"D?" "Yes, baby." I lowered my gaze to the floor. "I... I'm turned on. I... I don't know if I'll be able to sleep like this." He hummed softly. "What would you want me to do?" I stared at him. I didn't know what to say. He took a step forward. "Amoya, tell me what you want." I gulped. He gripped my chin, forcing my eyes to his. He brushed his lips against mine, teasing me. "Umm, I-I," the words got stuck in my throat. He titled my head, and placed his lips to my ear. "Do you want me to make you come?" My movements stilled. Between my legs clenched. My mouth opened, but no words came out. He smirked, slow and deliberate. "I'll take that as a yes." ______________________________________ He was dangerous. Too dangerous for a girl like me. I grew up sheltered, protected by rules and curfews, watched by strict and dangerous parents who believed love was a distraction, boys were trouble and power and control was everything. And then he came - dark, sharp, and everything I was warned to stay away from. One look from him and every rule I'd ever known began to blur. Every warning turned to a whisper I no longer cared to hear. Because I'd already fallen for him. This man - in a cruel twist of fate - was my father's rival. And he was forbidden.

𖥔 ݁ ˖⋆ ˚❆ 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖓𝖔𝖜 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⋆❆˚｡₊⊹ ────── CHRISTMAS HEART ───── 𝙼𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙷 𝙰𝙼𝙰𝙽𝙸 𝚇 𝙺𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙻 𝙳𝙴𝚂𝙷𝙰𝚆𝙽 𝖨𝖭 𝖶𝖧𝖨𝖢𝖧 : 𝖺 𝖼𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝖽𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗆𝖻𝖾𝗋. 𝖺 𝗍𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍. 𝖺 𝗐𝖺𝗋𝗆 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋. 𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖺 𝖻𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗑𝖼𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝖺𝗇'𝗍 𝖻𝗎𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈. 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗄, 𝗅𝗎𝗑𝗎𝗋𝗒 𝖼𝗈𝖺𝗍𝗌, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆 𝗍𝗈 𝖾𝗇𝖽. 𝗄𝖺𝗂𝗓𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝖺𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝗁𝖺𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾'𝖽 𝖽𝗂𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋. 𝖺 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗇𝗀 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖾, 𝖾𝗑𝗁𝖺𝗎𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖾𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗋𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗌. 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗂𝖼𝗒 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗉𝗎𝗌𝗁𝖾𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈𝗀𝖾𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖺𝖼

Her classroom... His rules.

When passion is your prison, and he's the only key...

Rumi "Rue" Monroe was a girl who grew up too quick and too soon. When her parents died, all she had left was herself, her overworked aunt, and bills they could never quite outrun. Fresh out of a relationship after catching her man in bed with another woman, Rue is exhausted working herself to the bone, drowning in responsibilities, and done with men altogether. She keeps her head down, minding her business, praying life gives her something better than struggle and disappointment. She isn't looking for love, danger, or anything that can break her again. Until she meets him. Nazir "Naz" Creed is the coldest man in the city a quiet storm with a reputation that speaks louder than he ever needs to. Running the streets with his brothers built him an empire people fear and respect in equal measure. Naz moves with precision, loyalty, and violence when necessary, and he's never cared about much outside money, power, and keeping his circle alive. But then he sees Rue. What starts as a chance encounter turns into a collision neither of them can walk away from. Rue's sweetness clashes with Naz's darkness, her broken hope meets his guarded heart, and suddenly the city's coldest man finds himself warming to the one girl who wasn't looking for him in the first place. And the streets? The streets don't like when the wrong people start caring about each other.

New Years, the celebrations of new beginnings, People starting diets, homes, careers the list goes on. For Seirra and Julian it was something big for the both of them, a big responsibility they both wasn't prepared. Will it make them or break them.

One night. One mistake. One heartbeat that changes everything. When Sierra Fields, a quiet college girl , sneaks into the hottest after party of the year, she expects nothing more than a story to tell her girls. She does not expect Kingston "King" Hale... Brooklyn's rising rap superstar with a voice like sin and a stare that ruins your good judgment. What starts as a flirtatious moment turns into a reckless, unforgettable night neither of them is supposed to remember.

Zahara Bennett built her empire from the ground up. As the owner of the most luxurious, high-end restaurant in the city, she's used to commanding respect, making power moves, and staying in control. Her life is polished, refined, and strictly business-until Nasir King walks through her doors and shakes up everything she thought she knew. Nasir is a man of the streets, a king in his own right. He moves with power, loyalty, and a quiet intensity that demands attention. He's built his reputation on respect and dominance, navigating a world of danger and deception. The last thing he expected was to be drawn to a woman who lives by a different set of rules-one who challenges him at every turn. From the moment they meet, sparks fly. A battle of wits. A clash of worlds. A temptation too strong to resist. But when their connection threatens to spill into their separate empires, both Zahara and Nasir must decide: Is their love worth the risk? Or will the forces working to keep them apart win in the end? Lust, power, and ambition collide in this passionate urban romance about two bosses from different worlds fighting for love in a game designed to tear them apart.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥

He don't talk much. He don't smile either. But when Dre "Ghost" Carter sees Jade for the first time, words ain't even necessary - the look in his eyes says it all: she's his. Dre runs the streets in silence - no noise, no witnesses, no mercy. The kind of man people whisper about but never dare to cross. Jade? She's not from that world. She's quiet, funny, the type who minds her business and stays out the way. Until her best friend drags her to a party that changes everything. One stare across that smoky room, and the most dangerous man in the city decides she belongs to him. Jade swears she's not the "ride or die" type... but Dre's pull feels different. Possessive. Addictive. The kind of love that burns slow - and might just destroy them both. Because in his world, silence can kill... and love can too.