"Once, you truly loved him. Then, you hated him. Now, neither are true." Ethan Ramsey met Tobias Carrick at 22, and the four years that followed changed his life forever. The friendship, the rivalry, the love, and the betrayal shaped him. Because who are you without him?

When they run into her ex, Ethan pretends to be married to her to spite him. Based on Pixelberry's visual novel "Open Heart".

COMPLETED. "Look, if you're-" "Shut up." I was taken back at the sudden manner in which he spoke to me. "Let's get something straight Miss Greene, I don't appreciate people talking back at me. And quite frankly, you're crossing your limit with me and my patience with you. So from now on, as long as you're with me you'll do as I say. Understood?" _____________________________________________ Mystery. Romance. Deception. You know what they say, hate is a strong emotion- so is love. You can only hate someone you place in high esteem since you care about what they think. When Juliet Greene secures an internship position at the Empire Heights hotel, and things seem to be finally going her way, a brief encounter causes her life to turn upside down. Getting in the way of the hostile, unfeeling, yet wickedly magnetic billionaire Adrian Vandermir, Julie suddenly gets thrown into a situation that's too much for her to handle. Wanting to have little to do with this and the infuriating Vandermir, she none the less convinces herself that his decisions would be best for her family's own safety. But when things begin to get out of hand, she discovers that she has more to do with the dangerous situation Adrian is involved in than she or anyone else could ever imagine. In the hopes of ending the matter, both must endure each other's company as they take a trip together which reveals unbearable past secrets and irresistible desires. Desires that Julie fears would only deepen her wounds, but somehow heal Adrian's. BONUS CHAPTERS available on my blog (link in my bio)

Becca has been avoiding Ethan, her ex and boss, like the plague since he came back from his abrupt sabbatical working with The W.H.O. in the Amazon. However, Chief Banerji has sent his two mentees to give a keynote speech at Cornell Medical. Back in her home-city both doctor's are confronted by a bit of the past. WARNING: There is light cursing in this work.