WHITE HEAT SERIES 1 | COMPLETED | R-18 Chiara Asunción has survived a life of betrayal, trauma, and neglect, yet the scars run deep. Rebellious, guarded, and carrying the weight of her past, she trusts no one until Demian Chavez, her former senior and now professor, enters her life. Quiet, steady, and strangely attuned to her pain, he offers something Chiara thought she'd lost forever: a chance at justice, healing, and maybe even love. But can Chiara let down her walls for a man who seems so detached yet so determined, or will the shadows of her past keep them apart forever?

Cali Sudalga got everything. Limited edition luxury cars. Wealth. Money. Yachts. And a very huge mansion that anyone would dream of. Women will do everything to get his attention or even just a minute of his precious time. But no woman had ever succeeded in doing so. He's aloof and he keeps to himself. Wala siyang pinapasok sa buhay niya mula ng lokohin siya ng taong akala niya ay mapagkakatiwalaan niya. Only one woman had ever crumbled his defenses, and she happened to be a conniving lying bitch. She left him for another man, and now, two years after, she walks into his office like she didn't do anything wrong. And she actually had the guts to tell him that she didn't know him. CECELIB | C.C. WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18 COMPLETED

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Language: Filipino Started in July 2011 | Finished in December 2011 Published in English for paperback (Pop Fiction, 2013) Adapted in Indonesian for paperback (Penerbit Haru, 2016 & 2018) Blurb: Phoebe Bernal shares a secret with one of the biggest stars in the country, Kent Fuentabella. Their secret? They've been secretly married. Of course, no one can know. That's Kent Fuentabella, for goodness' sake, a star so famous that even the tiniest move he makes can create Twitter trends worldwide. Phoebe has known Kent since he was a gangly nobody, but she doesn't even know how they feel about each other. But just when she's trying to sort out her feelings for moody and unpredictable Kent, here comes Harley Villaluz, Kent's biggest rival, who's determined to sweep Phoebe off her feet. Then there's also Elisa, Kent's onscreen love interest, who's determined to take their romance off-screen. Oh, what's a secretly married girl to do - when the country's biggest celebrities suddenly find themselves entangled with her life?