/ˈsakrɪfʌɪs/ an act of giving up something valued for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy. - "P-please don't cry. I can fix it. I can fix this. Everything will be okay. Nothing's changed." Alex felt a bitter taste in her mouth when he said that,"Of course everything's changed! We can't keep doing this-" Clayton shook his head furiously at thought that he might be losing her forever,"Alex no. I can't just go back to the way it was. I can lose you." "Well that's just a sacrifice you're going to have to make."

"It's not you Pumpkin it's your dad" Ace said with a smirk towering over his prisoner. "Screw you" Jade spat smacking him across the face. His jaw clenched, striding over to her he gripped her throat "You know what happens when people disobey me Pumpkin. Don't you?" She nodded her head still glaring at him... "Bend over... Now" -------------------------- She is the daughter of a mafia leader and he is the leader of one. Jade has been sexually assaulted, beat mentally, physically and emotionally, and degraded her whole life. While Ace is the one doing that to other people. Getting kidnapped especially by the enemy is not something Jade wants But did getting kidnapped save her from the terrible life she used to have?? Will both of them be able to resist the temptation of one another?? Or will they cave in?? --------------------------

Baila- Social butterfly, Puts others before her, but she is really just broken deeply. Putting on a fake smile too hide your sadness can be draining sometimes. Jay- Most known gang leader, Spiteful, 1 out of 4 of the biggest Mafia's in town, Doesn't care about anyone but him and his sister. Jay afraid of nothing well that's what he lets people believe but honestly scared of feelings. He kilt his family with no remorse and around town he is known for nothing but the most frighting and harmful deaths. Baila sees the good in people.. but did she mess up by seeing the good in him? Both hurt each other and both total opposites. Can they let their past go to move forward? Can they get out the dark to find their light? Can they both face their obstacles together? "be in love don't fall in love. cause everything that falls breaks."

"Smoking is bad, you know." The placid voice speaks up from the distant dark corner, nothing to see but a tall silhouette and an orange glow of a cigarette cherry. "It's the least of my problems," I murmur with my own between my lips, proceeding to feel the stagnant debris valley my throat when I suck delicately. He exhales a chuckle of cynical amusement, his footsteps getting every step clearer to my eardrums until I eventually sense body heat burning my back. "And why is that?" He whispers over my shoulder, hands inviting themselves to grip the railing in front of me so I become a prisoner between his inked arms. I swallow. "Because you'll be the one to kill me first." // Aven Brooks is hired to take pictures for the world-renown punk rock band known today as Duplicity; hoping the experience gets her into her most elite-dreamed university. However, when her lenses accidentally capture more than just cheeky sound checks and performances, she comes to a horrifying discovery that Duplicity is anything but a band. Appalled and frightened, she's trapped. *HIGHEST RANKINGS* #1 IN HARRYSTYLES #1 IN ONEDIRECTION ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO @happydays1d NOT ALLOWING TRANSLATIONS! CONTAINS VULGAR LANGUAGE / DRUG ABUSE / SEXUAL CONTENT / DESCRIPTIVE VIOLENCE / MENTAL HEALTH READ AT OWN RISK!

"Don't ever let me smell another man on you Kitten." He pinned me up against the wall holding my hands above my head. "You are mine.... Only mine." ------------------------------------- Rafael Santigo Montez, heir to The Montez Mafia. On the streets he's known as The Shiv. Deadly with his hands and even deadlier with a blade in them, he is not the one to fuck with. Isadora Fiorella Cortez, a feisty little new comer that has just applied to work for a strip club called The Silver Paw. Little does she know that not only is her boss panty dropping hot, but he's in the mafia. Tables take a turn when she bumps into him on her first night working as a server. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• (This is my book from Chapters Interactive Stories. Since the writing style is different on that app, I had to adjust and make a few minor changes.) Kitten has over 1 million reads on Chapters! I'm so over the moon that they love it so much and I hope you guys love it too! Please do not copy my book! I worked hard on it and would appreciate it if you didnt steal my work.

⚠️ Cringe Warning ⚠️ my story is literally a joke don't say i didn't warn you 💀 . . . Victoria Kalie Maurice, despite having a terrible truth about herself, she just lives her life to the fullest as if nothing is absolutely wrong. She just can't let the thing that ruins her steals her life away. No. She wants to be that carefree 18-year-old, just like her other peers. Lucas Carter William is a 21-year-old dude who has never fell in love before, not when there is no woman who actually deserves it. His past has made his trust towards women sank. But what happened when he bumped into a woman at his cousin's birthday party? Not just any woman, but a woman with eyes full of hidden secrets? Well, he started to fall for her of course. Not caring about his past, he let himself got wrapped around her little fingers. <•> "What are you afraid of?" The silence is killing me as I waited for her to answer. She is just staring down at the floor, not once has she glanced up to me, making my heart breaks a little more. Finally she looked at me, making me almost sigh in relief. But what she said next made me feel as if I'm the most useless person in the whole wide world ever. "Me. I'm afraid of myself." <•> <•> <•> most impressive rankings : #1 in tragedy #1 in jealous #2 in overprotective #2 in romance #3 in love #3 in possessive [Previously named as My Friend's Boyfriend's Cousin] Read at your own risk :) (UNEDITED)

Workaholic wedding planner Sophia gets the surprise of her life when her new clients' best man turns out to be her ex-boyfriend. ***** When taking on new clients, Sophia Coleman expects the same old routine - wake up, go to work, go home, binge The Bachelor, go to sleep, repeat. What she doesn't expect is her ex-boyfriend, Carter Stone, to be the groom's best man. His sudden appearance throws her off, and she refuses to let anyone - let alone a guy - get in the way of her success. Especially not after the last time. Planning a wedding in three months is hard enough, but between cake tastings and dress shopping, there's Carter's cheeky smile and relentless charm. As the big day gets closer, so do Sophia and Carter, until all that's standing between them is their history. Can Sophia say yes to a second chance, or will this rekindled romance get left at the altar?

Two people - broken in their own way - collide. Francesca's life was completely normal up to a couple months ago. Ethan's never known normality. Two people. Carrying a massive weight of secrets. Only time will take for their barriers to break and their walls to fall. Mature content throughout: PTSD, Language, sexual themes, smut, drugs and alcohol. - - - My insides are begging for me to let go, and I don't think I can hold no longer, but for my own dignity, I do, trying to push it down. It's too soon, embarrassingly soon. "Don't you fucking dare." His voice is hard, demeaning, and that alone makes my insides tighten further. The pressure becoming unbearable. Ethan's hand grabs my wet hair, twirling it around his hand before he pulls me up by it, and I wince slightly before sighing as my back hits his chest, his cock still buried into me. He palms my breasts, my nipples hardening further, and he rolls my right one between his fingers before pinching it, and I whine at the feeling. Dickhead. "Cum for me right now, Francesca, or else."

"you simply existing is enough for me to know that i was made specifically for you."

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.