Rough Patch

During the looming war between two enemy countries: Estria and Westaria, the latter sends its covert agents to infiltrate the enemy country and stop the approaching war. As every unmarried men and women in Estria gets interrogated by the Espionage Eradication Agency under the suspicion of being a Westarian spy, Zeke Devereaux is forced into marriage by his father within less than a month. He successfully finds a bride using his wealth but their relationship starts on a rough road. The moment he saw her, he felt a deep yearning to make her his. As for Asteria, everything was just a means of escape and hideout for her as she continue to stage her missions while being tied to him by marriage. She took advantage of his obssesion towards her to continue staying by his side and being obscured from the Estarian government's sight. In the course of their married life, will he successfully capture her without getting captivated himself? Will his obsession with her eventually turn into love? Will he be able to love her truly? Will she honor his feelings towards her and reciprocate them? Or will she find this another chance to infiltrate deep into his family business and eventually into her country's enemy? Was marrying her even the right choice? Yearning, obssesion, love, duty, political struggle, guns, war, amidst all of these, will they find the right path into opening the doors of their hearts into the unknown.

“Anastasia, ready?” Seryoso kong tinignan ang manager ko na siyang bumanggit sa pangalan ko. “Always,” tipid kong sagot sa kanya. Kinuha ko ang lipstick sa table. It’s a bold red lipstick, my signature. Mas masarap halikan kapag ganito ka pula ang labi ko. “Remember, no fighting with the clients okay?” bilin nito sa akin. Bahagya akong ngumisi sa sinabi nito sa akin. Hindi ko ito sinagot, minsan na akong nakipag away sa mga kliyente dahil sa mga pina pagawa nila sa akin na hindi ko gusto. “Anyway, your client is a big time billionaire,” sagot nito sa akin habang humi hipak sa sigarilyong hawak niya. Dahan dahan akong tumayo, ang pag iingay ng mga perlas at alahas na naka kabit sa kasuotan ko ay nag ingay, kaya naman nakuha nito ang atensyon ng mga kasamahan ko sa kwarto. Kita ko ang inggit at galit sa mga reaksyon nila pero ni isa sakanila ay wala akong pinaunlakan. Kinuha ko ang sigarilyo na nasa labi ng manager namin at ako ang humipak dito. “Who?” “Rocco Blackwood” Kusang huminto ang mundo ko nang ma rinig ko ang pangalan ng lalaking naikama ako noong nakaraang gabi sa isang high end bar. Bago pa ako maka tanggi ay na kita ko na agad ang lalaking may madilim na ekspresyon naka titig sa akin, as if he is staring at is prey, ready to devour me wholly, in bed. Rough and steamy, I found myself in bed with the ruthless Billionaire. Ang liyab ng pagnanasa na pinaparamdam niya sa akin na siyang nagpapa baliw sa akin sa tuwing nasa kama kaming dalawa.

Isang gabi lang. Isang salitang masakit. That's all it took para mawasak si Naomi Chavez. "Boring." Iyon ang last insult ng ex niya before he walked away—para sa babaeng "mas adventurous," "mas marunong mag-satisfy." Pissed off and humiliated, Naomi made a reckless choice: she'll find someone to teach her all the things she's been too scared to try. Every touch. Every sin. Every filthy secret na hindi niya pa alam. And there's only one man qualified for the job—Raze Vitale. Raze is danger wrapped in expensive suits. He doesn't do romance. He doesn't do sweet. He does raw, rough, and relentless. A man who thrives sa init ng gabi and the sound of his name being moaned. Kaya when Naomi showed up with a proposition too tempting to refuse, he said yes. But every lesson has a price. Every moan has consequences. Revenge turned into craving. Lessons turned into obsession. But sa larong ito, who's really winning? The innocent student learning to sin... or the ruthless teacher who's slowly losing himself?