Leah's dreams of a happy forever with her boyfriend come crashing down when he leaves her to pursue his education far away from the school she just committed to. She is still holding on to hope that he will realize his big mistake. She may have a broken heart, but she still believes in love and forever. Noah has spent the last three years of college studying the dissolution of couples for his doctorate thesis. He knows that love does not last forever and hopes to prove when couples stop touching, they also stop loving. His studies have taught him it is better to have a few nights of fun than to try to capture forever. When Leah moves in next door to Noah, the two of them begin to wonder if maybe they have been jaded by their pasts. Can Leah and Noah beat the odds and find their forever with each tender touch?

Alicia, a summer intern fell in love with an employee at the company. She has never fell in love with an older man before and now she finds herself having daily sex fantasy about him. Further in the story she finds out how much they really do love each other. Xoxoxo

''If you leave me, I'll find you in a heartbeat. If you test me, I'll give you a reason why not too. So I would advise you not to go against me, or you'll deeply regret it. If I find out that another man has been in between your legs, I'll kill you and the bastard. I'm the only one that's allowed to touch you, kiss you, and fuck you, do you understand?'' ''Yes'' ''Yes what?'' ''Yes, sir.'' -- ''Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does... Ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.''

Verne has always been a fun-now-worry-later kind of guy. One of those guys that always takes the path of least resistance. It's easy to live that way thanks to loving parents who provided him with a cushy lifestyle. Naiveté comes easy for him, and as a closet romantic he's easily swept off his feet. So he pursues love and leaves behind his sleepy rural hometown when opportunity struck. Yet Verne is forced to return home; to reevaluate his life and plan accordingly. But not everything always goes according to plan. Rekindling old flames snuffed out abruptly back at home is most definitely not part of the plan.

We've all made mistakes before, right? But when Kayla Stewart makes the drunken mistake of falling into the bed of the previously heartbroken ladies man, Damion Lucas, she soon finds out that this is one mistake that will never be forgotten. Kayla's mistake brings her life to an unexpected standstill, throwing her towards the one man she thought that she'd never see again. Once she starts getting to know the real Damion, can she stop herself from falling in love? Will Damion be able to resist falling back into the trap of his scheming ex girlfriend, ruining everything that he and Kayla have become, or will his developing love for her be something he simply cannot let go.

Charlie doesn't speak, so he paints.