THE GOVERNOR'S MAID

In the northern province of Ilocos, there is one man who rules with absolute authority Governor Knight Kauis S. Gatchalian.

Strict. Respected. Feared.
At forty-two, he was the province's most powerful politician. But despite his age, people often mistook him for someone in his twenties youthful, strong, and devastatingly handsome. His perfectly sculpted abs and muscular physique, his tall frame, and the way his crisp suits clung to his body made him an untouchable figure. Everywhere he went, people bowed their heads. Women whispered about him, but no one dared to get too close.

Knight Gatchalian was a man who lived by rules. No weakness. No distractions. No emotions.

Until she came.

Amalia Isabella H. Sanchez was the opposite of everything he stood for.

A girl from the distant islands of Batanes. Happy, carefree, and outspoken too much sometimes. Life had not been kind to her; she had stopped schooling because of financial struggles. But instead of breaking down, she moved to Ilocos to work, determined to send money home to her family and one day return to her studies.

She was beautiful in the kind of way that silenced rooms skin soft and flawless, hair like silk, and eyes that sparkled with mischief. But she wasn't just beauty; she was bold, mataray, and stubborn.

The Governor was supposed to ignore her.
She was supposed to just be another maid.

But fate had other plans.

This is how the strictest man in Ilocos met the maid who would shake his world and eventually, become his wife.