(Game Series # 6) Assia dela Serna's dream was to become a lawyer. Ever since she was little, she had dreamt of becoming one... But from a young age, she knew that her family wasn't financially capable of sending her to law school. Kaya naman bata pa lang siya, sinigurado niya na magiging maayos lahat ng grado niya. She made sure that everything in her transcript was perfect. She needed to get a full ride scholarship to the best law school in the country, St. Claire's Academy College of Law... But things do not always go according to plan. She didn't make it to SCA, but she made it to Brent. It wasn't the best school, but she met a lot of good people. She was happy. She felt like everything was going according to plan. She's gonna be a lawyer. She's gonna go home to her province and help the people in her town. Everything was great... until her last year in law school. That's when shit started to happen.

In him, I found my own sky.

Shielder The two-faced man. SPG | R-18

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(Game Series # 9) Mauro Eugenio dela Rama's life revolved around school and work. At times, he felt like drowning pero hindi siya pwedeng magreklamo kasi pinili niya naman 'yon. For him, he'd rather be exhausted with his 9 to 5 and 5 to 9 kaysa humingi ng pambayad ng tuition sa tatay niya. He was doing fine kahit nahihirapan siya. Akala niya hindi niya kailangan ng tulong... Then he met Atty. Achilles V. Marroquin. Mauro thought that he was just being nice to him dahil abogado na 'to ay siya ay 'di hamak na struggling law student lamang. Kahit nahihiya siya, humingi siya ng tulong dito. Kakapalan niya na ang mukha niya kaysa bumagsak siya sa subjects niya. He thought he was just being regular nice to him... hanggang isang araw ay napapatanong na lang siya sa sarili niya kung normal pa ba 'to o nilalandi ba siya ng abogadong 'to?

WATTY'S SHORTLIST 2023 Stuck in the never-ending responsibilities as one of the breadwinners of the family, Calisse Abigail Guillermo, an Iska from UP Manila, seeks to find true comfort between drinking and smoking. But she never does. Her desire to find consolation in everything is not found within the consumption of toxins. When she meets fellow smoker Chance Luy, a UP med student, in the bustling street of Pedro Gil, she thanks the heavens for a chance to meet him. Chance is your worn-out med student who is stingy. As they ponder about life, would they find solace as they share a moment of smoke?

After experiencing several heartbreaks from her past. Henzy Neve Vasquez doesn't wanna risk her heart again for the third time around. Loving someone means pain for her as her experience in love doesn't give her the impression everyone has. She tried loving someone but in the end, she ended up broken again. That's when she thought t that everyone she will love will end up leaving her. Until this guy named Kyzyr Reeve Sandoval shows up in her life and makes her believe that love doesn't mean pain. He proved himself to her that he was different from people who hurt her in the past. He assured her that in his arms she will loved the way she deserves. For someone who has also issues in love. But a sudden turn of events made their world crumble and their love towards each other was tested. They will be able to pass it through or they will let fate control their love? Date started: 05/05/20 The date ended: 06/20/21 (UNEDITED, ROUGH DRAFT, EDITING OFFLINE)

Rugged Series #1 Chrysanthe Eve Lofranco only has Hezekiah Kingston Jimenez. She believes that life, no matter how hard, will always be bearable as long as she has him on her side. At dahil sa paniniwalang iyon ay pilit niyang ikinulong ang kanyang naghuhumiyaw at nagwawalang damdamin para sa kaibigan. Triggered by her past relationships with people around her and the fear of losing the only person left on her, she always steps away, every time. Because she would rather have him as her best friend than take another step forward and lose him forever. Paano nga ba niya mahahawakan ang isang pagmamahal sa kabila ng pira-piraso niyang pagkatao dulot ng nakaraan? How can she escape when every step she takes away leads her back to him... sweeter and closer?

[ PUBLISHED UNDER LIFEBOOKS | Wattys 2019 Romance Winner ] For Psyche Aster Tantiangco, the ability to adapt to the world she's living in was a sign of strength. She doesn't care if she would lose her personality as she lived with them. She's used to picking up pieces of people's personalities and making them hers. Why would she see it as bad when it's the only way to survive in this ever-changing world? After all, adaptability and flexibility were beneficial---it was the best way to go around the world. But with the unexpected arrival of the Cupid, she knew that she needed to change again. And that she needed to act fast to change for herself, not for himself. Little did she know that this event will finally destroy her. They say Cupid shoots an arrow to make two people fall in love. But will the Cupid's arrow hurt them, too? Jan 1, 2019 - Jan 1, 2020