Ink and Ashes
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- Parts 9
Ongoing1h 38m
Last published Thu, Sep 25, 2025
She was chasing words. He was hiding behind them.
Ava Soriano is a struggling freelance writer, drowning in debt, disappointment, and unfinished drafts. When a mysterious billionaire offers her a job to write his life story, she thinks she's just landed her biggest break.
But Caius Del Rosario isn't just any man.
He's dangerous. Untouchable. And far too tempting for his own good.
Living under his roof in the secluded mansions of Clark, Ava is drawn into a world of luxury, lies, and late-night confessions. What begins as research soon turns into obsession, both hers and his.
Every chapter they write together pulls her closer to a secret she's not sure she wants to uncover... and a man she's not sure she can resist.
He gave her ink.
She gave him fire.
But some stories aren't written to end well.
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