If Only He Was a Better Man

a stand-alone story ․ ․ ․ [ ONGOING ]

"𝙄𝙛 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣, 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚, 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚... 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜."

Leianara Castillo, a hopeless romantic writer from Pampanga, has always believed in the kind of love she writes about in her stories. So when Marnel Jay Lorenzo, her Grade 7 crush and the man she never truly forgot, suddenly finds his way back into her life, falling for him feels almost inevitable.

What begins as a second chance with the boy she never truly forgot soon turns into something more. For the first time, Leya believes she might finally be living the love story she has always dreamed of writing. But love is easy when all you see are the good parts of a person.

Until the truth comes to light.

When the man she trusted turns out to be someone she barely recognizes, Leya is left with a broken heart and a painful realization: not every love story is meant to last. Because if only he was a better man, maybe she wouldn't have had to turn their story into another heartbreaking chapter of her own.

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Date Started: June 5, 2026
Date Finished: ──
Characters Illustrated By: Artemia Art
Chibis Illustrated By: Fuchsia Digi-items
© 2026 by jeeasyc

PS. This story is written in Filipino-English, and written in both novel and epistolary formats.