SEQUEL TO THE ART OF MANIPULATION Jonika thought the bullet ended everything-his empire, his hold on her heart, and the man she loved but was forced to betray. She tried to rebuild, to bury the grief under the illusion of a normal life. But grief doesn't stay buried. It claws. It festers. And some ghosts don't stay dead. When fate drags Jonika back into the shadows she thought she'd escaped, she finds herself hunted by the very man she once destroyed. His face is the same, his eyes colder, his love and fury tangled into something she can't escape. Now she doesn't know if he has returned to reclaim her heart... or claim her life.

Pushing himself from the door Gulian neared her, standing in front of her. "I want you to stop seeing 𝙝𝙞𝙢, that's what I want." Kyomi scoffed as she shook her head. "Why would I stop doing that? Just 'cause you call yourself asking nicely?"

𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐘 | SLOW BURNED ASF. " 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 '𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯' 𝘰𝘳 '𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦'. " " 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺... 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺... 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥... 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯-𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥... " 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐄𝐃 © 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐌𝐘𝐒𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐄. (not edited).

(Completed) Being the perfect daughter to becoming a big disappointment! Melodi is the perfect daddy's girl. Being under her parents wing at the age of twenty-one Melodi isn't able to explore the world. Until one day Melodi is forced to have a babysitter while her parents are out of town. Melodi gets a taste of the sex life from the wrong but right guy. Melodi is unable to turn back because the way he sex her she wont stand to let him go! Dealing with the temptation and the magical love making. Melodi will have to make a hard decision she thought she would never have to make. ***R-Rated*** (Warning this book contains detailed sexual activity and explicit language!)

Allure...to powerfully attract or charm; tempt. It was the physical attraction that they believed kept them coming back, but in reality, it was more than that. Two broken souls, unaware to the fact the fix was one another.

Best friends turned lovers.

Rob49 & Dess Dior Fanfiction Destiny thought divorcing Rob meant finally closing the door on a love that had already cost them both too much. With two children to raise, a growing beauty business, and a new life to build, moving forward was supposed to be the easy part. But Rob has never been easy to leave behind. As co-parenting, family, therapy, and unfinished feelings continue pulling them together. Destiny must decide whether their marriage deserves a second chance-or whether some loves are better left in the past. Meanwhile, friendships, new romances, career moves, hidden business dealings, and Jaelen Williams-the wealthy, complicated man who entered Destiny's life after Rob-begin intertwining in ways none of them expected.

She's a man-eater with a badge and a body count of broken hearts. As a DEA agent, Jonika's mastered the art of seduction, manipulation, and emotional detachment - using her beauty like a weapon and keeping her feelings locked behind armor no one gets past. But when her mission leads her straight into the arms of a dangerously magnetic man, the game changes. He's charming, calculated, and unknowingly the exact criminal she's been sent to take down. By the time she pieces together who he truly is, he's already slipped past her defenses - touching something real beneath the surface she swore no one would ever reach. Now, with a federal sting operation closing in, Jonika stands on a razor's edge: turn him in and complete the mission... or betray everything she's sworn to protect for the only man who ever made her feel something.

Aubrey "Ace" Graham and Lexington Santiago are both struggling through different issues from their pasts... but when they meet sparks fly, leaving the question - will it be WORTH THE RISK in the end. I hate descriptions.

"So you just wanna fuck me forever, and that's it, huh?" "I ain't say-" He sucked his teeth. "We already talked about this shit, Z." "Nah." She chuckled dryly. "You just keep shutting me out." "Why you doin' this to me, Ma?" He closed his eyes and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Hm? Why you tryna fuck everything up?" • • • • • • 𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚌, 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚌 💌👻 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟷 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