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With the brick wall broken, and her mind on the verge of collapse, truths unravel, and ties are broken. ----------------------- "Behind Rose-Tinted Glasses", is a compilation of short stories featuring women, mostly of Igbo heritage, who try to overcome the challenges set before them. Will their fight against society, their imperfections, and their demons, be worth the while? Will the relationships they form be their redemption, or their end. ---------------------------- “How dare you” s, filled my head, beating me down with full force to the ground. Where was Nene? Couldn’t she hear his voice? Why could she not hear it? The whole village must have heard it by now. ---------------------------- Photo Credits, or book cover art: Mathilde Crétier It was gotten off of Pinterest.

“Lalaki lang ako, mahina sa tukso.” This kind of reasoning did not work well with Ashene Lei Castro. Bukod sa galit siya, ito rin ang unang heart break niya sa kanyang first boyfriend na si John Kenneth Guzman. Gusto niya rin naman subukan na patawarin ito, ngunit ni isang “sorry,” walang lumabas mula sa labi ng binata. Mahal niya ito, ngunit hindi niya hahayaan na masaktan siya muli. Simula noon, pinangako niya sa sarili na wala nang makapananakit pa sa kanya. And her way of doing so is kind of peculiar – wearing thick glasses. Ayaw niyang may lumapit pa na lalaki sa kanya at subukang suyuin siya, kung sa huli ay magloloko lang ulit. But there is more behind the glasses. Maiintindihan kaya iyon ng lalaking gusto muling subukan na maging parte ng buhay niya? O tuluyan na siya nitong bibitawan?

Scarlett Wattson, a professional doctor, loses her parents during an earthquake and finds herself opening up to Aleridge S. Williams. Just when the two are getting along, Scarlett finds herself in a different world!? While she is missing Aleridge, how is she going to survive in this new world where magic and science coexist! How will she get back to her own world? Is there even a way out? Stay tuned to find out mysteries of dark and light attributes with Scarlett!

Liam Dawson arrives at Bangtan College of Science with his nerves buzzing, his mom’s last-minute advice echoing in his ears, and a box of condoms he swears he’ll never need. A shy, smart freshman who’s never even kissed anyone, he expects his first year to be nothing but books, lectures, and lonely meals in the dorm cafeteria. Then he meets Blake Carter—a fourth-year frat boy with a wicked smile, broad shoulders, and a voice that sends a shiver straight down Liam’s spine. Blake is everything Liam isn’t: confident, flirtatious, effortlessly hot, and completely out of his league. But from the moment Blake helps him find his dorm, something electric sparks between them—something Liam can’t stop replaying in his head at night when the campus goes quiet. As the semester unfolds, Liam is pulled into a world he never imagined: crowded frat parties, too-close tutoring sessions, lingering touches, and a dangerous mix of teasing, chemistry, and tension that threatens to push both of them past friendship. Blake seems to be everywhere—leaning over Liam to check his notes, calling him “cute” like it’s an inside joke, letting his fingers brush a little too slowly against Liam’s. And the more Liam tries to ignore it, the hotter the attraction burns. But Blake has secrets. A reputation. A history. And Liam—sweet, inexperienced, hopelessly drawn to him—might be the one temptation Blake can’t control. In this seductive, slow-burn college romance, Liam must learn to trust himself, face his desires, and discover whether the boy he’s falling for wants him back… or is only playing with fire.

It was his turn to walk down to the corner store and buy the beer. The big game was about to start. Jason left the apartment a normal twenty something with a pocket full of one-dollar bills from the guys and a mysterious artifact he dug up in the field next to the apartments the day before, which he planned to show his college professor on Monday. Little did he know that within the next few hours, Jason would be running from demons, who crawl up out of the ground, with his favorite erotic starlet, Penny Tickles, and rubbing an artifact that only seems to grant one wish every twenty-four hours.

In a kingdom long forgotten, a prince falls deeply in love with a blind princess, who, despite his unwavering affection, fears he will tire of her. To prove her worth, she sends him on a quest to find dwarves who can repair her broken glasses. Along the way, he encounters a mysterious witch who offers to fix them instantly—on the condition that the wearer must pass the glasses down to their firstborn. Trusting the witch's promise, the prince accepts, and the glasses become a family heirloom, granting magical powers to each generation. Centuries later, the enchanted glasses find their way to the story's narrator, a descendant of the prince and princess. As they discover the glasses’ true powers—offering glimpses into their ancestors’ lives and the ability to sense emotions—the narrator must navigate the weight of this legacy. When an ancient threat emerges, they embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of their family’s past, ultimately facing a choice that will determine the future of their magic and love. Will they embrace the gifts of the past, or break the cycle for a new beginning?

what would you choose? to love a person unconditionally, but they never feel the same. or to have a person love you unconditionally and never feel the same. Mingzhou smiled. Self-destruction was not a new concept to him. Even in the form of love.

Glezee has been reassigned for the meantime in a country club island to work as an OT reliever. There she gets to escape from her ex-boyfriend, who has been trying to get in touch with her. Working in El Pacifico, a country club with only male members, will do her great favors: getting over her jerk of an exboyfriend and seeing Jin, her college crush who now works as a doctor in the island. Pero nabulilyaso ang plano niyang hindi na muling pansinin ang ex niya nang magkita sila nito sa naturang isla na tinatrabahuan niya. Sa gusto niyang makaiwas dito ay si Kyungsoo ang nakita niyang tanging paraan na available sa panahong iyon para makalusot, isang member na sa unang beses pa lang nilang pagkikita ay natapunan na niya ng kape. Naiiyak na natatarantang lumapit si Glezee dito. "Sir, pwedeng pakiss? Sa cheeks lang promise!" Ang akala niya ay tatanggi ito kaya handa na siyang magnakaw ng halik sa pisngi nito. Ngunit ganoon na lang kabilis nawala sa tamang sirkulasyon ang puso niya nang eksaktong lumingon ito sa kanya habang inilapit niya ang mukha sa pisngi nito. And that's how her lips met his. Oh di ba ang saya!

Kwame lost his dad at an early age, growing up, he finds out that there are a lot of secrets his mom is hiding from him. Including the fact that he has a missing step brother, he’s on the search for his brother with the help of his best friend James!

Wendell is a quiet, soft–spoken bartender who tends an isolated bar in a wasteland where time slips, memories decay, and reality bends at the edges. He does not know how long he has been here. He barely remembers who he is. Each day, more of his mind withers, leaving behind only fragments and rituals, like polishing glasses that reflect things no mirror should ever show. He only understood one thing. If he serves someone a second drink, he forgets them completely. Wendell believes he is trapped within the bar. He believes he is human. He believes the strange distortions around him are simply the nature of this broken world. But when a woman he almost recognizes stumbles inside, and flees in terror, followed by a quiet young man with a briefcase that should not exist, cracks begin to form in Wendell’s fading identity. The man treats him with an unsettling familiarity. He waits. He watches. And when Wendell finally opens the abandoned briefcase, a vortex erupts and drags him inside. Only then is the truth revealed. Wendell is not a forgotten bartender at all. He is a creature bound to the bar for reasons he can no longer recall. A monster whose memories have been stripped away and sealed inside a device meant to contain him.