When 25-year-old Noelle Costello takes a job as a stripper to pay off crushing family debt, she has no idea the dimly lit club where she dances belongs to Dario Balotelli-a ruthless, obsessive, dangerously controlled mafia don who rules half the city from the shadows. He's been watching her for months. She doesn't even know his name. But when a violent attack at the club exposes secrets she was never meant to hear, Noelle is dragged into Dario's world-into a labyrinth of crime, loyalty, power, and a slow-burning desire neither of them can escape. She is everything he shouldn't want. He is everything she should fear. Their collision is inevitable. And it will change them forever.

When Kiki visits Chicago for her cousin's wedding, she never expects to get piped down by a man who talks with his hands and growls her name like he own it. Messiah ain't like these New York dudes she's used to-he move different. Ain't loud, ain't flashy, but got that hood alpha energy that make her melt. She was supposed to be there for five days max... not fall in love with a Chi-Town gangsta who flips bricks and lifts her like she weightless. But when her past follows her to Chicago and his street life bleeds into their sex-fueled situationship, the line between love and lust starts to blur. He never chased women-especially not loud, sex-crazy, no-nonsense New York ones. But Kiki? She got him talkin' about "what we is" and pressin' her spot like he tryna build a future. But love between two people who been hurt don't come easy. And in a city full of secrets, money, and murder? Somebody always gotta pay.

PART TWO IS NOW OUT What happens when two totally different worlds collide? Jesse is a quiet girl who just wants to enjoy life and make it out of the hood. Trevon a thug tied to the streets by blood and legacy whose main priority is to protect the ones he loves. Two people brought to together by tragedy try to navigate their way through love and discover themselves. Will they find their way out or will they forever stay connected to the life they so desperately want to escape. ⚠️ *For Mature audiences* *Sexual Content*

𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦: 𝖶𝗁𝗒 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝖨 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌? ~𝖩𝖺𝖼𝗊𝗎𝖾𝖾𝗌 & 𝖣𝖾𝗃 𝖫𝗈𝖺𝖿 𝙎𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙬𝙤: 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣' 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞 𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣' 𝙄 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚. ~𝙆𝙚𝙮𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙖 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖤𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀: "𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾? 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖾𝖽? 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗂𝖿 𝗂𝗍 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗎𝗉𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗏𝖾𝗌?" ~𝖵. 𝖡𝗈𝗓𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗇

Here I am again... Different day, different hour, but trapped in the same haunting cycle, she thought. Tiara stood before the mirror, her reflection staring back like a stranger she couldn't escape. The hatred she felt wasn't loud it was quiet, cold, and relentless. Her eyes welled with tears as they traced the outline of her body, every curve now a battlefield. She despised what she saw. Not because she always had, but because somewhere along the way, the love she once had for herself faded... and she didn't know how to bring it back.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯"

❝ɪ'ʟʟ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ғᴀʟʟ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜ.........❞ 𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚃𝚘 𝚁𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙻𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗' 𝚄𝚙 '𝙲𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝙰 𝚁𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙾𝚏 𝙼𝚎, 𝚂𝚑𝚊𝚠𝚝𝚢!

(bxb) Axel Hunter hates Will Anderson. The two don't exactly see eye to eye, though that's to be expected of the two most popular boys in their high school, both extremely competitive and sarcastic. So, when the baseball team vandalizes the basketball team's state trophies, they catch the attention of the principal once again. As a punishment, the principal and coaches force the two teams to spend time together at a far-away camp during their spring break-"team bonding," they called it. Axel knew he wouldn't last at this so called camp, not when he's forced to room with Will Anderson, and especially not when he starts to become somewhat bearable.

Sequel to The 912