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 about her life must be in order. She has a perfect daily schedule, a designated diet, a strict workout routine, and has an uptight work ethic, she is highly respected inside the courtrooms and feared by her students in the lecture hall. Her rare smile only shows whenever the camera appears as she is also the one and only child of the honorable Judge Holt Wencezlao. The only two things that matter to her are being at her very best and to be her father's perfect daughter. She has always done what her father tells her to do, including dating a man that her father said is good for her, even if she knew deep inside, he isn't. She truly believes that this is the life that she should have until Elijah Pierceton walks into her lecture hall and threatens to disrupt her perfect little life. Elijah is everything that her father told her to stay clear from ever since she was a school girl. This student-athlete is obnoxious. Over six-foot tall, chiseled jaw, has lips that form that dangerous smirk and has those hazel eyes that undresses her every time he lays his gaze on her. Unapologetically. He purposely pushes her buttons and tempts her to break the rules that kept her life in order. He is her student, years younger than her, a glaring red warning sign. She mustn't like it, she should slap him for how he makes her feel. But dåmn it, this man made her feel that maybe the place between her legs that she thought was forever dry isn't so after all, and that Elijah's wicked ways has her wondering that maybe for the very first time in her life, disobedience might be worth it after all.

"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

R18 | Matured Content August Montemayor - prominent in business world. He was known for being cold, ruthless and daunting business man. He owned a lot of business over the world. He was the father of two- Augustus and Augustine - spoiled brat twins. But, when Maxine Grace WaLhang Deybdiv - his hired babysitter - came. He changed. Kung dati ay siya ang kinakatakutan. Nang dumating si Maxine sa buhay nila ng anak niy. Siya na ang takot dito. Ano ang mangyayari sa kanila kapag nagsama sila? Date Started: February 27, 2022 Date Finished:

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