Avery's senior year is turned upside down when a kiss with her older brothers' best friend ignites a forbidden relationship tangled in danger, heartbreak, and family secrets that could destroy everything. *** "Aiden..." I shake my head, eyes fixed anywhere but the gorgeous man next to me. His hand grips my chin tightly, just enough to make me avert my eyes to his. "You know you want this as much as I fucking do. I want you to be mine. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you the one you go to whenever you're happy or fucking sad. But let it be me, let me fucking show you that it should be me." He glares, jaw tensing. ...... ©hessaherophinelove

Elodie Sinclair, a 19 year old second year at the University of New York, who hasn't found her purpose in life yet, living in a small apartment. She always been someone who tends to keep to herself and rather stay inside the comfort of home and read, than go out and party. Lorenzo Moretti, the heartless, cruel and most feared man of New York, the Italian Mafia don, who never cared for anyone but himself. Hes closed off and cold, most would run for hills; Except her, shes intrigued by his dark demeanor and icy blue eyes. His obsession with her leads to secretly asking her father to arrange for the two to become married, not only making his father happy but making her completely his. Just the way he wants it. Obsession, heartbreak, and jealousy will cause the two to clash heads, but will they find a way to move around the bumps in the road?