[The Wattys 2025 Shortlist] ********** She spent twenty-four years preserving herself for one man-only for him to choose her best friend instead. Tomorrow, they would vow eternity to each other, while she remained nothing but a spectator to a love she had longed for. Desperate, she devised a plan, one final chance to make him hers. A single drop of aphrodisiac, a carefully orchestrated encounter-she would take what was meant to be hers. But fate had other plans. In the darkness of her deceit, she fell into the arms of the wrong man. A ruthless, merciless, and identical in every way except for the shadows that clung to him like a second skin. Her trickery had backfired, and now, she was at the mercy of a man whose hunger knew no bounds. He devoured her, claimed her, and became intoxicated by her taste, scent, and the desperate, helpless moans she never intended for him. She had set a trap, but it was she who had been ensnared. In her desperation, she had tasted her own poison. And he had found a new obsession. *********************************** Started: March 22, 2025 Ended: April 21, 2025 Revised: August 2, 2025

For Isabella Salvador, her beauty is a curse because it attracts the beast attention. The beast who will do anything to possess her even if it means to imprison her by his side.

Conrado Hunstman. Son of a mafia lord "Walang ibang lalaki ang aangkin ng katawan mo kundi ako lang! Tandaan mo iyan!" Mapanganib na banta mula sa binatang Hunstman. Ang binatang baliw at handang pumatay makuha lang ang walang kamuwang na dalaga. Ang binatang uhaw sa katawan at makamundong paghahangad. Ang binatang walang iba kundi ang nag-iisang anak ni Colorado Hunstman. Ang kinatatakutang drug lord sa Bansa. Erinmay Amares. A simple employee. "T-tama na paki usap, pagod na ako.." Sambit ng dalaga sa binatang umaangkin sa katawan niya. Ang dalagang hangad ay matulungan ang kapatid at ang pamilya niya sa pinansyal na pangangailangan. Ang probinsiyanang dalaga na kababaliwan ng anak ng isang drug lord. Pero paano kung ang inosenteng dalagang ito ang siyang magpapaamo sa binatang walang puso at walang kinatatakutan? Hunstman Series#:1 Conrado and Erinmay Started: 04-10-19 Ended: 08-09-19 MAYAMBAY

He was known to be the his brother's total opposite, if his older brother Dagis was cold in appearance, his was warm jolly, blah blah blah, name it. They marked him as the angelic brother.. or so they thought. Behind the kind and angelic handsome face.....there lies the savage ruthless man you don't ever want to mess with. After an incident that killed his parents, he became the two faced man. He is not the same person anymore. The unfeeling man was born. Anong mangyayari kapag nakilala niya ang isang babaeng gusto niyang magpabago sa kanya, ang ibalik ang dating siya? Pero paano kung ayaw nito sa kanya? Hindi yata pwede iyon.

He's a quiet man. His intelligence is one of his best assets. He's a doctor. They said he's the kindest among his friends... Think again. He may look kind, but he really isn't. He tried to stick to his kind nature , until he saw her...a woman...the first and ever person he ever wanted. He wanted to possess her, he will do everything.. Everything.. even if it means he will make her a criminal.

Can love truly change the past? #BSS4

Hellary Angeles was head over heels for her long-time crush, Neo. And her obsession with him reached the point where she moved to the school where he transferred. But that new school had a myth - if a student talked to the mysterious guy who was wearing a gray hoodie, he or she would become ominous with love. She never believed that, but her curiosity led her to that one cold night when she mistook someone else for that hoodie guy! And that someone else, Nazareth Sarmiego, stole a kiss from her! Para makabawi sa ginawa, sinabi ni Nazareth na tutulungan niyang mapalapit siya kay Neo. However, as they kept on trying and trying to attain her goal, she unexpectedly fell for Nazareth. But no matter how much warmth and solace his hoodie could give her amidst this chaotic world, she just couldn't be with him because it would only hurt her more.

For Ara Angeles, the plan is to live the simple, ordinary life she's been living in Batangas-to study hard and work harder to help her family. And Aivan Vinn Montemayor, the grandson of her boss, was not part of the plan, and falling in love with him...well, plans can change. Hearts don't. *** Ara Angeles and her family have been working at the Rancho De Monteyamor ever since she can remember, living a simple, ordinary life tending to horses and cows and sleeping on hay. She never imagined to be noticed by one of Don Gabriel's grandchildren, but she's certainly not complaining--not when Aivan is giving her the romantic fairytale she's always dreamt of having. The catch? He's already engaged to someone else. Will Ara get her happily ever after, or will Aivan remain an unreachable prince charming? DISCLAIMER: This story is written in Taglish. COVER DESIGN: Louise De Ramos

He's the well known Captain of the basketball team. A Captain who will do everything to win every game for he is bound to always win. A Captain who will strictly train his teammates to bring out their best. A Captain who can capture attention and hearts without even trying. He's undeniably hot and handsome, and damn that panty wrecking smile! It can tear numerous undergarments. A cold and heartless Captain who care less about others, until she came. An innocently beautiful student from other department captured his attention Her sparkling eyes, he can stare at those pair of eyes forever. Her perfectly pointed nose that suits her face. Damn those luscious lips! He can kiss her all day! He would love to bite, lick and suck without getting tired. Her body shouts perfection, even in her uniform, he was sure that behind of that thing is a pair of beautiful mounds which perfectly fit in his pair of rough hands. Her curves, how he love to trace his hands to those. Her back down to her sexy ass makes him want to grip that sexy ass. Her creamy legs, how he love to caress them and burry his face between those thighs and taste her sweetness! Her smile, he was always mesmerized with her smile Everything about her makes him unstable, hot and wild. Serena Villareal, an epitome of beauty, a beauty who admires by many but her beauty is for Declan Chase Carson only, just for that Captain and he will do everything to have her hh

Italian secret agent Vexen Bellucci ran away from her fiancé, adamantly refusing to marry him. She did not expect that escaping to the Philippines will lead her to a mysterious man named Death Ferrante--only to find out that he's in fact her fiancé's stepbrother and he's intent to punish her! *** Despite following all of her father's orders her whole life, Vexen Bellucci has decided on her bottom line--and that is marrying someone she didn't love. This made her run away to the Philippines, a country that her father would never think of as her hiding place. Just when she thought that she's finally having a shot at a peaceful life, then came Death Ferrante--a guy with mismatched eyes, who easily captured her heart. But with the truth hunting them down and their lives depending on a human chess game, will Vexen and Death ever get the happy ending that they are hoping for? Or will they continue living in chaos, just like from the start? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.