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Your boyfriend whom you just met in college is actually your fiancé whom your family chose for you all along in an arranged marriage. Both of you do not know that you are engaged to each other until a momentous gathering for the elites of the society was arranged. 

As Chlea Alcala ventures her life as a freshman college student, she gets to know the world more. Away from her family's powerful influence, just the way she is. As other people would want to live the life where one has everything, Chlea longs for something otherwise. She craves to experience ordinary life even for a while. 

Will she be able to attain it? 

What will she discover about the world in the process? 

Will she be able to escape the arranged marriage that has been haunting her all along? 

Follow her journey as she meets new people who will give her a new perspective in life.


This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Primed for You (Queen City Series #1)

As soon as they saw me, Auntie Rona hurriedly wiped her tears away using the floral handkerchief she is holding. They are seated hand by hand on the chairs located at the hallway.

"Chlea, where are you going?" She managed to give me a warm smile despite the redness of her eyes while Uncle Ryan looked extremely knackered but smiled, still. Reflecting the Filipino people's resiliency amidst hardships.

I held on to the straps of my backpack. "I will buy dinner for us Auntie because the food ration is only for the admitted patient."

"Do you have money? Here, take this." Uncle Ryan managed to get a 100 peso bill out of his soiled pocket

"No, it's on me, Uncle. Don't worry about anything, alright?" I assured them. Auntie Rona nodded as tears escaped her tired eyes. Uncle Ryan hanged his head low.

"Thank you, Chlea." Uncle Ryan uttered while comforting Auntie Rona.

All Things Take Time to Heal