No More Maybes
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Last published Wed, Oct 29, 2025
Maria Leona's life is perfectly on track-except for one major thing: her love life.
She's about to turn twenty-five and has never even had a proper boyfriend. Her dating experience? Zero. Her confidence in meeting The One? Below zero. She needs help, and fast, before her family resorts to setting her up on disastrous blind dates.
Enter Rafael, her corporate friend who also happens to be a ridiculously good-looking and annoyingly charming gentleman. Rafael has harbored a secret crush on Leona forever, and when he hears her lamenting her "man-drought," he sees his chance.
He proposes a deal: A month of "fake dating" lessons.
Leona is hesitant. A month with Rafael? It's a risk, especially since his kilig smiles and effortless charm are already major distractions. But with her twenty-fifth birthday looming and her zero experience screaming at her, she reluctantly agrees.
One month to learn how to date. One month to keep their hands-and feelings-strictly platonic. One month for a fake relationship to turn alarmingly real.
Will Maria Leona finally learn how to land a boyfriend, or will she realize that the perfect "fake" one has been waiting for her all along?
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