Hope Del Rico had pledged to earn her adoptive parents' pride and avoid any actions that might make them second-guess adopting her. However, when she discovered a note claiming to be from her biological father, it set off a chain of events that could disappoint her parents From expressing her desire to uncover the sender of the notes to encountering a man who bore a striking resemblance to her cousins, Hope noticed Del Rico's distinct genetic traits mirrored in this man's appearance, despite his starkly different demeanor. Meeting him left her feeling perplexed, especially now that she's head over heels for him. With the truth about his existence looming, Hope finds herself with no choice but to depart, carrying a love she believes is forbidden-a love that blossomed when she crashed into him.

Hollis Ilaria De Guia struggles to find love and acceptance as an illegitimate daughter, but when she's forced into marriage with Tross Ashiel Del Rico, she faces the ultimate test of whether love will mend her broken heart or if the secrets of her birth will shatter her forever. *** On the day Hollis turns eighteen, her life is sealed with a signature she never signed. Her father arranges her marriage to Tross Ashiel Del Rico-the son of a powerful family who despises the very idea of her. Blamed for being born to a woman her father never loved. Hated by half-brothers who wish she didn't exist. Rejected by a husband bound to her only by duty. Hollis has carried the weight of sins that were never hers, enduring a lifetime of pain and accusations she could never escape. But as she enters a marriage built on resentment, Hollis must choose: will she live as the scapegoat of her family's lies or dare to claim a destiny of her own? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

You can read this as a standalone story! Cavanaugh #3 Kaleidoscope is a marine archeologist and a wreck diver. The unbothered, expressionless, and boyish girl with monolid eyes, short jet-black hair and skin of milky white. She has this personality characterizing boredom and emptiness. With just one blank stare from her, all girls would sway and boys would swoon. After all she have to go through with the rough waves of her life, she have controlled not to show emotions.

You can read this as a standalone story! Cavanaugh #2 Holy, a young soft woman who have erotophobia. Fear of sex. Just like her name, she have these angelic looks, soft-spoken in a way that she would always stutter, and timid. She have been suffering from traumas and anxieties she got from her toxic parents who have both passed away years ago. And the only way she knows to overcome the phobia is to face it.

"Akin ka. Akin ka lang. Aking akin. Mine, mine, mine." "F*ck! Look at me angel. Please, look at me." "Say it my angel. Say it that you're mine. Mine alone." "Say it or I will destroy your friends." "O-oo, sayo lang ako." ------------------------------

Anna is just a simple college girl. But, she started feeling this ominous aura around her. Unknown to her the secrets of her past and the conflicts in the dark.