Maya is friends with benefits with her ex. When she decides to move on, will he let her? -------- He straightens up, trying to mask his vulnerability as he sighs in frustration. 'Why do you think I kept you so close? I wasn't using you for your body, I can fuck any girl I want. If I knew you were ready for something again, I would've...' He pauses, breaking eye contact. In our silence, I finally understand why he couldn't let me go. He still loves me. How didn't I see this sooner? He did everything to stop me from moving on, it was so obvious. I need to put this right. -------- Read after being warned: Spicy parts (chapters marked with * (skippable scenes)) Strong language Violence There'll probably be more that'll trigger you, so don't read if you get triggered easily. New uploads every week! #1 FWB (05/2026) #1 Lies (02/2026) #1 FriendsWithBenefits (12/2025) #1 Toxic (12/2025)

𝐇𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞. Lisa was never supposed to fall for Noah. Not the boy who saved her from a playground meltdown. Not the best friend who became her first kiss... her first love... her everything. But when he moved across the world, he left her with nothing but a broken promise and a gold star necklace she still wears like a scar. She swore she'd wait. He swore they'd find each other again. But two weeks after he came back, he was holding another girl's hand. Now it's war. And Lisa's done playing soft. Noah thought leaving Lisa behind would protect them both. He didn't expect to fall apart without her. Neither did he expect to learn the truth-something so brutal it made him question every moment they'd ever shared and see her as a stranger in the skin of the girl he once loved. And he definitely didn't expect to fall into someone else's arms trying to forget the taste of her lips. But Lisa's not the shy girl he left behind. She's colder now. Hotter, too. And every time he looks at her like he hates her, he wants to grab her and make her remember everything. This isn't just a breakup. It's unfinished business. First love never dies. But it might just destroy them both. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑/𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 : ❥ mature/sexual themes ❥ alcohol references ❥ language ❥ mild violence ❥ SLOWBURN! word count- 130,000 started- July 07 2023, Finished- May 2025 Copyright all rights reserved

Some loves don't die. They rot quietly, beneath the surface, waiting for the right moment to come back sharper. Two years after walking away, Maya has learned how to look whole. A new city. A controlled life. A version of herself that survives by never looking back. But survival is not the same as healing. A wedding drags her back into the place she abandoned-and into the orbit of the past she never truly escaped. Old loyalties resurface. Old betrayals breathe again. And the love she once chose, and then destroyed, lurks in the shadows, unspoken but dangerous. This is a story about forbidden desire. About betrayal that shattered brotherhood. About a woman punished for wanting. And a man who burned himself alive to protect her name. Love here is not gentle. It is obsessive. Possessive. Ruined. Book Two is not about second chances. It's about unfinished damage. Because when a love like this comes back, it doesn't ask if you're ready. It asks how much you're willing to lose... again.

I gasped as his other hand slid down to my waist, his grip tightening, pulling me into him until I could feel the hard press of him against me. My breath hitched, every nerve on fire as I responded, my hands finding their way to his chest, desperate to feel more. His lips left mine for a breathless moment, but only to trail down my neck, the warmth of his mouth sending shivers through me. " Warned you," he growled, his voice low and thick with desire. "Mature content +18"

You've got one boy. One girl. One pretty little lie. A perfect relationship. The perfect boyfriend. The perfect girlfriend. The perfect dates. The perfect gifts. And the perfect surprises. That gives you our golden couple of Sunset Westwood High. But what happens when it's all a lie? One boy. One girl who needs desperate help. One pretty little lie. That sounds more like it. When Olivia's ex is bothering her and rubbing it in her face at a party that he moved on after dumping her, she sees her nemesis, Ethan walking by and she uses him as her ploy, but the move isn't so smart when you think about it. I mean, how easy can it be acting lovey-dovey with your enemy? . . . . . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

One night. One party. One bet. One million problems.

We all put up walls, but we never expected them to be knocked down by someone we never saw coming.

It's simple. When he claimed her she became his. Only his. And in the Mafia, you don't touch what belongs to a Bieber. Because if you do? You Die.