He watches. He waits. He chooses. Lorenzo De Rossi-Il Falco. A man who controls everything-his empire, his enemies... and the city that fears his name. Until her. Mia was never meant to be part of his world. Brilliant. Guarded. Far too observant for her own good-seeing the cracks in a man no one dares question. What begins as a moment... becomes something far more dangerous. An obsession. And in Lorenzo's world, obsession isn't a weakness. It's a liability. Pulled into a life built on power, loyalty, and blood, Mia is forced to navigate a man who doesn't ask-he decides. A man who watches her like claiming her is inevitable. But Mia isn't something to be owned. And Lorenzo isn't a man who lets go. When secrets unravel and war threatens everything he's built, one truth becomes clear: Loving her might cost him his empire. But losing her? Isn't an option.

I'll swim and sail on savage seas, with ne'er fear of drowning if you will marry me. no scorching sun nor freezing cold will stop me on my journey. If you will promise me your heart and love me for eternity.. my dearest one... my darling one.

Thia West doesn't have much experience when it comes to relationships. She's only ever been with one man for nine years, her high school sweetheart, Darren Adams. However, when complications arise between them, she slowly finds herself falling for the one person she shouldn't...her boss. ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫ **Due to language and sexual scenes not recommended for anyone under 18.** If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad or Inkitt you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe, form, please go to https://www.wattpad.com/user/Dustymoon96 Uploaded: March 15, 2024 Completed: April 18, 2025

I looked down at my freshly painted acrylic nails. My heart was racing and my palms were sweating. Although I was having a good time. It was time for me to get out with it. I needed to just spit it out. It's a question that's been lingering in my mind all night. It may ruin the night, but for the sake of my sanity I needed to ask Barron. Here goes nothing. "Barron, can I ask you a question?" I said as I twiddled my fingers together nervously. He nodded his head giving me his full attention. "What are we doing?" I asked softly. Barron rested his elbow on the table and shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know, I guess we are hanging out." He answered with no emotion. "Hanging out? You taking me to all these places is just us hanging out?" I said a little taken back. I was not prepared for that reply. I should have known. Have I been reading into this all wrong? ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Farrah is single for the first time in her life and is maneuvering through life. She is finding out her likes and dislikes and shaping into her own person. With her group of friends, she is having fun, partying and having sex... a lot of it. For the first time she is truly happy. When she lands a job of a lifetime she cannot keep her eyes off of her hot boss Barron Lopez. Barron Lopez is a quiet man who is straddling the fence of being a workaholic. He has worked his company from the ground up and is now very successful. Everything is running smoothly until Farrah is hired as one of his employees. Barron struggles with crossing the line with Farrah but he cannot stop thinking about her. ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ *Mature Audience Only* Published ~ August 15th 2022 Complete ~ February 4th 2023

{Absolutely mesmerizing} {Cassius and Aiden come up beside me and watches her the same way I do; like she's the beginning and the end, the sun and the moon, heaven personified.} Amaris Ambrose is a ruthless mafia princess that's only had three friends her entire life: Milo, Cassius and Aiden. They've been in love with her since they were kids and they want nothing more than to make her love them the same way but there's just one problem- she's doesn't know how. How do you fall in love if your heart is in a million pieces? *Mature content* TRIGGER WARNINGS: VIOLENCE EXPLICIT LANGUAGE SEXUALLY EXPLICIT SCENES <I have no rights to any of the pictures used in this book>

Parrish is a bartender at a big time strip club, she's only at the job to make a little money for her own little book shop then she's off to do new things, she grew up in foster care and has finally found some stability in her life. Mateo life has been complicated every since he was young being as he had 2 mafia's to run seeing as he is half Mexican and half Italian, not many know him or even have seen what he looks like and if you did you wouldn't my know who he was he known as the silent killer and is not seen with woman or man, he's a mystery. What happens when they collided and he is mesmerized by the beauty, and just feels he can't have enough of her. ----------

kiki intentions on business was very perfect but have the haters round her .is is she going to make a break through it..

Amirah Harris is 23 old women stuck working dead end jobs of being a waitress and a motel maid. She works by taking orders, cleaning disgusting floors, and working inhumanly long hours. She goes to college on top of that which eats at her as well. One night things changed as Amirah hears some noise. It came from one of the motel rooms near her. She makes the mistake by listening in on what happens to be a mafia hit. What happens when she's caught by the members and taken to the boss? 'I was then taken aback by a noise of muffled speaking as I stopped in my tracks and stopped the carts of cleaning supplies. What is that? I thought as I pressed my dark brown ear against the thin wood door, all I could hear was talking then a man who sounded angry. Eh, nothing much as I about to make an attempt to step back when a gunshot rang out. I gasped as I heard three more following the first. I creeped back slowly not wanting you make any noise, but god wasn't on my side I guess as my behind hit the cart knock over bottles on cleaning sprays, a mop and a red plastic bucket of dirty mop water. I cursed under my breath "shit."

𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔! - in which gia anderson gets herself involved with a troubled young drug dealer, park jimin. "alright park jimin." he said strongly. "tell me what happened that day of the murders." "nothing happened sir." i lied. "oh really? because i found this at the scene." he said throwing a zip lock bag with a brass watch in it. - "𝐻𝐸 𝑀𝐴𝑌 𝐵𝐸 𝑇𝐻𝐸 𝐷𝐸𝐴𝑇𝐻 𝑂𝐹 𝑀𝐸 𝑂𝑁𝐸 𝐷𝐴𝑌, 𝐵𝑈𝑇 𝐼 𝐷𝑂𝑁'𝑇 𝑊𝐴𝑁𝑁𝐴 𝐿𝐼𝑉𝐸 𝑊𝐼𝑇𝐻𝑂𝑈𝑇 𝐻𝐼𝑀." シ #65 in #ambw シ #92 in #bwam シ #66 in #drug addiction • ⚠️: story may contain violence, use of inappropriate language, substances with drugs, murder, domestic violence, and sexual abuse that might be triggering to some readers!