A pair of caramel eyes, a sharp and pointed noise, a strong and defined jaw, and carnation pink lips-those were the words that could describe the man Allison Tanya Valmonte kept on dreaming every night. The man she didn't know existed. Bewitched and curious, she meticulously drew every detail of his physique and brought him to life using every stroke of her paint brush. Making that man her own masterpiece that would be featured on an art exhibit that she needed to attend to. On the day of the exhibit, their worlds collided-the man on her painting was standing next to her, real, alive, and breathing.

"If you don't mind, i'm going to go sleep." He says, taking off his shirt. I widen my eyes and quickly cover them. "What the fuck do you think you're doing." "Taking off my shirt?" He tries to hide his smirk, tilting his head and looking at me innocently. "I can see that, you knucklehead." I roll my eyes. "Why are you taking it off?" "I sleep shirtless." He shrugs and flops onto the bed. "Could you not sleep shirtless for one night?" My eyes narrow, looking at him boringly. "No." I roll my eyes and put my hands away from my eyes, looking straight to his eyes without trying to look at his toned 6 pa- i mean without looking at his body. He smirks. "I knew you would wanna see me shirtless." I'm going to electrocute him one day. "Just shut up for once, will you?" I groan. "Make me." - Alara Belle Whitlock and Keldan Gray Mendes, two sworn enemies who have always hated each other. But what happens when fate takes over, leaving these two rivals no choice but to share one bed? There's One bed, Two enemies. That isn't gonna change anything between them.. Right? - Thank you to @STORY_G0DDESS for helping me with some parts of this story!

Moving to study in her dream collage, Chantelle Taylor is met with a guy who quickly turns into her biggest enemy...Blue O'Sullivan. But things take a turn when Chantelle begins falling in...love? No, we wouldn't call it that. But Blue and Chantelle's relationship keep drastically changing. What Chantelle didn't know is all the things hidden behind the curtains... What is she going to do when she finds out? Will she stay with him when she finds out he's apart of one of the biggest mafias of the world?

I lean in being careful to not dive the knife too far in his throat but enough for it to bleed and leave a scar. Our faces are inches apart and I decide to speak : "Looks like I won. I could end you right now if I wanted" "Then do it". His reply takes me off guard "No, I am smarter than that, it's still not the time. I am a patient woman" I mutter despite the fact that I didn't believe a word I just said... of course I wasn't a patient woman. He takes advantage of my lack of focus and throws me to the side. He was now on top with his hand pinning my wrists down and his blood dripping on my chest. "You can lie to everyone, even to yourself Valeria, but not to me" he panted ------------------------- If you like: - Mafia romances - Childhood friends to enemies to lovers - Slow burn - Nightmare trope - Dagger to the throat trope - One bed trope - Comforting scenes - Girl badass vs dominant men - Characters with tragic backstories - Hates everyone but her - 🌶🌶🌶 Then this book is for you !