I have never begged anyone to stay, But I said please that day. We can work this out. I have never prayed for anything so badly, but I remember begging the universe that if it could hear me somehow, all I want is a chance to make it work. 'I can't', was all you said and that was the end of it. I have never been hurt by anything more. ---- Lesli B. * Many people spend their lives pursuing Money and Power. Roman Toscono was born at the heart of both and enjoyed all the privileges they afford....but one day, one little secret reveals that he is not who everyone thought he was, including himself...his whole world is momentarily plugged into uncertainty and instability, and unknowingly bringing into his life a new love. A woman who fits into his heart like a missing puzzle piece. Now he has to learn to balance the new family dynamics while trying to fight for the love of his life. But when more secrets come to light, will keeping the peace cost him the woman he loves, again?

Penn State University. Home to the craziest sorority girls, most obnoxious athletes, and a girl that yearns for a boy that she can't have. Sage Williams is the girl that nobody had noticed in high school. She was the youngest out of her siblings. She had the perfect family, the most amazing best friend- but the one thing she never had? Him. Blaise Beck-Day hasn't been this nervous in years. Not since he moved to the states and met the weird girl who befriended caterpillars. His favorite thing to do was make people smile, eat macaroons, and kick a ball around. And then he met her. The girl who he was about to ask to be his girlfriend. Read to find out. BOOK NUMBER FOUR IN THE PENN STATE SERIES.

[25/09/2021] - [08/05/2024] There they were. Knife to throat, chest to chest, breaths uneven and heavy and yet Reece made it his job to look unaffected. "I fucking hate you." Catalina hissed in the death of night. The tip of the blade pushed in drawing small droplets of blood. She was every bit cold and vindictive as he remembered. "Good." He replied, calm and unstinted. He wasn't there to fight. He wasn't even there to listen. He was just there to stay. ♕ ♕ ♕ Catalina Khatri. Assassin. Addict. And someone with the optimal skills to carry a dagger with the sense of confidence and pride. With her life encapsulated by her father due to a conservatorship, her every move is catalogued and in sync with her mind in hopes of attaining a semblance of peace and freedom once and for all. Reece Choi. Billionaire. Commander. And someone who won't hesitate to wreak havoc on those who pose a threat to the ones he loves. With his life upending beneath his feet due to a marriage requirement, his sole purpose is tracking down the only person he trusts to marry--his once high school rival--in hopes of exchanging a deal in order to keep the heir to his fathers company. Enemies without a forgiving chance. Chaos at every corner. What will happen when their marriage poses a threat to those untold?

"It's not what we are but what we do that defines us." Aylin Black has come to believe that she deserves all the misfortunes life throws at her. Yet she refuses to back down. At least not without a fight. But as her past comes knocking at her door she's forced to rethink all her beliefs. And she just might have to give up this losing fight much sooner than she expected.

Explicit Context... Successful, hard working, and no tolerance for non-sense attitude made Khloe Sparks the sophisticated, and cold hearted woman people feared. She never minded the loneliness her hard image brought and preferred the unattached life, that is until she blurts to her family that she in fact does have a boyfriend. Desperate she turns to her flirtatious neighbor Wes, a well known womanizer. Determined not to look like a fool in front of her family she makes a deal with Wes to pretend to be in a relationship with her, except this player doesn't want money, he only wants one thing. Her.  Too deep to back down Khloe plays along while keeping the icy walls around her heart up but can she keep Wes from capturing her heart? 

She's barely getting by when he appears in her life, only focused on one thing. Neither would suspect their paths would cross again without the four walls of his hotel room. Can she uncover the real him, even if she hasn't uncovered the real her yet?

***This is my original work, and if anyone decides to steal it and post it anywhere else without specific permission, I will not hesitate to take legal action against you!!!!*** A girl to take home to one's mother with no fear of sharp disapproval. Sure, she was plain and dull, but she was the sort one could settle down with in a few years after the sowing of the wild oats was completed. . .if one could get past how plain and ordinary she was that is. In truth, Lady Lavinia Antrucha was nothing compared to her sister, Cassandra. She had neither beauty nor social notoriety. . .but at least she didn't leave a trail of broken hearts behind her. She's the one people go to when they're in trouble and don't know what to do, the one who is supposed to be the stronger of the two Antrucha girls, the one her parents expect will stay with them for the rest of their lives, because what man would want to marry plain, little Lavinia? The most sought after bachelor in all of Scotland, the life of any given party, that's what they named Laird Ethan Brodi. He was the toast of high society and the man every mother yearned to see on their doorstep, asking to see their fine daughter. He knew there was something more to life than petty women who couldn't see past his fine physique, and he intended to find it; that is, until his father decided he had spent enough time unmarried and forged an alliance with the rich Antruchas by promising him in marriage to the eldest daughter who would certainly match Ethan in good looks and fine tastes. As far as Ethan was concerned, Lady Cassandra Antrucha could take a long walk off a short pier, but his father's word was law, and so to England he must go to meet his future bride. Can he go through with a marriage when his heart yearns for another? #Wattys2016

He wanted her to be the replacement of the one he loves. She give up to make him happy destroying herself in the process. Love is not something you should give selflessly it comes with repercussion, she understood the hard way. In the middle of trust,betrayal, truth and mystery what will he do when she really become her replacement? Will he forgive her? Will she forgive him? Will their relationship mend? Will he love her? Will she still love him? Sometimes giving up on someone is the best option than getting destroyed while being with them.

Olivia Davis reluctantly agrees to be her best friend and long term crush, Tristan Johnson's bestman at his wedding The Best Man Teekay044a Copyright © 2020 This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental

This is my first translation. It is not my own.