships with other people, the lie resurfaces to bother Jasmine one more time--when Zack's exes ask her to stop him from marrying someone they think is totally wrong for him. She's the only one who can help him, they say, because she's his best friend. They also believe that Zack loved Jasmine the most--and maybe still does.

Tired of endlessly messaging his famous vlogger crush in hopes of getting noticed, Cholo Cervantes finally gives in and installs a dating app to find the right one for him. . .only to end up matching with the same woman he has a hopeless crush on, Sean Velasco. The Art of Kissing Back ynativity, 2020

For Boe, the most important thing in her life right now was fulfilling her promise. Those promises meant everything to her. From the moment she first saw him, she made it her mission to bring back his happiness and the person he used to be. She keeps trying, but what if, even after all this time, his heart is still guarded and he would never let her in? BOOK 2 OF 'DI SERIES Start: October 24, 2018 End: April 9, 2019

Ever since elementary school, Reign has admired Fabian Gatchalian from afar. For eleven years, she never found the courage to approach and introduce herself to him. So when she finally got his number, she started sending him motivational messages every morning and night when she couldn't sleep. Days of messaging Fabian turned into weeks, then months. She wanted to stop and give up, but one night, what if Fabian finally replied to her messages? BOOK 1 OF 'DI SERIES Start: July 31, 2018 End: October 23, 2018

She was always there, but he never once allowed their paths to cross with one another. She had always been that "number one fan" way before he made it big as a singer-songwriter. Eliseo Salvatierra never thought that one day, he'd find himself dedicating his songs to Mia Takahashi, his biggest fangirl and an online stranger. But the question is, will she forever support him in his milestones? Or will she forever stay as the girl... he never met? An epistolary. Cover edited by: @iamanneruth Art (c): @annaabolaart on Instagram

I kept a promise to a dying friend--that I'll have to lie to the love of her life that she's still alive and well to save him from pain, even if it meant taking her identity and making a fool out of him for days... or even months. I am Lauvien Hideo, and I am the one responding to Kylo Rios' messages for a lover he didn't know was already dead. An epistolary. Art (c): @annaabolaart on Instagram

Published under Summit - Pop! Fiction. Dirham series #2