The Wattys 2019 Winner | Romance category Silent Lips Series #1 ** Zoey Grace Valderama is known to be the heiress of one of the richest magnates in the country. And because she's known, she doesn't have a private life. Everyone knows who she is, what she loves to do and how she treats people. That also includes the incident that happened to her when she was a child. Because of that incident, people kept on saying things behind her back as if they know what she feels. For once, Zoey wanted to have a quiet life. Nagpasya siyang lumayo muna sa mga taong mapanghusga at alam niyang hindi mapagkakatiwalaan. That's when she met Nickolai Monasterio. Fortunately, hindi siya kilala ng lalaki. Dahil doon, nagpasya siyang itago rito kung sino nga ba talaga siya. And because of that, she found peace. For once in her life, she felt happy. He makes her happy. But she knows she can't be happy forever... because she knows she needs to tell him the truth. The truth about who she is. ** Status: Completed

Born in a strict and ambitious family, Syerana cannot handle the pressure that her family gives. As her family tries to control every decision she makes, including her dream to be a flight attendant. Instead of following what her heart wants her to become, she then took the path of being an investigator. With her walking to the path, she does not want in the first place, little did she know that it will also be the path that will draw her to Seig. Being with her first love made her feel different emotions, and experience a lot of things. But as she continues communicating with Seig will make her deal with consequences. The consequences she doesn't even want to face. But then she found out that what scares her most is the only way for her to live with the truth. Start: December 18, 2020 End: July 23, 2021

Sydney James Wantirano is a woman of contrasts. With a fiery, untamable spirit and unyielding principles, she commands respect and admiration. Yet, behind this formidable exterior lies a tender heart that remains devoted to her parents, despite their harsh treatment and the absence of familial love. Her efforts to honor and make them proud are both a testament to her resilience and a source of hidden pain. Everything changes one fateful night when Sydney meets Xarius-a charming, effervescent man who shatters her rigid world. His presence awakens something in her that she never knew she was missing. For the first time, Sydney feels truly at home, valued, and loved-experiences she thought were forever beyond her reach. The irony of finding solace in someone so different from herself only deepens the impact of their connection. But such profound change comes at a cost. Sydney is faced with an impossible choice: between embracing the happiness Xarius offers and fulfilling her obligations to those who have always been her burden. Torn between two conflicting paths, she must decide whether to pay the price for her newfound joy or abandon it to maintain her old responsibilities. Will Sydney find a way to navigate these treacherous waters, or will she escape into the safety of the familiar, leaving behind the twisted wildlands of her heart? Started: July 18, 2020 End: December 17, 2020