After the shock reveal that Imogen's pregnant with Jude's child, their relationship is left rocky. But as they're pulled closer by baby scans and a surprise family holiday, could the spark between them reignite? Season 2 of The Mechanic *** After the truth about Imogen's pregnancy is revealed in the worst way possible, her world comes crashing down. Her hopes in tatters, she doesn't believe Jude will show for the first baby scan weeks later. But then she locks eyes with him striding through the hospital door, and everything changes. Jude looks worse for wear, but he's ready to work together for the baby. And Imogen's ready to try to rebuild what's broken between them. Then Jude's mother catches wind of the pregnancy and invites them on a family holiday abroad, and suddenly, they're thrown together headfirst. Still on rocky footing, things intensify when they find themselves sharing not only a room, but one bed. It's impossible to deny the attraction, and soon, their connection heats up. But what will happen when they exchange holiday bliss for real life back in London? Can their relationship flourish, or will old faces from the past threaten to derail everything? WARNING: This story contains depictions of abuse. Reader discretion is advised.

tw's: verbal and emotional child abuse, body shaming, adhd rep After spending my first two years as the college fuck boy, I've decided that I'm done with that reputation for the rest of college. Especially when one of my past hookups starts lurking around and spreading rumours about me that could have me kicked off the team. So when my friend moves out of my apartment, I'm looking for a new roomie. And when my new roomie ends up being my shy, bookworm tutor who's looking to get her ex-boyfriend off her back, how can I resist not asking her to be my fake girlfriend until we're both out of hot water. But I have a hard time trying to remember that this is all fake.

"You know New York," "What is it now cowboy?" "I would love to escape with you" ••• After Elle and Jackie's family died in a car accident, they have to go live with their mom's best friend who has a house filled with kids. Including six teenage boys, two of which the girls get wrapped up in. Started- December 24th Finished- April 2nd

"𝐘-𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐦-𝐦𝐞?" "𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝." ******* 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐇𝐞'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝, 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞? 𝐀𝐟𝐭

She's a wild, free spirit who sees the good in everyone, and he's the hardened, bad-tempered loner who wants nothing to do with her-yet no matter how hard he tries to push her away, she's the one temptation he can't escape. *** He's never met someone with such a bubbly personality. Not to mention the wildness and odd phrases she says every five minutes. He hates it. He hates how he can't stay away from it. He hates what she does to him; it's not like him to chase after some girl. She gets under his skin like no other. She's never met someone with such a bad attitude. He's ill-mannered and menacing. The glare never seems to leave his face. Considering it all, she can't help but feel the attraction toward him. Dangerous attraction toward a seemingly dangerous man. Maybe it's the tattoos on his arm that gets her attention. Or maybe it's because she can tell there's hope for good under his rough exterior. And she's about to find it, whether he likes it or not. It's no secret that the two of them are complete and total opposites. *** "You like being called Sugar, don't you?" I tease, placing my toothbrush back after finishing. He does the same and gives me a side-eyed scowl. He grips my chin harshly and kisses me. My body temperature raises a good ten degrees and my right leg goes all wiggly. He pulls away. "You like it when I kiss you, don't you?" He teases the same way I did to him and I'm left blubbering. "I think both of our questions are rhetorical," I lower my voice up at him. His lip curls up into a smirk. *** #1 in Young Adult #9 in Badboy #1 in Cold #3 in Goodgirl #1 in Sweetheart #14 in Love *** *Warning* This story contains mature themes (language, scenes, etc.)