Quietly living her life, an unexpected turn of Primrose' fate happened after she turned twenty-one -- she's bound to marry Elias, who happened to be her high school crush. Is it destiny or just...an arranged one?

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2016 was just another leap year, a blink in the passage of time. But for Avid and Chaya, it was the year the world finally went quiet. It was the year they stopped running. After the storms of pride, the echoing halls of law firms, and the suffocating weight of family needs and wants, they chose to settle in their own silent corner of the world. It wasn't a fairy tale. It was a life built on the jagged pieces of their past. 2016 became their sanctuary. Two souls building a life away from pain-a journey not of perfect love, but of profound acceptance. In a world that demanded they should be more, they finally learned that being together was enough.

Note: This was once entitled CURSED LOVE. - Kerarah Louisse Fajardo, a bookkeeper in her town's renowned bookstore, faces constant rejection from suitors who consider her old-fashioned. Her sister Aila's wedding is put on hold due to their father's rigid beliefs. He held the principle that the older sibling must marry before the younger one, an expectation that weighed heavily on Kerarah's younger sister, Aila, who was already engaged to the man his father wanted them to marry. Aila, being the younger, was expected to remain unmarried until Kerarah's marriage was settled. Cadu Thiago Cavalcante, an ex-convict with a tough demeanor, moves into the same building as Kerarah's family and falls for her instantly. After breaking up with his girlfriend, Jamaila, Cadu tries to communicate his feelings through written notes at the bookstore where Kerarah works, but she repeatedly overlooks them. In a bid to find a husband instantly, Kerarah secretly seeks a makeover from Jamaila. A misunderstanding leads to Jamaila attacking Kerarah, but Cadu intervenes and gets injured. Their encounter becomes public when a security guard misinterprets the situation, causing Kerarah's father, Klaus, to disown her. Kerarah's father decreed that she be treated as if she were dead, as punishment for the mistake she didn't intentionally made. - Kerarah Louise Fajardo and Cadu Thiago Cavalcante's story💞💕

One night. One mistake. One face he can't forget. Amora Mendoza is a quiet, top-ranking psych major at an international university in Canada, haunted by a single night she never meant to remember. He was beautiful, untouchable, and forbidden-Shine, the rising international model with over 2 million followers and a past as heavy as his name was loud. What was supposed to be just one reckless night turns into a storm neither of them saw coming. Because when Shine wakes up without a name, a number, or a trace of the girl who left him breathless, obsessed, and sleepless-he will do anything to find her. Even if it means digging through private accounts, crossing oceans, and reliving the pain he tried so hard to bury. Even if it means facing a girl who's running from him... and from herself. She thinks it was a mistake. He thinks it's fate. But when obsession begins to blur with love, how far is too far?

Jannah, a third-year college student, shoulders the weight of her life's burdens. Every day is a battle to balance her academic life with the emotional turmoil within. Then she is paired with Lucas, the university's star athlete who is also known for being a heartbreaker. Unexpectedly, she finds solace in him-a reckless escape from her troubled life. What begins as an academic partnership becomes something more: a relationship that's limited to physical intimacy.

You don't have all the time in the world. Iyon ang totoo. Blessed to have survived her fatal illness and learning more to live with it, Polka tries to begin a new life-more like her second life. But it's not that simple. Marami na ang nagbago sa kanya, sa paligid niya, at lalo na sa mga taong mahalaga sa kanya. She had come to terms with the outcome of the years and circumstances that have passed by, and make necessary adjustments as she continues to fight for life. At higit sa lahat, ang panindigan ang naging pasya niya sa nakaraan. With the gift of life she still has, she wants to make it as worthwhile as possible. She wants to devote it to family, friends, and something valuable. She does not have the luxury of time, kaya sisiguraduhin niyang wala siyang sasayangin. Ngunit saan na nga ba lulugar si Hamlet sa pagkakataong ito?-Wala na. It all ended almost four years ago. For her, tama na ang minsang nabigyan siya ng pagkakataon; napasin at minahal siya ng taong dati ay tinitingala lamang. Everybody moved on. Everything has changed. This time, all she wants is to get through the dark and cold nights.

Ham Montalba has always been so high gaya ng buwan sa gabing madilim at malamig-magandang pangarapin pero mahirap abutin. Polka is very much aware of that. Kaya gaano man katindi ang nararamdamang pagkagusto, tanggap niyang ang mapansin nito, and much more, ang magustuhan din siya, will only exist in her hopeless daydreams-pero hindi man lang ba siya susubok at magbabaka sakali? Na ipaalam dito na siya ay naghihintay at umaasang malalaman niya? Will she just stand and adore him from afar just like how she looks up to the moon in the night sky? Driven by her young heart and young love, Polka took the flight to Manila, leaving her hometown. Hindi man ngayon agad o bukas o sa susunod na mga bukas, baka balang araw mapagbibigyan din ang puso niya. Ngunit nang sa wakas ay mapalapit na dito, saka niya naman naramdaman ang napakalayong agwat sa pagitan nila, saka mas naging mahirap pangarapin ito, saka naging mas imposibleng mahalin din siya nito. Mali pala siya ng inakala. He is not just the moon, he is an entire galaxy she couldn't fathom. She can spend her entire life learning him, but still, will never be enough. Magpapatuloy pa ba siya kung halos balutin na ng lamig ang puso niya sa sakit at pagkabigo? He is just too cold-like a night so black and chilly that makes you shiver and hate the night.

'If we will be stuck in a remote island naked, nothing will even happen.' Those were Rosh's exact words to describe her relationship with Lucho. She's clearly not a fan of friends to lovers trope. They've been friends for five years yet her indignation towards him gets worse every day. It is past mending. She doesn't even know why she dislikes him, or how and where it all started, she just hates him. That's it. Until her 18th birthday came. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

THE LOSERS' CLUB SERIES #4 How does it feel to live with tons of what ifs and should-have-beens? Knowing that under different parameters, you could have worked it out. Knowing that if you only weathered the storm together, you could have built a home in each other's arms. Napakaraming sana--ganiyan ang naging takbo ng buhay ni Ysabelle Katana Montecer. Sana mayaman siya. Sana mas maganda. At sana may kapangyarihan siyang ibalik ang oras. If only she had listened to the little voice in her head, she could have been in a relationship with the only man who ever caught her attention--River Mattias Fuentabella. But it was too late for her. She was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. A heartbeat away from silence. Kahit ayaw niya, kailangan niyang tanggapin ang hatol ng tadhana. River would always be out of her reach. He was close, but not too close enough for her to hold. They could have happened. They could have been together. But sadly, they never were.