A Wattpad Editors Choice. Tearing away all the papers of a bulletin board brings Edward Ruiz face to face with Adam Yuan, a young man who disappeared six years ago when he was only fourteen. Directly after, Edward is overtaken by a voice inside his head - a voice claiming to be that of Adam himself. Dragged into a nightmare he thinks he has nothing to do with, Edward's world is overcome by grisly hallucinations and shady dealings with the FBI who are questioning the medical agency he works for. Adam is pleading for his help so that he might finally escape his captor. All the while, a timer is set above both of their heads - and it's counting down fast. Cover created by: @CLAYTONMKHIZE

"You seem to have forgotten who I am," he whispered, caging me in with his arms once again. His stubbled face scratched my cheek as he inched closer with every word. "So I'm here to remind you what happens when you mess with the devil." "Fuck you," I breathed, ignoring my throbbing core. "Strip." ~ 24- year old Anastazi Faye was appointed CEO of Faye Industries due to her father's tragic death last year. Little did she know that the company was having financial issues that caused Faye Industries to be bought out by her rival company, Creed Industries. 26- year old playboy billionaire Nathaniel Creed, the proud CEO of Creed Industries is an evil, narcissistic asshole who thinks the world revolves around him. When his company has to buy out Faye Industries, he is left with the companies mess to clean up along with their baggage. Anastazi has now gone from CEO of her own company to working for the most egotistical narcissistic billionaire as his secretary. Eventually, when the two grow closer as barriers are broken down, Anastazi begins to see the real him. But when his dark secret is unleashed, will she be able to move past the billionaire's secret, or will the damage be too much to repair? *18+ *Includes mature content, slightly graphic scenes and cursing* Word Count: 160,000+

Why do people fall in love if they will eventually end up hurt? Lilith Jade Mendes has never been in love and doubt she ever will. Her parents are proof that all good things end and someone always ends up hurt. She has to get through college and graduate. She's gotten used to not looking at the bright side of life, just trying to keep her head above the water. Unlike Atlas Kai Markey. After everything he's been through he still has his famous smile plastered on his face. Always. He's the opposite of Lilith, full of light and warmth and so much hope. Although his terrible past threatens everything he's built for himself. When the unlikely pair meet one sunny afternoon it leads to a complicated friendship with even more complicated feelings. With both of them so broken and hurt, loving each other is both the easiest and hardest thing they've ever had to do. - - - - - "You want me to stay?" He's sitting on the couch, book forgotten. He shrugs, big eyes making me feel bad for leaving him. Ugh. He can't look at me like that. I turn around and walk to the direction of my room, "Come on Markey, you're already too big for the couch. Can't risk you having back problems can we?" I waddle to my bed, blanket wrapped around me and all. I sigh happily as I collapse onto my bed. Atlas lays down next to me. "Jade, you're taking all the blankets." "Sounds like a you problem." - - - - -

Elijah Jude has an illness. But the illness dosent control who he is. After his abusive father gets sent to prison, the voices came. The doctors say he dissociates to stay alive. But it's much more complicated than that. Elijah has to learn to navigate through an unfamiliar world while dealing with Dissociative Identity Disorder, and severe P.T.S.D.

five years of no talking ends a friendship, right? After Rome moves away with his family without a trace, It leaves Arya dumbfounded and heartbroken. Until, they meet again. Things change, for better or for worse, as they're way more mature now. ~ "Where have you been? Why are you here? Why didn't you tell me?" All these questions shout in my head as I try to make sense of the image in front of me. But I can't seem to say them out loud, can't seem to say anything. It's him, looking at me from across the room. A mixture of emotions flood me. Disbelief. Happiness. Anger. Betrayal. Longing. His face crosses with confusion and disbelief, his face still as easily read by me as it was five years ago. How did two lost souls, once the closest to each other out of everyone in their lives, stand in front of each other as complete strangers? Strangers who knew more about each other than they knew about themselves?

[SEQUEL TO DAMAGE CONTROL] Four years elapsed since he shattered her life. Four years since he practically forced her to break something he never thought he had--a heart. Now, Nathaniel's new empire Phoenix Tech he created after giving up Creed Industries, is thriving more than ever, still awarding him the title of being the ruthless, heartless billionaire he was before who always gets what he wants. After traveling around the globe doing charity work to compensate for her father's selfish actions, Anastazi finds herself back in California, where she begins working for a nonprofit organization as the Nonprofit Project Coordinator after secretly donating the millions she saved up on her own over the years. But what happens when a certain successful tech company offers to provide the resources she needs to skyrocket her nonprofit to a new level, and in return, one nonprofit employee has to shadow the tech CEO for a few months? Will she be able to swallow her past after everything that has transpired and shadow the very same man she's spent the last four years avoiding? History has a funny way of repeating itself with secrets still tucked away waiting to be unleashed, but this time the passion is steamier, emotions intensified, attracting like magnets that were destined to meet up in the end. Is there really light at the end of the long dark tunnel, or is that an illusion they will both be forced to accept? *Sequel to Damage Control. Must read the first book.* ⚠️ [18+] Includes very mature content, cursing, and triggers, including talks about suicide. ⚠️