Short Stories / One Shots

Louisiana London is known not only for being a Salguero but also for making a renowned and esteemed name in the field of arts. Her paintings captivate people and make them think. Having such mysterious eyes has become London's signature, perhaps that's why people also find her artworks so enigmatic. Throughout her life, she has maintained a private and peaceful existence, one she continues to protect at all costs. As she started building the permanent future she had always dreamed of and began planning her own gallery in Isla Novena, her late mother's hometown, she got to know her brother's best friend even better. The peaceful life she wanted to protect and the future she was just beginning to build shattered, especially when she found out that he was connected to the mafia. Danger followed him like a shadow, but London couldn't help being drawn to him... to the mystery in his cold eyes and the stories they refused to tell.

Salustiano Varkas is a man who built an empire on calculated coldness and unyielding power. To the world, he is a titan of industry, but to his enemies, he is a target. When a high-stakes betrayal leaves his fleet in ruins and his life hanging by a thread, he is discarded and washed up like broken driftwood on the jagged shores of a remote coastal village. Sunnira Meranda "Summer" Dela Cruz is the village's fiercest secret. An orphan who raised her younger brother and herself on the rhythm of the tides, she isn't intimidated by much. She knows every hidden cove and knows exactly how to handle the storms, both on the ocean and in her life. When Summer finds a man broken, bloodied, and barely breathing on her shoreline, her instinct isn't to run, but for him to survive. She drags him into her modest shack, expecting nothing but a heavy burden. But as Salustiano awakens, stripped of his security detail and his suit, the two worlds collide. He is a predator forced into the company of someone who doesn't fear his bite. She is the anchor he never knew he needed. In the quiet intensity of the island, where status means nothing and the sea dictates the rules, the billionaire will learn that while he was a master of his own empire, he is completely at the mercy of the girl who saved his life. After a lifetime of commanding others, has the beast finally found his master? Santi x Summer

Rosenda crosses paths with a hot stranger who's suffering from some mental illness yet seems to understand her pain and longing. She decides to take him in, babysit him, and eventually falls in love with him. She then finds out that he is way out of her league when she learns that he is Terrence Montemayor-Saavedra, a missing billionaire. Black Omega Society Series #1

He was always ALMOST WITHIN REACH, and she stretched herself to meet him. She tried to fit his world, tried to shape her heart to match his, but love is not a reward for effort. Love isn't earned, it arrives when it wants to, or it doesn't at all. ** Diego Emmon Lascano & Ollivia Costa Single Point of View. Started: FEB - 19 - 2026 Ended: APR - 17 - 2026

Slendio Maurik "Slen" Rigal, a confident gay man, has always been at odds with Elianna Reveles, a fiery and ambitious Volleyball Captain. Paano kung ang pinakamalaking kalaban niya sa buhay, siya pa palang magpapabago ng lahat? Paano kung ang hindi niya inaasahang nararamdaman ay magtulak sa kanya na tanungin ang kanyang sarili? Paano niya tatanggapin sa sarili ang nararamdaman niyang pag-ibig para sa isang babae, at sa babae pang tinuturing niyang kaaway? Second Book of Vexed Men Series. Dual Point of View. Started: FEB - 15 - 2025 Ended: MAR - 22 - 2025

Valerisse and her twin sister were separated at a young age when their parents parted ways. Years later, Valerisse receives a wedding invitation from her sister, but on the big day, her sister disappears without a trace. To save face, Valerisse is forced to pretend to be her sister. As she navigates this complicated situation, she finds herself caught between deception and unexpected feelings. But what happens when her sister returns? Note: The book cover image used is temporary and not owned by the author. It is used for illustrative purposes only and will be replaced with an original design. )

Vien, the boy who broke Mara's heart in the cruelest way, returns as a man, now a wanted person hiding in her condo, relying on her mercy to survive. Maybe this is her chance to get even...but how can he look at her with those eyes, like he's the one who's been bleeding all this time? Into the South: He Didn't Series #1 PROMISES HE DIDN'T MAKE

Melody Carpina grew up knowing that life was never kind. Orphaned at a young age and raised in poverty, she learned to rely on no one but herself. She built her own strength, her own walls, and her own rules. Love was never something she believed in because for her, it was nothing but a weakness she could not afford. Everything changed when she stepped into the world of White Sand Resort Beach and met the man who would slowly destroy everything she thought she knew. He is feared, not loved. A ruthless CEO whose presence alone demands silence. In his world, no one dares to question him because his word is law. He does not ask for anything, nor does he wait for permission. Once he wants something, it is already his. His voice sounds like a command she was never meant to refuse, and his touch leaves marks she cannot erase no matter how hard she tries. She hates him for it, for making her feel powerless, for breaking her little by little until she no longer recognizes herself. Piece by piece, she loses herself until everything she has becomes his. Her heart, her body, even her soul are no longer hers to keep, yet he gives nothing in return except the cold reminder that she was never meant to be loved, only possessed. Until one day, she finally finds the strength to choose herself. Melody leaves without a trace, determined to take back what remains of her life, even if it means running away from the man who once owned everything she was. For the first time, he loses. The man who was once untouchable, the man whose word was law, the man who never chased anyone in his life suddenly finds himself searching for the one person who dared to leave him. The silence he once lived in becomes unbearable, and the power he once held means nothing without her. (Note: The book cover image used is temporary and not owned by the author. It is used for illustrative purposes only and will be replaced with an original design. )

Still aching from her internet ex-boyfriend's scam, Tamitha finds herself in deep trouble when she meets Roosevelt Sanvictores, the man in the photos her ex pretended to be. She knows that he's off-limits, but when circumstances keep bringing them together, maybe fate's got other plans. **** After getting drunk from a stupid mistake, Swan Tamitha Dominica wakes up in a room that's not hers, stark naked. As she tries to move forward from the humiliating one-night stand, she comes face-to-face with the man whose photo her internet boyfriend used to scam her. The man is Roosevelt Sanvictores, a handsome billionaire and it's not difficult to like him--only if he's not off limits. Determined not to fall for him, Tamitha puts up her walls. But when her heart screams to tear her walls down and she discovers the past she shared with Roosevelt, will she finally listen to her heart? Disclaimer: This story is written in Taglish.

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