"Are you serious?" He asks. She nods. "As a heart attack" she responds. A slow grin forms on his face. "You're telling me. That if I beat you in a fight... you'll let me leave?" He asks. She nods, giving him a warm smile. "I won't take it easy on you, cause you're a woman" he says. "I would be insulted if you did" she responds. **** Sora Itsuki 27 years old. A professional MMA fighter. He lives and breathes his job and that's his main focus and nothing else. But after getting seriously injured in a fight, he is forced to take a break. Before he can get back to fighting, his trainer puts him onto a new activity to improve himself. Ballet. Nova Lux 27 years old. A professional ballet dancer. When Itsuki is dropped on her doorstep like a shivering kitten, by an old friend, she has no choice but to take him on. But there is something about his attitude that she can't stand. So she snaps it. And she snaps it hard.

[Book 1] He chose legacy. She chose herself. Now love demands a reckoning 🩶 ──── ୨୧ ──── Eric Minghao was born into wealth, power, and expectation. A legacy older than his mistakes and heavier than his heart. Raised to obey, to inherit, to become exactly who his family needed him to be, Eric learned early that love came second to duty. His father's word was law. The future was already written. Olivia Spencer loved him anyway. She loved him through missed moments, quiet disappointments, and a relationship that always seemed to come after boardrooms, family dinners, and a name that demanded obedience. Until love started to feel like compromise. Until she realised she was building a life around a man who would never choose her first. So she walked away. Years later, fate pulls them back into each other's orbit. The chemistry is still there, raw and undeniable. The feelings still dangerous. But so are the ghosts of the past. Because Eric is still tied to the legacy that once controlled him. And Olivia refuses to disappear into someone else's shadow again. This time, love demands a choice. And not all legacies survive being challenged.

Audrielle "Adri" Johnson disappeared six months ago. Nobody came looking hard enough. Passed between traffickers across North Florida, Adri survives by staying quiet, staying invisible, and never believing promises about freedom. By the time she ends up outside a Tallahassee nightclub called Club Eden, she's convinced her life no longer belongs to her. Then one rainy night, Florida's most feared mafia syndicate steps onto Rico's corner. Led by the cold and ruthless Min Yoongi, the Bangtan Syndicate rules the South through violence, loyalty, and blood-soaked power. They are criminals, not heroes-but they have one unforgivable rule: Human traffickers don't get to live. After a brutal rescue pulls Adri into their dangerous world, she finds herself surrounded by men capable of terrifying violence yet unexpected kindness. But escaping the streets is only the beginning. The trafficking network that owned Adri wants her back, corrupt officials are closing in, and Yoongi's growing obsession with protecting her threatens to ignite a war across Florida's underworld. In a city drowning in neon lights, dirty money, and secrets, Adri must learn the difference between being owned... and being protected.

Malaina Chastain has her life perfectly planned. Pre-vet track, 4.0 GPA, complete STEM requirements. And absolutely, positively, no distractions-especially not football players. But when she's assigned to tutor running back Choi Seo Joon in organic chemistry, her carefully controlled world starts to unravel. He's patient where others are pushy. Thoughtful where others are thoughtless. And he looks at her like she's more than just the perfect student everyone expects her to be. There's just one problem: she's supposed to be getting back together with her ex, Cooper - the safe choice, the expected choice, the one her family and friends have already planned her future around. Between debutante ball practices with the wrong guy, stolen moments with the right one, and a viral video that exposes feelings she's been trying to deny, Malaina has to decide: keep being perfect, or start being happy. Because sometimes the biggest risk isn't falling for the wrong person. It's falling for the right one. ✨ A clean slow-burn college romance about finding yourself, defying expectations, and discovering that home isn't a place-it's a person. ✨ Updates on Friday (and more often when I get free time)! Enjoy the Spotify playlist. Find it by searching for the playlist name: Fourth Down Chemistry Throwback Playlist. 🏈 College Football Romance | AMBW | Forced Proximity | Forbidden Romance | Found Family Trigger Warnings: minor character with terminal illness, mention of death

