Almost, Always - [ON-HOLD]

Soft Scandals #1 | Anya Letizia Ocampo Donovan

Tahimik lang sana. 'Yun lang naman ang gusto ni Anya.

She has always lived by one rule: stay low, stay focused, stay out of trouble.

With a heavy academic load, freelance deadlines, and a family quietly unraveling behind the scenes, she doesn't have time for distractions--especially not love.

But one viral video, one group project, and one unexpected ride in Ralph Hendrix Acosta's car...

and quiet is officially off the table.

Suddenly, she's the center of campus gossip. Everyone has an opinion. Everyone's watching.

And the boy she was never supposed to notice?

He's now sitting across from her in every late-night meeting.

Ralph is everything she isn't--ultra rich, brilliant, emotionally unreadable.

A boy with a spotless image and a storm beneath the surface.

The kind of person people admire from afar but never expect to get close.

But somehow, slowly, and then all at once... they do.

And in between deadlines and silences, defense panels and stares that last too long, something begins to unravel.

Something that doesn't fit in either of their plans.

She wasn't supposed to care.
He wasn't supposed to see her.

But the story wrote itself.

A story about pressure, expectations, family, and the kind of connection that slips in when you least expect it.

Almost quiet.
Almost perfect.
Almost, Always.