Fake relationship • devoid of any real love or emotional connection. ___________ A little cliché, maybe, but not your usual love story. Ever heard of fake relationships? In the business world, they're basically a necessity. McKendall and Winter were forced into one-not for fun, not for romance, but to clean up a business mess. Rules were simple: pretend, live together, and act like the perfect couple. Sounds easy? Not for them. They didn't like each other. In fact, they could barely stand each other. But did they have a choice? Nope. They had to play along. And then... chaos happened. Months of teasing, arguing, and driving each other absolutely insane slowly turned into something else. Something unexpected. Something messy. Something that maybe, just maybe, neither of them wanted to admit. It was confusing. Painful. And hilarious at times. But somehow, it became beautiful. "I am living with her."

𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙵𝚇𝚂𝚃𝚄𝙳 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝚁𝚈 𝚂𝙰𝙿𝙿𝙷𝙸𝙲 𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴- 𝚆𝚁𝙸𝚃𝚃𝙴𝙽 𝙸𝙽 𝚃𝙰𝙶𝙻𝙸𝚂𝙷 Klouie Erin Angeles is a psychology graduate who didn't know what to do with her life after her college days. Was forced to move to Alca Penguña City and still undecided what to do, she enrolled herself in law school for the thought that this profession would make her suffer more to distract herself. At the thought of her journey, she began to develop anger issues and hated the world, even herself. A damaged person trying to amuse herself from her own destruction. Lexy Ethyllaine Galician is an adjunct law professor; an abrasive and intimidating presence who has risen to the top of the legal world despite her tumultuous name. Her ambition and drive to succeed are unmatched, but beneath the surface lies an individual struggling to addressed her own mistakes. She is a woman full of contradictions - a damaged soul looking for a way out of her own downfall. Two people, previously full of bitterness, unexpectedly stumbled upon each other and forged an amusing bond. They blazed a new trail of love, but as the intensity of their feelings grew, would they continue to pour each other's broken souls with love when it bonds to leave them drained? Date Started: August 17, 2022 Date Ended: July 1, 2023 Status: Completed [R-18]

"I'll make you scream in pleasure until you realize that I am way more better than him. I will take you on my bed and I would definitely punish you for making me lose my damn mind. . . I miss your touch, babe. I miss your hands roaming around my body."

For love, would you play the role of the hero or the villain? An unmasked serial murderer is on the run, and killings are taking place all over the country. What a bad moment for a girl named Skylar Millie Parker to return home after four years in Canada, quitting a well-paid job. Unexpectedly, something happened on her way home when she met someone who would eventually lead her to an even better job opportunity from a prestigious family. Skylar accepted it without having a hint of the bigger trouble that would appear in her life in the form of a person; a woman named Hera Cythera Arentsvelt. The stories about Cythera intrigued her, even without personally seeing the infamous head of the family as she's always locked in her room. Quiet and mysterious, hauntingly playing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. But then the time finally came, and something unexplainable changed inside Skylar the moment she saw the woman behind that name... "I remember vividly the first time I laid my eyes on you. You were wearing your purple robe with the same color as your eyes. I suddenly felt like everything around me had stopped, and you were the only one moving. Slowly taking the steps down the grand stairs. It felt like my breath got stuck in my throat, my heart pumping more blood than it should, and my head whispered to my ear...she looks ethereal." Ngunit ano nga bang malaking gulo na dala ng dalaga sa buhay ni Sky? At ano ang katakot takot na sikreto nito ang siyang tuluyang magpapabago sa buhay niya at sa mga tao sa paligid niya? Worse than that, it looks like Cythera knows something about the infamous serial killer in town... But is she the killer? Anong kaya mong isugal para protektahan ang taong pinaka importante para sayo? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish (Tagalog-English)

~ COMPLETED ~ Side Story 5 of Sweet Surrender 🦋 Republished date: August 2023 ALL RIGHT RESERVED 2023

Sandejas Legacy #3: Chaining Lockets Sandejas Legacy continues... "He's still chained like a locket, not to me...but in someone else's neck." Crest Veronica Sandejas is the high-maintenance fashionista heiress of Atty. Iñigo Sandejas. The ultimate kikay of the century, she loves shopping, glittery things, booze, and parties. She believes in living her life to the fullest because she can only have it once. She loves spending money; she loves hanging out with friends and partying all night that her father could already imagine white strands of hair on his head. She's a happy-go-lucky woman, but behind those smiles lies the loneliest woman you'll ever meet. Crest was living the life until she met that man with seductive gray eyes and a strict, cold face, Lt. Lorcan Keith Dmitrov, the man who would turn her life upside down. She thought it was the start of her own happy ending, but soon realized she was not in a fairytale with rainbows and butterflies. Instead, they're in a dark fantasy, scary and twisted. When the secrets from their past start unraveling and monsters start chasing them, what if the ends of the links locking them met? Will they be able to free themselves from the chains tied to them?

Gio Kazer Sanreal is the known CEO of the third largest and most successful corporation across Asia, the Sanreal Corporation. He is one of the youngest bachelors of his time at the age of 25. Papaano tatakasan ng isang Anica Denise Salazar ang kagaya ni Gio na ipinagpipilitan na sya ang nawawalang fiance nito? And how can Anica escape kung unti-unti na siyang nahuhulog sa lalaki? Kaya nya bang panindigang maging ibang tao para lang makasama ito? Will Gio's love with his past lover prevails over Anica? ----+++----- This story is published under Immac Publishing House. If interested to avail, please visit their FB page.

It takes Xantiel Vouganville a lot of logic and lies to hide who he is--until he has to protect Feuille. She's not running away from danger; she's after it. *** Xantiel Vouganville lives three lives--an engineer by day, a vigilante hacker by night, and a street vendor of genius inventions in between. But when his friend, Xildius, asks him to protect a girl named Feuille Guivellnova, Xantiel finds himself tangled in a mission more dangerous than any system he's ever cracked. Feuille isn't just a damsel in hiding. She's the co-founder of a secret website that exposes and hunts down predators. The more Xantiel watches her, the deeper he falls for her brilliance and secrets. But with every discovery, he realizes Feuille isn't running from danger. She's chasing it to save others. And when the hunters become the hunted, will Xantiel keep his promise to protect Feuille or follow her into the dark where love and death share the same code? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish.

[PUBLISHED under LIB] #1. "If pleading guilty means protecting you, I will."