Something Spectacular: Special Chapter "Isabelle finally used Gavin's voucher on a date!" Here is the much awaited Special Chapter I wrote together with readers during my Write With Me session on Kumu! This chapter contains interaction among SS and SP characters (a crossover!). Enjoy reading, my brave souls! April

Atty. Kimberly Jane Wencezlao is a successful Defense Attorney and a Political Science Professor at Saigon University. Everything in her life runs on order. Her days move on a perfect schedule, her meals are measured, her workouts never skipped. Her work ethic is rigid, earning her respect in the courtrooms and fear in the lecture hall. Her rare smile appears only when the cameras do, because she is the only daughter of the honorable Judge Holt Wencezlao. The two things that matter most to her are being the best and being her father's perfect daughter. She has always done as he says, even dating the man her father approved for her, though deep inside she knew he was not the one. She believed this was the life she was meant to live-until Elijah Pierceton walked into her lecture hall and threatened to ruin the order she built. Elijah is everything her father warned her about since she was a girl. A student-athlete, tall and infuriating, with a chiseled jaw, lips that curl into a dangerous smirk, and hazel eyes that strip her bare every time he looks at her. Unapologetic. He pushes her buttons on purpose, tempting her to cross the rules that shaped her life. He is her student. Years younger. A glaring red warning sign. She should not like it. She should slap him for how he makes her feel. But damn it, he awakens a part of her she thought had dried up long ago. And his wicked ways make her wonder if, for the very first time in her life, disobedience might be worth it.

"Never underestimate the power of a decent vocabulary." • • • Imagine if you could hear everything your neighbor did on the other side of the wall. Cook - clean - masturbate? Detective Russell Crane quickly deducts that the wall in his new apartment is surprisingly thin. And that his female neighbor has a fondness of vibrators. How much would you listen to? And more importantly; How would you react if you heard your neighbor moan your name after having just met her once?

"Come to sit on my lap again?" • • • It's that time of the year again, and people are all waiting for Santa to come by with their presents. Hazel is living a humdrum life in her small hometown, doing nothing in particular when a certain Santa Claus asks her if she wants to sit on his lap. Brown eyes, chocolate hair and abs carved like stone, Nick is nothing like the traditional Santa you know, yet he still straps on the beard and red suit. In town for just the season, Hazel slowly discovers there's more to Nick Saint than what meets the eye. Peeling back one layer at a time (like a Christmas present) she uncovers what truly lies beneath that red suit of his and finds herself in shock at the result. As the saying goes... Santa smirks because he knows where all the naughty girls live... And he was smirking at Hazel.

"You make me want to keep dancing, even when the music stops." • • • Ever since her father died of a stroke while she was dancing for him, Fiona has been afraid to dance in front of others. She closed up her talent behind locked doors and only dared to dance to the mirror; There was nobody she could hurt when she was alone. So what happens when the mirror suddenly reveals another person that catches her as she's about to lose footage in a pirouette? Someone who dares her to dance with him, to step outside her comfort zone. Life-happy Adam sees a lost but gifted girl, afraid to show her talent. Her life has been standing still for so long, she's turned into a dancer without movement. So what does he make her do? He makes her pirouette.

Sofie, a vet-med student from Conzego College of the South was a huge fan of fairytales and contented with the boys in books. But everything changed when she met Kaezar, a student pilot from Meyer High University. Date Started: June 28, 2022 Date Finished: December 29, 2022

Nang mataningan ang buhay ng mag-asawang umampon kay Lily Jane Salvador, nanganganib na itong mapatalsik sa pamilya nila. Para patuloy siyang kupkupin sa pamilya Salvador, isa lang ang hinihingi ng kanyang Lolo: Ang makagawa si LJ ng isang obra maestrang literatura bago siya makapagtapos sa Claremont Institute of Arts. Si LJ ay isang doll-maker at buong buhay niya, alam niyang wala siyang talento sa pagsulat ng literatura. Kaya ngayon, alam na ni LJ na tunay na ngang mawawala ang kaisa-isang pamilyang alam niya. Ngunit, nagbago ang lahat nang ang manika ni LJ na nanalo ng Claremont Centerpiece Award ay ninakaw. Nakita ni LJ ang pagkakataon para makasulat ng isang istorya hango sa pagkawala ng obra niya. Kaya, katuwang si Alistair Archer Wy ng photography department, sinundan ni LJ ang mga bakas ng nangyaring krimen para hanapin ang magnanakaw at ang obra niya. Magtatagumpay kaya sila sa paghahanap sa manika ni LJ para maisulat ang wakas ng kanyang istorya, o tuluyan na itong mawawala kasama ang pag-asang manatili si LJ sa pamilya Salvador? £££ TRIGGER WARNINGS AHEAD. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. Language: Taglish (Tagalog and English) £££ Writing: July 24, 2023 - October 8, 2023 Published: September 1, 2023 - October 9, 2023 sweetheart, where's my reward?™ athena folder: file no.2 NEKO

Beneath a broken mask lies the truth behind the façade, and while masks can conceal pain, they cannot mend wounds. In the end, no mask was worth the torture. However, to Midnight Velasquez, who was forced to wear a mask since he was young, the mask hiding his true face was a façade he was ready to keep for a lifetime. However, what occurs when the mask begins to break, revealing the dreadful things concealed beneath it? Would he have the courage to confront his true self reflected in the mirror, or would the remnants of his broken mask consume him and drag him into the depths of despair? With a broken mask, a battered body and a weary soul, Midnight couldn't help pondering... is this life worth living for? CECELIB | C.C. UPDATE SCHEDULE: No specific date as of now COVER: Astrid Jaydee

Wretchedness Series #1 (Completed) She's a wife, and being married to him was the biggest mistake she made in her life. Date Started: December 23, 2021 Date Ended: July 02, 2022