Watty's 2018: The Contemporaries Winner! Sandejas Siblings Fourth Installment: Z I D N E Y "Those who won't dare to touch the thorns should never crave the rose..." Zidney Agnieszka Sandejas experienced every hard, bad things at a young age. Separated from her family and having lost her memories, it was really awful. Having her new identity and family, she never felt at ease. Being chased, being called crazy and a killer. Then one night changes everything, waking up in a facility and seeing the most beautiful man she'd ever seen since then, the man who has those curvy thin lips, tousled dark brown hair and dreamy midnight eyes. He's her hero, the man who took her out of the darkness. That man who gave her the light of new hope and love but what if the light from the torch that man has made suddenly went out? What if that darkness comes back, making the delicate rose bleed and hurt? Will someone be able to touch the rose despite the pain the thorns will give? Book 4 of 4

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#Wattys2018 Long Listed Zachariah Wray Morozov. Once you heard that name, everything that has anything to do with the sea and the ocean is what comes into your mind. Zachariah is known as the owner of ZH Incorporated which produces yachts, cruise ships and any equipment that has something to do with water. His world revolves around his business, his yachts, his friends and his games. He'd rather waste his time by playing games than to go out of his house. He's a self proclaimed home buddy. But not until this beautiful woman came barging into his yacht before he was able set sail to have a three months vacation in his haven, the sea. And not only did she came without any notice, well, she's not even invited! But the nerve of that woman to force him to believe her that they are married! That woman is crazy! I tell you! Pang mental na crazy! And he did tried stopping himself from being enthralled by her beauty. That beautiful face of hers is a freaking sin! He's actually looking for a suitable wife and a wife was suddenly delivered to him. How great. And his plan of watching her for a few days turned into watching her and knowing her motives for a day only. Damn! How can she be so open about her feelings for him and made him see that she's just in love with him for her to trick him like this? Since you're my wife now, then there's no going back. You are mine meelaya. Mine.

Zaccheus Wight Morozov is a good for nothing man. His world revolves around cars and car racing. He's not interested in anything aside from his twin brothers, his cars, his other assets, his friends and his work. Aside from that, he's just a twenty eight year old man that's good on saying fuck off to everyone. He would rather stay at his house in Tagaytay in order for him to avoid seeing other people because people are good at annoying him with their nonsense discussions. He's more of a quiet person and when he's out with his friends, he'd rather listen to them than talk especially if what they're talking about is not that important. But that quiet life of his came to an end when he saw a very beautiful woman, unconscious in front of his house and is shivering from cold because of what she's wearing. That woman is crazy! Its fucking January and its freezing cold in Tagaytay and yet she's wearing a tank top and maong shorts. And that's when his life started to get fucked up. He got noisy, he started conversing with nonsense topics and he started feeling this new emotion but he's aware of what that is. And Zaccheus can feel it. His life would be heaven in hell, its gonna be a disaster.

Old-fashioned and nerdy Alisson is in love with her sister's fiancé, Jayred, while her sister is in love with someone else. When her sister asks her to be a substitute bride before running away, Alisson agrees. But is she ready to face the consequences of marrying a man who thoroughly despises her? *** Ever since she was little, Alisson has known her place, accepting the fact that her older sister, Adisson, is always and forever better than her in everything. So when their father decides to arrange Adisson's marriage to Jayred--the man Alisson loves--she silently wishes to have her sister's place, which she eventually gets when Adisson asks her to be Jayred's substitute bride before running away. Alisson thought that she would finally have a chance with Jayred until the latter, through his actions, shows that he will never love her. Because she is not her sister, whatever she does, she is never enough. Will Alisson choose to continue trying to make their marriage work--or will she finally have the courage to leave and Don't look back? DISCLAIMER: This story is in Taglish COVER DESIGNER: Raymond Gardener *** HIGHEST RANKING: #1 in Romance (2021) #1 in Love (2020) #1 in General Fiction (2020) #1 Love story (2020)

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