"ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ'ꜱ ᴄᴏᴄᴋ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ɢɪʀʟ, ʜᴍ," "ꜱᴏ ᴡᴇᴛ, ꜱᴏ ꜱᴡᴇᴇᴛ, ꜱᴏ ꜰᴏʀʙɪᴅᴅᴇɴ" *** 𝓔𝓵𝓵𝓪 𝓡𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓜𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓰𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓻𝔂, A twenty year old woman finishing out her last few months left in college, studying business. Kind, giving, sweet, and innocent are all words you can use to describe Ella Montgomery. Underneath the reserved girl lies more than what meets the eye, catching the eye of her new professor. 𝓐𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓶𝓲𝓼 𝓔𝓵𝓲𝓸 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓷𝓸, A thirty-two year old Italian professor teaching business who moves to the states miles away from Italy, his home to a rainy destination in hopes to hide from the dark secrets he keeps buried down to give his six year old daughter, Athena, a better and safer life. His built up walls come crashing down the moment he meets the beautiful doe brown eyed girl who happens to be his student, he saw something in her behind the kind smiles - something that intrigued him to know her more.

When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive? ***** When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself. Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Cover designed by Ren Tachibana