A NOVELETTE [COMPLETED] 1ST IKIGAI What does it feel like to shatter someone's innocence. Satisfying, heartbreaking? For Noreen, it was neither. Meeting Zagreus Oryn Astorias disgusted her. He embodied everything her childhood and upbringing had stripped away. She couldn't even believe someone like him could exist. So pure, so heroic. So she decided to break him. Not slowly, but in a single, devastating strike. She succeeded. Only to realize the outcome was nothing like she'd imagined. The innocent didn't fall. He became just like her.

Duke Caden Coast is the young, intimidating CEO of DCC & Co., known for his relentless pursuit of perfection and icy demeanor. Employees whisper that he never smiled in his life and has fired people over minor mistakes. Enter Katia Maryvonne Roxas a part timer job who eventually got job at every business/company Duke owned. Duke got arranged marriage to his family's business partner's daughter, his one and only solution for now is to find a woman who can act as his girlfriend.

To love again, he must betray the memory of the one he lost. Para sagipin ang kanilang ospital, kailangan ni Astrid pakasalan ang anak ng may-ari ng lupa, only to learn that she's marrying her patient, Ivan. Ang lalaking alam niya'y mahal na mahal pa rin ang yumaong girlfriend nito. Paanong hindi? She's his new therapist. Started: December 20, 2023 Finished: January 3, 2024 Published: UNDER HBP Status: COMPLETED Follow me on my socials for more updates. IG: smnthawsm Twitter: awsmbi FB: Samantha Claire Lim Radaza | awsmbi Email: claire.radaza02@gmail.com Book cover by Nefeliday.

Feeling left out and unwanted, Lucas Galvez has always been an outsider within his biological family. However, when the competitive and high-maintenance Milana Alvarez enters his life, Lucas unexpectedly finds himself falling deeper than he should. *** As the adopted son of the Galvez, Lucas often feels like he doesn't belong. Despite being cared for by them, he yearns for something he can truly claim as his own. When he continuously meets the spoiled and competitive Milana Alvarez, Lucas' patience is put to the test. However, as time goes on, they unexpectedly resolve their differences and turn their relationship into something more. Just when they believe they can make it work, an unforeseen crisis tears them apart. With shattered hearts and broken trust, will Lucas and Milana simply accept their fate and move on? Or will they choose to fight against the odds and give their happily ever after another shot?

(CADDEL BROTHERS SERIES #3) ZAHIRO AMO CADDEL He's almost perfect to everyone eyes, except to the only woman who became his obsession. He became interested to her, but he can't have her. The woman who became his obsession has other man. He witness how the woman broke into pieces when they found out that the woman's boyfriend is cheating on her. Maybe this is the right time to get the woman that he possessively owning. Besides, his charm is deadly, nobody dare to even turn around him. He will make that woman his property and fall into his deadly charm.

People judge because of one mistake. A mistake that will change our lives. A mistake yet the blessing of our Lives.