stay as friends or be more than friends? [E P I S T O L A R Y]

Syden Amaryllis only dreamed of three things in life: to find her parents, to have her own complete family and to be a doctor. Nabuhay ang pag-asa niyang iyon nang ampunin siya ng mga Costello at ibigay lahat ng bagay sa kaniya. She thought she was already accepted. She thought she's already a part of that world until she met Atticus Rhett Vasiliev, ang kaibigan ng kaniyang kapatid na si Boaz. Rhett always made her feel like she's nothing. Spitting unpleasant words on her and being cold to the point that she felt afraid of him. She wanted to stay away but fate brought them closer together when they were put up into an engagement that they cannot refused. With her soft and frightened heart on his cold one, will she be able to melt him? If she has nothing, what else could she prove?

Insecure, selfish, and coward. If Verbena Regencia will be asked how does she describe herself, those three words will be her answer. Alam niya sa sarili niya na ganoon ang magiging tingin ng tao sa kaniya kapag nalaman ng lahat ang mga ginawa niya noon. She was given a chance to leave her home and when she did, she did not dare to come back. The arrival of her brother and his best friends suddenly made her reminisce everything after almost three years of not coming home---Why she had to move away and why she had to stay away from her family for years, all those questions reminded her that she should avoid them. Verbena thought she did a good job at running away but when Crithos Fortuno, her brother's best friend, started pestering the peace out of her, she started losing patience. He was stubborn and acts like he knows everything that she knows. He was uncontrollable, like a playful beast. She ran away. He followed and chased her. Like the uncontrollable beast that he is, he caught and trapped her. The tables have turned and now, he controlled everything-made her fall in love with him. But is everything even real or was it just all a play? Paano kung kailangan niya ng sabihin ang lahat...handa na ba siya para roon? Handa na ba siyang mawala ang lahat sa kaniya?

SG President Adina Balmori was uptight and too formal. She grew up believing that she shouldn't settle for imperfections because she had an image to maintain. At a young age, a lot had been expected from her. Mula sa talento hanggang sa kakayahan ng utak. Until, she met Nile de Ayala, a Spanish transferee who's carefree, playful and wild. She knew he was trouble lalo na nang mag-alok ito ng isang proposisyon sa kaniya. She knew it was an impossible deal yet she was tempted. Dapat ay lumayo na siya sa una palang. Pero mas pinili niyang mapaso at makipaglaro sa laro ng tadhana dahil nandoon ang kasiyahang damang-dama niya at handa niyang ipagpalit sa lahat. But little did she know, there was an end to it.

For Zepporah Bevacque, family is important. Her family should be her top priority. Ginawa niya ang lahat para tanggapin siya, lalong-lalo na ng kaniyang ina. Ang gusto niya lang naman ay unahin din siya ng mga tao sa paligid niya gaya ng pag-una niya sa kanila. Ano bang mali sa kaniya? Bakit galit na galit pa rin ang kaniyang ina sa kaniya sa kabila ng mga nagawa niyang gusto nito? She never felt accepted, prioritized and loved until Eion Callaghan, the bassist of college band, Absinthe, came knocking on her cage. She felt freedom when she's with him. Wala siyang iniisip kung hindi ang sarili lang kapag kasama siya. Eion was like her escape from reality. Sa wakas ba ay makikita niya na ang hinahanap niyang pagtanggap at pagmamahal sa kabila ng gulo ng kaniyang buhay? Will she be able to free herself from everything? Will she finally comes first before anything else?

Nuraya just knew she had to give it all. Sa hirap ng buhay kailangan niya na lang talagang ibigay ang best niya para maatim lahat ng pangarap niya sa buhay. She had set all her goals into places but then he came and change everything. Hindi siya handa sa ganoong bagay. Nagulo ang naplano na niyang buhay dahil sa Filipino-Greek vocalist ng bandang Absinthe. He was the most gorgeous man her eyes ever laid on. His green eyes captured everything in her but she knew it needed to end there. Hindi siya dapat magpadala at magpahila sa bugso ng damdamin. But then she was swayed. All her principles were swayed by him...

Farah only wishes for two things in life-to be acknowledged by her father and to be noticed by the guy she secretly likes. But when things go haywire in her supposedly perfect life, she finds herself in the middle of a mess she can't seem to get out from. Can Farah fight her way through it all? *** Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, Farah Demitri Sastre has always liked the simplest things in life. She wants to take over their family's ceramic and pottery business and finally be with Rhys, the guy she continuously and secretly likes for the past eight years. As she tries to win her father's trust and her friend's heart, Farah encounters one problem after the other... making her perfect world crumble down into pieces. But as she tries to pick the pieces up, she unexpectedly digs a secret past that's been trying to tear her family down. Can Farah be strong enough to face her fears and protect her loved ones no matter what it takes? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. Cover Design by: Abilaine Isabelle

Eliza Velasquez is beyond belief to have Khairro Sanford - the man she once loved but has grown to hate - as her bodyguard. With them forced to spend more time together, can Eliza bury the feelings resurfacing in her heart? Or is there no choice but to surrender and fall the second time around? ****** Chief of Police Khairro Sanford is the epitome of perfection - as a handsome and rich gentleman, he technically has no worries to think of. However, his almost perfect life is rattled when he becomes the bodyguard of Eliza Velasquez, a girl who hates him to the core. Everything should have been strictly professional, but she's savage, confident, and independent... and Khairro's starting to like and hate her at the same time. With the undeniable attraction between them, can Khairro stop himself from falling for the girl who is off limits to him? Or will Eliza be a risk he's willing to take even if she will cost him his life? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish. CONTENT WARNING: This story has mature scenes which are not suitable for young readers. Cover Design by Rayne Mariano

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Blake Vitale was a mess. Alam niyang para siyang bomba na malapit nang sumabog. He can even hear the ticking of the clock in his head, the time bomb in his soul. Pero pilit siyang kumakapit, pilit siyang lumalaban para sa hustisya at para sa kakambal niya. Sa paglipas ng mga taon, normal na sa kaniya na wala siyang emosyon at wala siyang maramdaman. Day after day, he got broken and broken until there's nothing left of him. He plead for forgiveness. He plead for absolution and for remission of every sins he committed. But would his broken soul's plea be heard? Or would he lost his soul altogether? CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | P-18 COMPLETED Cover: Astrid Jaydee