Barkada Series #1: Unwanted You

"She held on like he was home. But he spent every moment believing he wasn't hers to hold."

Lory had loved Quiro since her first year of college. So when desperation collided with timing, and a rushed wedding followed, she believed she was finally living her dream.

But the reality was nothing like the fantasy. Their marriage was quiet in all the wrong ways, built on unspoken truths, drowned in misunderstandings, and held together by a love too broken to survive.

Years later, they met again... not as lovers, not even as friends, but as strangers bound by a story that never truly ended.

For all those years, Lory believed she was the only one who suffered, left in the dark, never knowing what shattered their marriage.

But Quiro knew. He had always known.
And still, he chose to carry the weight of the truth alone. He endured. He waited. He stayed silent because protecting her dreams meant sacrificing his own.

Is there still space for a second chance, or is it finally time to close the chapter that was never allowed to begin?