After her work contract expires as an elevator operator, Lucinda Hernandez is already fixed to leave Salvatore Enterprises Holding Inc. Everything is set and planned to the last detail. She will vanish and live quietly in Romblon as a stranger. It will also serve as a hideout from the people who are hunting her down from a case involving the death of her grandmother, whom she had killed. Love has never been part of her plan. It's always the scenery of being free from her past. But no matter how toxic, arrogant, and snobbish the Chairman of the Salvatore Enterprises Holding Inc,... love wins against everything of her, and it chose her at the moment to get played with. Nanaig ang pag-ibig sa kung paano pinapakalma ng usok ng sigarilyo ang bawat paghinga niya, at sa kung paano pinapainit ang katawan niya ng alak. Lalo na sa kung paano siya nakakalipad sa ulap sa tuwing dumadaloy ang droga sa kanyang katawan... para makalimutan ang kasalanan niya sa nakaraan. Loving the Chairman was more than a feeling to that kind of love she once trusted but failed her. But unlike before, she sees from the beginning ... the red flag and the consequences of it all once her past is exposed. She's loving a man who will be in the end... either put her in jail again, or make her live on that island... never sober... but this time it won't be about the past... it would be all about him. _________ Comic Artist: Jean Cunningham (@forkingpen) Editor: MSan

"I married him knowing he loved someone else. I married him knowing I'd get hurt." Lorelaine has been in love with the same man since she was fifteen. He has done nothing but break her heart, yet she chose to bind herself to him for life. She believes that love is patient, that love conquers all, and that one day, he will love her back. But as the cycle of hurt continues, Lorelaine must face the ultimate question. Is her love a bridge to a future together, or a path to her own destruction?

Iñigo Soledad de Merced is the most loved and admired among all the Soledad de Merced with his kindest smile and gentle soul, he could easily charm his way into anyone's heart if he wanted to. Confessions, gifts, and letters of declaration of love from his admirers were something he was used to having from the moment he was old enough to understand. He could have hundreds of admirers and receive thousands of love letters... Yet none of those would matter-not because he's arrogant and proud, but because Iñigo's heart already belongs to someone else. An anonymous girl named Ellie. One chain of emails. Thousands of exchanged messages. Four years of searching. And he finally found her... Elleriene Velasco-the only girl who made his heart skip a beat, and the only woman he ever loved. But there was only one problem. Iñigo was fooled. The Ellie of his dreams wasn't Elleriene Velasco... rather, it was Jordan Reverie, his brother's best friend and the woman who stole his first kiss. But time had already passed, and wounds had already healed, without even knowing, he had already lost his dream... his reverie. Iñigo lost her. He lost Jordan Reverie.

Kio Soledad de Merced always kept his life quiet and private. He never wanted anything flashy and grand. Attention and spotlight were the two things he never wanted to have. Calm and easy, that's how he preferred his life. Shiloh Lumiere Bendia's life was far from what he wanted, she was born for the spotlight. Living under the scrutinizing eyes of the world, Lumiere's life consists of cameras and flashes following her whenever she moves. The world gravitates around her, and everyone who sees her is drawn to her light, including him. The moment he saw her on that stage with the spotlight shining on her, he knew he would spend his whole life admiring her from afar. But with the twist of fate and a little luck, his fate might have changed. A secret moment. A lingering stare. Quick stolen moments behind the camera that no one knows about. But to what extent can they sacrifice for a losing battle they knew they would never win? To love is to risk. To risk requires courage and courage is only found in places we're too scared to take. ---- Date Started: March 2025 Date Finished: June 15, 2025

Elara Soledad de Merced thrives in attention and affection-being the youngest and only daughter, never once did she experience being set aside and treated as someone deemed unworthy. All her life, she was treated with utmost care and love. The princess with a perfect life who had never gone through hardship. Boys dream of her. Girls look up to her. Some hate her. Whatever she does, everyone follows. Second to none, rejection was something she was never familiar with, until him-her first love and the only man who ever rejected her. But not even her first rejection could stop her, so she pulls out her highest heels and her sparkly little dress, because what Elara wants, Elara gets. Luis Silvino Prodigalidad is what she wants, and she will get him, even if it means painting his hurricane into pink skies.

He is her human trophy. Carlyn doesn't care what anyone thinks of her, as long as she has Jordan Moises Herrera, her sensible and almost perfect boyfriend from the Science Class. But when she started falling for him for real, Jordan suddenly realized that he was too good for someone like her. South Boys #2 JFSTORIES

Cana Aleyna Delafuente, "the ignorant girl" of the Delafuente clan who has a childlike and sweet personality hooked herself from someone she doesn't even know too well. She used South Buenaventura in order to let her out. Ang alam ng lahat ay may namumuong relasyon sa kanila kahit ang totoo ay ginagamit niya lamang itong panakip-butas sa kanyang kilos para makita ang tunay niyang gusto. Her innocence will bait her into a situation that will change her.

SPG | R-18

Her eyes screams innocence. Her heart is the purest while mine is stained. She's my fucking daylight but I was her rain. But tables have turned. Ang sakit niya palang mahalin. Pero siya ang pinakamatamis na sakit na araw araw kong pipiliin. - Zacharious Rio. Not your typical tinaguan ng anak na story.

"Masama ba ako kung hihilingin kong may sakit ka lagi?" -Luna Yshia She, with a heart full of affection, had secretly admired him from afar. He, on the other hand, was entangled in the arms of another, oblivious to the connection fate had plotted for him. As the threads of their lives drew them closer, they stood at the precipice of a journey that would challenge their hearts and convictions. A balance between what is expected and what beats fervently in their hearts. In the dance of love and duty, who will emerge as the orchestrator of their destiny?