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Fiora Denise Andrada had always dreamed of becoming a nurse. Her mother was a rug vendor, and she made sure her grades were good, for her to have scholarships at LPU Manila. She dedicated herself to achieving excellent grades. As a woman who had never experienced love from her father, she dated men who made moves toward her hoping they would fulfill the love she'd been longing for since then, but they eventually played her heart like a toy.
Just as she was about to close her heart, Kade Andres Yuchengco caught her attention effortlessly. Ngunit wala naman talaga siyang balak magpakita o magpakilala, she's contented with stealing glances at him whenever he passed by their building.
But in the most destructive moment of her life, he offers a hand and saved her. Despite her attempts to resist falling for him, she falls. But when she found out that the sky she thought was full of stars was full of ashes, she had to make a choice. It was as if the sky she had relied on was now tainted, and the same ashes that had once saved her were now the root cause of her downfall.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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