His eyes lingered on my face, the wicked glint it held suggesting that he had something in mind. I raised a perfect eyebrow at him, and he flashed me a devilish, cunning smile. ❝ Why don't we do it? ❞ he proposed, his voice deliciously husky. ❝ No strings attached. Just sex. ❞ ──────────────── He wanted a story. She was looking for an escape. Dylan Ashby and Blaire Harrington have known each other since middle school, and they've been at each other's throats until separating after high school graduation. Now twenty-five years old, Dylan is a notorious journalist in New York City known for his ruthless pursuits in destroying careers and reputations, while Blaire is an upcoming actress in Hollywood hiding behind the terrible rumors and stories people have spread about her. When an event causes their paths to cross again, leading to a bruised ego, a broken nose, and a scandal backing them up into a corner, Blaire's decision to help Dylan turns out to be the opening of Pandora's box. Everything breaks loose. A cold-hearted actress with a mouth worse than a sailor's and a secret hidden in the darkness. A ruthless journalist with overbearing trust issues and a scarred past. They say you can't fight fire with fire, but one signature was only the first step for their lives to intertwine. ──────────────── 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗘 + 𝗗𝗬𝗟𝗔𝗡 Book 01 in the Dirty Ballads Series [can be read as a standalone] ────────────────

BEING PUBLISHED BY W BY WATTPAD FREE STORY. PAID BONUS CHAPTERS. Two complete opposites. One assignment. After making it through her freshman year at the University of Southern California. Avalon Miller planned to get through sophomore year and every year after that by doing the same thing. Fitting in. What more could she possibly want? Apparently, a confident and sexy football player who has every girl falling at his feet. Everyone except Avalon, anyway. Her plan for staying under the radar vanishes into oblivion when she must spend the entire semester with the football players, including the senior heartthrob and star quarterback Noah Jackson. When Avalon crashes into his life and doesn't fall to his feet like every other girl, it's a breath of fresh air. One he can't get enough of. He introduces her to the life of a football player, but never expected to take an interest in her along the way. Something no one, not even him, expected as he doesn't date. Both of them are holding back from loving again due to their past relationships but love is something he didn't even know he was looking for until she walked into his life and something, she didn't know she was missing until she falls in love with him along the way. A journalism major and a football player...what could possibly go wrong? [The Jackson Family Series Book 1]