In the aftermath of Kourtney Carter's industry fallout, Amiyah is forced to step into the spotlight, handling business and damage control like the powerhouse she is. But when she finds herself face-to-face with Min Yoongi-BTS' silent strategist- what starts as a tense business confrontation turns into something neither of them expected. Amiyah and Yoongi are drawn to each other in a way that's both unspoken and undeniable. Their connection builds through sharp-witted conversations, late- night check-ins, and moments of quiet understanding that neither of them planned for. While Amiyah is used to controlling everything around her, Yoongi sees right through her carefully curated walls-and that unnerves her. Their dynamic is a battle of wills-Yoongi waits, and Amiyah tries to ignore him. But the more she avoids him, the closer he gets, proving that sometimes, silence speaks louder than words. Along the way, the chaos of the industry doesn't slow down. Kourtney and Jackson Wang's antics set the internet on fire, Angel calls out Amiyah's denial, and the BTS members aren't letting Yoongi slide without answering some tough questions. But through all the madness, Yoongi and Amiyah keep finding their way back to each other-no matter how much she tries to pretend it's not happening.

-Completed February 17th, 2026- Nayeli Winters wants one thing this semester: an A. What she gets is Jinho Park-her arrogant, infuriating Korean partner with bruised knuckles, a filthy attitude, and a secret fighting life that explains exactly why he walks like sin wrapped in muscle. They're a disaster waiting to happen, until one drunken night turns their hate into heat... the kind that ruins self-control, blurs morals, and leaves them tangled in sheets they were never supposed to share. He has a girlfriend. She has standards. Neither of them planned on craving each other like this. But once you taste forbidden fire, how do you go back? Enemies in class. Lovers in the dark. A chemistry too dangerous to quit. ~~~ #1 toxic 01/10/2026 #4 korean 01/10/2026

Chantay Pierre is new to Montana, from the big city. She never imagine she would find so much peace in the country. She was ready to start her new life and leave the past in the past, but when she bumps into an unexpected cold cowboy. Things happen. Xavier Lee, born and raised in Montana was always deemed as cold. He didn't know if it was resting bitch face or huge body build. Not being respected as a cowboy due to his ethnicity he struggles to fit in and get his ranch up and running.

The palace was colder than she had imagined. Even beneath the summer sun, its marble floors bit into her bare feet, and the air smelled of incense and iron - like prayers and blood. They said she had been spared. That the great King Jeon, conqueror of the southern lands, had taken pity on the little girl found among the ashes of a distant war. But mercy, she would learn, often came wrapped in chains. Naomi did not understand the language of her captors. The words were sharp and unfamiliar, slicing through her thoughts like wind through bamboo. Around her, faces watched with quiet disdain - silk-robed nobles, stoic guards, and a kingdom that would never call her its own. And then there was him. Prince Jeon Jungkook - the younger son. Barely older than she, yet already carrying the grace of someone born to command. He stared at her not with cruelty, but with a curious light in his eyes, as though trying to unravel who she was beneath the dirt and trembling. For a moment, time held still - two children on opposite ends of a kingdom's power, bound by a fate neither could name. That was the day Naomi entered the royal palace. And the day Jungkook began to question everything he had ever known.

denial [ dih-nahy-uhl ] Denial (noun): Refusal to accept or believe something, or a statement that contradicts someone or something else. For Taehyung Kim, that night wasn't a drunken blur. He remembers every detail-the muffled sounds that echoed off his soundproof walls, the way the moonlight illuminated her dark skin, and the feel of her thick thighs beneath his pale hands as he drew her closer with each thrust. But more than anything, he wishes he could forget it ever happened. That night changed everything. Aaliyah Wright and Taehyung Kim, two Ivy League students at Brown University, made a mistake that would alter their lives forever. One night of recklessness led to the conception of a child-a consequence neither of them could have foreseen or planned for. Taehyung, the charismatic and arrogant son of wealthy alumni, holds undeniable power at Brown. His parents' generous donations have cemented his status on campus, but behind his charm lies a man desperate to erase the memory of that night, hoping to distance himself from the responsibility he isn't ready to face. Aaliyah, a straight-A student and the daughter of Brown graduates, had her future mapped out. Law school was on the horizon, but getting pregnant in her junior year was not part of the plan. Now, she faces the weight of expectations from her family and the crushing reality of an absent father-to-be. They made a mistake that night. Now, denial won't save them from the truth.

Acceptance The sequel to Denial Four years later, Aaliyah and Taehyung are building lives of their own careers, routines, and the delicate balance of co-parenting a daughter they both adore. But time doesn't erase everything. Set in the heart of New York City, Acceptance explores the quiet complexities of adult love, personal growth, and the intimacy that still lingers between two people who were never quite finished. Some feelings never leave. Some stories don't end.