"You want a job here, Victoria?" He asks quietly, and I swallow beneath his grip. It was hard for me to breathe- much less speak. Fear spills throughout my body at the sudden realization that Nico could completely crush my windpipes if he wanted to. One squeeze and my life will be over. He brings me closer to his face and I freeze when his thumb slides down the side of my neck. It startles me, causing my heart to thrash restlessly against my ribcage. "Consider yourself hired." Head tilted, he looks at me closely. "You just signed your life away to me. I hope it was worth it." •••

"𝒐𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒗𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒐 𝒔𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊 " " 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏 ? " "𝑶𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑴. 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒛 𝐻𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙. 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒍𝒊 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙. 𝐴𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠? 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑉𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝑠𝑢𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑢𝑝 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦? #1 Valentina #1 libros #1 mentalissues #2 wattpadstories #2 mafiaman #2 mafiawoman #5 iloveyou #6 Mature scenes #9 Vincent #17 lovers #23 TW #27 wattpad #100 italianmafia #190 enemiestolovers

❝𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭.❞ ♤ 𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫. Nikolai Volkov. Her worst nightmare, yet she can't help but fall for his numerous erotic games. At first, she had a fiancée ready, but next he's found dead so they marry instead. What happens when she lets down her guard for him in many more ways than one? ♤ This story contains explicit sexual content and dark themes. Please read the trigger warnings before proceeding. started 01/01/23

Issabel Soriano starts college and shes on a journey to find her independence. Throughout the course of he life she's been cushioned from reality and now she craves to achieve things on her own. Due to a sudden incident, she has to start collage two weeks after everyone else. On her first night she encounters Luke Russo, she swears to hate him and his rude antics but he happens to be her brothers best friend. However, Issabel isnt the only one facing a predicament because although Issabel cant stop Luke from infiltrating her life, he cant stop her from invading his thoughts. They're brought together unwillingly by a series of coincidences. Is it fate?

Tropes: Arranged Marriage, Marriage of Convenience, Forced Proximity, He falls first and Harder, Tragic Past, Mafia Romance, Dark Fairytale 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 https://pin.it/56uSExE 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 Gilded Lily - Cults Love Story - Indila Family Line - Conan Gray The other side - Ruelle Love in the Dark - Adele Diamonds - Rhianna My Blood - Ellie Goulding Lovely - Billie Eilish and Khalid Dynasty - Miia Somewhere Only We Know - Keane Cardigan - Taylor Swift Another Love - Tom Odell 𝑨𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝑫𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒄𝒂 Though she was infamous for being the most ruthless assassin in the underworld, she was seen as replaceable, insignificant and an eyesore from her parents. She thought she was unloveable, and undeserving of love. Until she met him 𝑳𝒖𝒌𝒆 𝑻𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒐𝒓 He was the next leader of the American Mafia. He had power, authority and tremendous amount of wealth. Being brought up by a loving family, he found great importance in protecting and loving his family but when he is thrown into an arranged marriage for convenience, he imagined it to be loveless. But he was so very wrong.

[ONGOING] Davina Claire, the new girl who is kind and has a wonderful soul. She had recently transferred from an all-girls school to Greston Academy because she was tormented and teased there and would hide in the restrooms. She used to let other people's remarks upset her, bottle up her emotions and sentiments, and make her feel horrible about herself. But Davina is here now, and she will not allow her past influence her present or future until she meets Aaron Xander. Aaron Xander is the popular lad whom everyone likes and whom all girls adore. But, in reality, he is simply a child with a shattered heart who is attempting to pick up the pieces of his broken heart, which is not easy. Some people despise him, while others adore him, but no one knows how much anguish and suffering he endures. He tries to appear brave and courageous in front of everyone, but deep inside he is crumbling. Nobody knows who Aaron Xander is until Davina Claire enters his life. Will these two individuals, each with a damaged heart, be able to heal one other? Or will they continue to despise one other indefinitely? Read this book to find out.

Isla Ruiz is strong-headed and independent. She has experienced the hardships of life, so always tries to treat others with kindness and respect. Many look past her and only see what she wants them to see, no one knows about her dark past and deep struggles...except him. He's always been able to read her like a book, and as much as she tries to deny it, she knows it's true. Although they're friends, it seems like there can never be a day where the two get along. However, it seems she trusts him, and he trusts her. Started: 20th February 2023

[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?

I lean in being careful to not dive the knife too far in his throat but enough for it to bleed and leave a scar. Our faces are inches apart and I decide to speak : "Looks like I won. I could end you right now if I wanted" "Then do it". His reply takes me off guard "No, I am smarter than that, it's still not the time. I am a patient woman" I mutter despite the fact that I didn't believe a word I just said... of course I wasn't a patient woman. He takes advantage of my lack of focus and throws me to the side. He was now on top with his hand pinning my wrists down and his blood dripping on my chest. "You can lie to everyone, even to yourself Valeria, but not to me" he panted ------------------------- If you like: - Mafia romances - Childhood friends to enemies to lovers - Slow burn - Nightmare trope - Dagger to the throat trope - One bed trope - Comforting scenes - Girl badass vs dominant men - Characters with tragic backstories - Hates everyone but her - 🌶🌶🌶 Then this book is for you !