Cainine is back in her childhood home and is working with her father just like he always wanted. Little does Nik know that Cainine has her own agenda for being there. "It would never be okay if he was on this earth or a free man" Cainine uttered this words and she meant them. Join Alison as she faces her biggest pain and tries to take it down so she can finally have that happiness she had a taste of. Hopefully that happiness will still be there for her after she conquers her past, and hopefully she'll still want what she had after all this and won't be a different person who wants a completely different future. Fortunately I walk to my room and it's empty so, I walk passed my room and to the bathroom cause I'm sure I can hear the shower running, is this house haunted or something, I wouldn't be surprised with the number of people Nik has wronged. I slowly and carefully push the door open and peak my head inside the bathroom only for my eyes to land on a womanly figure passed the foggy glass of my shower. Who was in my shower and why would they be using it ?

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐱𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬' 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞? 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝-𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐩, 𝐧𝐨-𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐜é𝐞-𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚 "𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥" 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.

Fresh out of college, Nora Hawthorne has one simple goal: savor a carefree Italian holiday before "real life" begins. Dragged into a glittering boutique by her friend, she collides-literally-with a woman who seems carved from steel and secrets: Victoria Rossi, the millionaire and the CEO of her own company, and whose name is whispered with awe and fear. Victoria is cold, commanding, and impossible to read-and yet, something in Victoria's gaze softens when it settles on Nora. Nora tells herself it was nothing. A strange, fleeting moment she'll never have to think about again. Until fate intervenes. She discovers that she's been hired at Victoria's company, forcing them to meet again. Can the warmth of one heart melt the ice around another? Or will the feeling Victoria felt towards Nora be able to tear down her walls before they even have a chance to crack?

After a messy year, all Sarah wants is to stay focused. She's 18, in her final year of high school, and determined to stay out of trouble. But things get complicated when she meets her new English teacher, Ms. Miller. Addison Miller is the last person Sarah should be drawn to. She's twice her age, her teacher, recently divorced, and completely off-limits. Strict, unreadable... and somehow, strangely familiar. Sarah knows she shouldn't get involved. But knowing is one thing, wanting is another entirely. Slow burn | Teacher x Student | Age gap

! warning G!P ! Camilla, a woman of power, mystery, and a commanding presence, finds herself in need of protection. By order of her mother, she is to be shadowed 24/7 by her new bodyguard. Curious and unyielding, Camilla sees in Ace a familiar spark she yearns to reignite, embarking on a wicked game of seduction to draw her in. Unaware of the true intentions of her boss, Ace finds herself caught in a toxic dance of jealousy and manipulation. Little does the mafia princess know, they share an underlying past with each other. But she is unprepared to confront a past she thought she had buried. Once the truth is uncovered, every encounter is a calculated move by Christina to claim Camilla. To make her crave a touch she believes she despises.

Meeting up with an old friend, Tessa doesn't expect to walk into her former boss. As he doesn't know the real reason for her quitting her job as the nanny of his kids, he wants to catch up with her. Somehow, it ends in her going on a three-week vacation with him and his family, including his wife whom Tessa had an affair with- If you can even call it that. A tension so evident between Tessa and Bailee makes even Josh question what's going on. How will this weird vacation turn out? *** This is the sequel to The New Nanny. However, you can read this story without reading the other one first. You'll just miss a few pieces of information. ***

Mariah Jade Grey is 21 years old, freshly graduated, and trying to figure out what comes next. She's stylish, sarcastic, and guarded- always has been. After losing more than she ever talks about, she's learned not to get too close. Love doesn't stay. People don't stay. So she keeps herself safe: with ambition, independence, and the quiet ache of something missing. Kyra Reyes is 30 years old, the kind of woman with a camera in one hand and someone new on her arm- easy, unattached, free. Nothing ever sticks: not the girls she leaves tangled in her sheets, not the art that never quite feels finished, not the whispers about her being a player. But when it comes to Mariah, everything sticks. Every glance. Every laugh. Every moment that isn't supposed to mean anything, but somehow means everything. As their best friends build new lives and the city around them quiets down, Mariah and Kyra find themselves circling each other, drawn together by late nights, unspoken truths, and the weight of everything they won't say out loud. It's there in the way Kyra looks at her. It's there in the way Mariah never quite lets her go. And when the silence finally breaks, it changes everything. What they have isn't just friendship. But it isn't love. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Almost. But is almost ever enough?

"That dress," Vittoria breathes, eyes blazing, "was a distraction that I did 𝙣𝙤𝙩 need tonight." I grin, stepping closer. "Oh? Did I keep you from ruling the room, commandante?" Her lips twist into a dangerous smile. "You kept me from focusing. From leading." I trace a finger along her jaw. "Maybe that was the point." She swallows, dark eyes flickering with fire and something with desire beneath it. "That behavior?" she murmurs, voice low and fierce. "It needs to be punished." ❥❥❥ 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐦. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐈𝐧 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨. 𝐀 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐟𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬... 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬.

Lilith Hawthrone is a 20 year old psychology student with a complicated heart and more issues than she likes to admit. She feels too much, thinks too hard, and often drowns in the weight of her own empathy. She's curious, emotionally intense, and carries unresolved wounds especially the kind only a mother can leave behind. Valentina Salvatore is a 30 year old CEO. She's mastered control in every aspect of her life, her sharp mind cutting through complexity to build an empire. Beneath the polished exterior, however, is a woman who loves obsessively but is careful with her love, not wanting to waste it on the wrong person. She's learned to guard her heart, waiting for someone worthy of the intensity she's capable of. Where Lilith is all feelings and chaos, Valentina is order, control, and calculated precision. They come from different worlds, with different rhythms, but what if that's exactly why they fit?