WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023 Stuck in the never-ending responsibilities as one of the breadwinners of the family, Calisse Abigail Guillermo, an Iska from UP Manila, seeks to find true comfort between drinking and smoking. But she never does. Her desire to find consolation in everything is not found within the consumption of toxins. When she meets fellow smoker Chance Luy, a UP med student, in the bustling street of Pedro Gil, she thanks the heavens for a chance to meet him. Chance is your worn-out med student who is stingy. As they ponder about life, would they find solace as they share a moment of smoke?

Regret, guilt and fear are embracing her soul. Throughout the years that has passed, Linette Afia is still chained to the past of the unforgettable tragedy. But despite the burden and heavy feeling, she does not want to find the key to the lock of the chain. She thinks that it is alright not to set herself free; that it is okay to keep pointing the blame on her. She believes that to suffer is what she truly deserves in order to pay for her sins. However, as she tries to live the new life she has, she discovers a mystery about the tragic past that she can not leave untouch. From then on, she starts to find and learn the answer, piece-by-piece, like a puzzle until the picture is finally complete and the truth is revealed.

Zetty Mondejar loves risking her life. Will she be able to risk anything for the man of her life?

Sandi Hinolan is loved and adored by all. Will the man of her life be able to love and adore her?

MJ Osmeña can get whatever she likes. Will she be able to get the man of her life?

Ayla Encarquez is a nobody. Can she be a somebody to the man of her life?

The S #1 Hindi ako santa. I'm not nice on a daily basis. I've done things that conservatives and prudes will frown upon. I've got vices and guilty pleasures. I've done things that good and obedient students wouldn't. I've done the worse thing that you could do to a friend. Yeah, people will say I'm bad, but I don't care though. I'm every bad thing... And he's the complete opposite of me. He's an achiever, he's nice and patient, he's prim and proper, he's all things that are good. Me? I'm bad for him. I will only drag him down. That's what they say.... But will I care this time, though?

"I thought life was dark, but it turned out to be even darker." After years of suffering torment and abuse, Amira ends up in the home of Minerva Harden, a single mother of twin boys living in the countryside. The Hardens are not a perfect family, but it is the most comfortable place she has ever been. Over time, she slowly embraces her life again as she starts to feel affection for them. However, that comes with the strong fear that once they discover the truth about her, she may lose them or, worse, they may change the way they see her. To stay and dare to see if love is enough to keep them or leave and save herself from devastation, Amira has to decide which path to take, for it is only a matter of time before her secrets start to surface.

Mia Mills is an aspiring singer with a painful past. Jarren Reyes is a known song writer with a broken heart. When two lonely souls met, they start to create a broken melody.

[PUBLISHED UNDER LIB] #3. "If I won't have you then might as well kill me, attorney."