Gio and Tessa were best friends for years. When she visits his grave on the fifth anniversary of his death, she finds out something she never expected. How will Tessa navigate through this? Reality has yet to kick in. Could it be a dream? A cruel dream. Will she come to forgive the beholder of such a secret? What will help in, Regaining Her Heart? Disclaimer: This book is edited very little or not at all for most chapters. There are 36 total chapters of the book, but I have removed 16 of them, as the book will be edited and available to purchase later on this month (February 2025). Please excuse any errors and enjoy the story! Highest Rankings/Milestones ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #245 in loss 5K Reads - 5/12/23 10K Reads - 5/20/23 20K Reads - 5/21/23 45K Reads - 6/5/23 50K Reads - 6/7/23 60K Reads - 6/13/23 80K Reads - 7/1/23 100k Reads - 8/2/23

Gia Holland is a college student who lives for nothing else but ice-skating. When a new ice-rink opens near her campus she decides to starts going there after a long time of not ice-skating. She gets an opportunity to compete in a competition that she dreamed about ever since she was a little girl, but she can only attend with a partner, since the competition is for duos. She almost gives up on the opportunity when a hockey team captain Nathan Langston offers to be her partner if she tutors him in return. She accepts regardless of her hatred towards hockey players. At first she sees their relationship as nothing more than two people helping out each other but she soon starts feeling something more and learns that she's not the only one. Uploading every: tuesday and friday

"𝒐𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒗𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊 " " 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 ? " "𝑶𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒛 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙. 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙. 𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠? 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦? #1 Valentina #1 libros #1 mentalissues #2 wattpadstories #2 mafiaman #2 mafiawoman #5 iloveyou #6 Mature scenes #9 Vincent #17 lovers #23 TW #27 wattpad #100 italianmafia #190 enemiestolovers

SLOW UPDATES ❝ 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝. ❞ People don't know they have someone special until they're gone. That's what happened to Sage Morales and Sawyer Iglesia. After their fifth grade culmination, Sage and Sawyer's paths led them in different directions. Going to different middle schools and not being able to say goodbye to one another left big holes in both their hearts that only the other person could fill. So, when they accidently bump into each other seven years later, all of those feelings that they shoved aside come crashing into them full force. Sage and Sawyer begin to rebuild their friendship and realize just how much they really missed one another. But, they're not the same people they once were, both having insecurities that lead them to believe the other person deserves better than what they have to offer. Can Sage and Sawyer fight for themselves enough to finally be with the person that they never stopped loving or will they let their insecurities win and have to say goodbye to each other for real this time? TW: mature language, mature themes (mentioned in Introduction)

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞 | The oldest daughter of the Don to the Latin mafia hasn't had it easy in life so far growing up in a not so loving household made her have to learn how to build herself back from what her father destroyed and trust no one so when given the opportunity to work undercover in the FBI using a fake name she accepts with the hopes maybe living as another person will drown out the hurts of how hard her real life is. 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐨𝐯 | Only child and only heir to the Russian mafia isn't much different as his life also started pretty rough since what happened that one night when he was younger, so by the ages of 15-16 he had to act like an adult and fend for himself but once seeing the face of his father every day got too much he took the first opportunity he got to get to another country leaving his father back in Russia and starting his new life there working undercover with a fake name and most importantly without the imprint of his father. So what happens when Damien's father passes away leaving behind a will that might change everything these two have come to know? Continue reading to find out...

Julius Santo was a name that had every human's skin crawling. Most people know of him due to the lethal Mafia he leads, his silver eyes that have watched countless souls fade away, or the sinister scar that crosses his brow. But for Hazel Alexis, Julius Santo was a man of kindness. Someone who was willing to listen to her vent, converse with her, or simply be in her company. Julius was a saviour to Hazel. A hero who guarded, supported, and kept her safe. Hazel Alexis is an innocent, quite oblivious, nineteen-year-old woman. She works as a nurse in a small health clinic, aiming to earn enough money to leave her toxic household, and also spends her weekdays studying at her local college. As her new friendship with Julius evolves, she can't help but fight the overwhelming feelings that develop between them. Obtaining a crush on your best friend could never end well, could it? Every day, the simple things he does drive her deeper into the obsessional crush she has with him. But the hidden truth that remains between the two was the undeniable reality of how their end could possibly be. The mixture of his secret, her obliviousness, and the ultimate reality of it all was bound to cause chaos. What happens when Hazel discovers Julius Santo's true identity? ••• Best Ranks #4 Friendstolovers - March 2022 #1 GrumpyxSunshine - May 2022 #8 Chicklit - May 2022