This work of fiction may include potentially disturbing readings, scenes and discussions around topics such as self-harm, physical violence, emotionally triggering materials, death and suicide. Please engage in self-care as you read this work. Names, characters, business, events and incidents are the products of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Project M #ProjectM1 31/12/17

World-renowned chef Thorn Calderon is already prepared to be single for the rest of his life. But plans change when his parents set him up through an arranged marriage with Cassia Wisper...the girl who believes he's gay. ****** Thorn Calderon believes that he would never find the right woman for him...not until his parents suddenly tell him to tie the knot with someone he doesn't know. At his age, he just doesn't care anymore. As long as the marriage doesn't interfere with him and his restaurant - the love of his life - then he wouldn't mind obeying them. But just when he's intent to live by the motto 'Happy wife means happy life', sweet and innocent Cassia Wisper drops a ludicrous bomb that renders him speechless. She only agreed to the marriage because she believes that Thorn bats for the other team. Determined to make their marriage work, can Thorn really do everything to make his wife happy - even if it means he has to pretend he's gay? Disclaimer: This story is written in Tagalog and English. CONTENT WARNING: This story has mature scenes which are not suitable for young readers. Cover Design by Regina Dionela

Carter Altaraza is lethal, skilled, and ruthless on the battlefield. But after the war, there are no warriors--there are only survivors. And then Alandra Grande teaches him how to live. *** Carter thought he'd outlived the war, but the war outlived him instead. Regret and guilt from the death of his friend and fellow soldier made his life meaningless, and he suffers through the pain that carries him through his days. One night during training in Sydney, Carter ends up in rumpled sheets with a mysterious woman-a woman he meets again years later back in the Philippines. What happens when she shows him that he can also survive from a battle within himself? Can Carter recover from suffering and bearing his battle scars? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Regina Dionela CONTENT WARNING: This story has mature scenes which are not suitable for young readers.

Catherine Reyes, a simple girl, has secretly loved a guy since their college days. Years later, they reunite and enter into an agreement that leads to a guilty pleasure. *** Catherine despises her childhood neighbor. In college, she falls in love at first sight with a classmate after borrowing his pen, but she never admits her feelings to him. Little does she know, he is Lucio Palermo, the boy she once disliked. Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish, a combination of Tagalog & English. Cover Design by Louise De Ramos

Paano kung hindi ka na makontento sa kung ano ang mayroon kayo? You want something more. Paano kung ang isang bagay na sa simula ay simple lang ay nagsisimula ng maging komplikado? You want something different. Paano kung iba na ang nararamdaman mo para sa kanya pero pareho pa rin ang turing niya sa'yo? You want something real. What if you're just a girl he fucks, but he's the boy you love?

Fix marriage Highest rank #7

18+ advised.

Men are trash--at least that's what Anne believes. But what if this photographer finds herself inexplicably attracted to an obnoxious womanizer who's only supposed to be the subject of her photo exhibit? Can she stick with her views, or will she break her own rule to risk things with him? *** Twenty-six-year-old Anne Alba is a photographer struggling with her career--and she hates men. For her, men are all trash, and it's her golden rule to never engage with them if she can help it. So, when her art director suggested a hack to get her career going--to have a photo exhibit with a male model--she finds herself opposing it. But what Anne didn't expect is that she will find herself inexplicably attracted to the model, Trent DiMarco, an obnoxious womanizer whom she met on the wrong foot. When Trent makes a mistake that requires her forgiveness, she finds herself fantasizing about him... and his punishment. Despite the odds, can she continue to be a man hater? Or will Anne finally take the risk of breaking her own rule? *** Disclaimer: This ONGOING story is in Taglish Cover design: Astrid Jaydee

an epistolary (completed)

"Sometimes, rebelling's the way to get the attention you wanted. But in my case, trouble's really on my side even I wasn't in favor of it." As a punishment for the mess she made, Persian Audrey Valderama, a spoiled brat slash playgirl, was forced to spend her vacation at her cousin's house. There she met Zirdy Ivan Reistre, an NGSB, studious, principled guy who was the opposite of her. They definitely don't get along, yet despite their differences in life, they eventually developed romantic feelings for each other. Obstacles will inevitably arise to test their foundation, but being in love, they chose to stick together through good and bad times. And after years of tantalizing, she's finally found what she's been desiring all along... and it's him. Started: January 05, 2021 Finished: May 21, 2021