The Duchess of Manila
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MatureOngoing
Last published Wed, Jul 15, 2026
(Pearl Palace Series #3) [18+]
One bullet changed everything.
Divina De Guzman expected nothing more than a routine assignment--snap the photos, file the story, go home. But in the aftermath, she crossed paths with a man whose world was nothing like hers: quiet, powerful, carefully guarded.
And since that day, something about her has kept his attention and intense gaze.
She feels it when he speaks. When he watches. When he falls silent and the air tightens around them.
She doesn't know why.
But she knows one thing: there is something in him that should terrify her, and yet it draws her in all the same.
DISCLAIMER: The story is written in Taglish.
WARNING: MATURE CONTENT | R-18
COVER DESIGN: Yours truly
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