PUBLISHED UNDER LIB Note: If you're not into flawed characters who make wrong decisions, don't read this. Save yourself from stress. Started: 10/07/2020 Ended: 11/18/2020 Elora Chin Valencia grew up in a toxic Christian family where she was viewed as the black sheep. Araw-araw ay ipinaparamdam sa kanya ng mundo na wala siyang lugar sa sarili niyang tahanan. She was a consistent dean's lister and an obedient daughter, which left her wondering what she had done so wrong to be disregarded as a speck of dust in the wind. They made her feel like she was just dirt, filling up the empty space. The one who would never have her own safe place. Feeling all of this contributed to her endless suicidal ideations. Baka nga tama sila. Baka nga wala siyang halaga at kailanman ay hindi na sasaya. She almost believed that. She almost held onto that notion. Not until she met the man in his BS Civil Engineering uniform and gorgeous grin, Troy Jefferson Dela Paz. He kissed her forehead, and her loud thoughts were silenced. Her demons calmed down. Her foes were defeated. For the first time in her life, she had proven her family wrong---a happy Elora Chin was possible. She was loved and well-taken care of. Troy embraced her sharp parts, not minding the wounds he might get. But fate had a lot of cruel things in store for her. Because when she thought she had reached the peak of happiness, she found myself drowning alone in the ocean she now called home, alone in her shame, alone with the waves she couldn't tame.

Phia spent years trying to outrun a love that once felt too certain, carrying a secret she vowed to protect. Riley spent those same years chasing what he lost, never knowing a piece of his heart was growing up without him. What began as young love turned into a story written in distance, in missed chances, and in the quiet bond of a child who unknowingly tied them together. When the chase finally ends, who will be the hunter or the hunted?

Quinnzel grew up believing she was unwanted, a name erased from a family that never claimed her. Now a successful model, she returns home to face the truth she's spent years running from. Primo, a man tied to her past more than she realizes, never expected her to walk back into his life. In a web of secrets, betrayal, and unspoken history, two people find themselves entangled between love and the ghosts that made them who they are. Some truths can break you. Others can set you free.

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After a "failed" mission that she had and being disappointed by herself, Ada Dominguez took the "punishment assignment" that no agents were willing to take. Staying in Las Palmas sounds like a good plan to redeem herself or maybe realize that she's really not up for the job and she should quit and go back to her parents and just accept how disappointed they will be at her. Everything was fine and she was laser-focused on making the most of it, she was prepared to leave already but to her surprise, the conceited and annoying Conrad Diaz is coming with her to join her with her assignment. Pissed and displeased, she has no choice but to be nice to him even though she couldn't stand the sight of him. And she couldn't help but to think: Was the assignment really the punishment, or being with Conrad who had been a pain in her ass ever since she stepped a foot in Praesidium? Can this assignment finally make them be on good terms or it will just make it worse?

Alecsandra Rei Dela Cruz wanted to prove herself to her father that she can also be a reliable person and she's as good as her brother when it comes to providing services and securities to the rich. She wanted him to be proud of her, too. She got the opportunity to do it when she finally got her assignment, and that is to guard the President's son, Nathaniel Araneta. The job was easy, she's trained to do it. What's hard was to get along with the snobbish man she's guarding and hearing his side commentaries while she's doing her job. She thought she could endure it all and just let him be an ass like he's used to, but after he got drunk and something happened to them, and he began taking care of her, it felt like she's up for a more challenging assignment-the one that is the ultimate rule of their organization. That is not to fall in love with the client. Will she be able to stop herself from falling and uphold their organization's principles or fall in love with the one who made her feel most alive?

After losing her bodyguard-boyfriend during an ambush, Maddison decided never to agree to having a bodyguard again. She didn't want any more lives to be sacrificed on her account. The pain and guilt of what happened haunted her, and she still blamed herself for the lives lost that night. But with threats continuing to come, her parents decided to strike a deal with her. She wouldn't have multiple security personnel like she used to; instead, she would have only one who would be with her at all times. Left with no choice, she agreed but secretly planned to do everything she could to make that person quit and leave her alone. She thought it would be easy, but when she met Duke Dela Cruz, making him leave seemed to become the hardest thing she'd ever do. The conceited and annoying bodyguard, who swore to protect her with his life, refused to leave no matter how hard she tried to piss him off-even seducing him! But even with the annoyance she felt towards him, love found its way to come between them. Would she let him sacrifice his life, too, just to ensure her safety? Could she endure the pain again if she ever lost him as well?

Tumili silang lahat nang sabay sabay naming nakita sa bulletin board ang pangalan ko. Samantalang unti-unti namang napawo ang ngiti ko habang tinitingnan ang listahan ng mga may pinakamalaking QPI. I was sure I did so well. It isn't a question if I made the list or not because I know I will always make it. Kaya nga nakangiti na ako kanina pa dahil siguradong sigurado ako. Kaso ngayon...nawalan na nang tuluyan ang ngiti ko. Because I know that I do not hold the top spot of the dean's list, and to me...this is the worst.

Yvonne Maica Lim is an aspiring UAAP court side reporter for UST, she was so close to getting her football player crush after plotting on him for almost a year...but everything fell apart when she had to fake date the infamous star basketball player of the UST Growling Tigers instead. Book cover by cottonbro studio in pexels

You can read this as a standalone story! WARNING: If your humor doesn't match with the characters' humor in this story, please quit reading immediately! Darkkon is not the typical cold male lead! Thank you! ... Sartori #4 "Darkkon. . . got aroused for me." Darkkon, the eldest of them four. Protective. Manipulative. Addictive. Aggressive. Possessive. Obsessive. His beast got aroused and became a psychotic stalker the moment he saw her, touched her skin, heard her voice, smell her scent, and even tasted her. Everything about her got him desperate to make her his even if it means his downfall. . . . Mature Content Warning: R18+