𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊 - all her hopes and dreams of running away from the luxurious lifestyle with her boyfriend are ruined when she finds herself chained down in a sudden arranged marriage with someone she'd never love, but it's already been made clear that not everything goes to plan. 𝐑𝐘𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐁𝐄𝐒 - He only agreed to this wedding on the condition that it would help his business career and put more money in his wallet. He's never been in a serious committed relationship before, and he wasn't about to start now, that is, until he sees his soon-to-be wife; now he'll go through anything and anyone to get her, even her own boyfriend. started - may 8th, 2023. finished - july 28th, 2023.

❝𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚❞ ⟡ 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫? "𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆'𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆." - 𝓐𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐢 ✦ "𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒈. 𝑰 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝑰'𝒎 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖." - 𝓚𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐊𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 ✦

❝𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨❞ He doesn't ask. He takes. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐲, 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐞𝐬. "𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰," 𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞." 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡... 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟. Elena Reyes came to Canada with nothing but scars and silence. By day, she serves coffee with a practiced smile. By night, she apprentices at Moreno Tattoos, turning pain into art with trembling hands and a heart that refuses to trust. Zane Moreno is the owner, cold, covered in ink, and haunted by demons he'll never name. He doesn't do gentle. He doesn't do love. But when Elena walks into his shop, something in him cracks. Now he watches her too closely, touches her too carefully, and swears he'll burn the world before he lets anyone hurt her again. She's learning to heal. He's learning to want to be good. But some scars run deeper than skin...

𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝒙 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂 When the ruthless CEO she spilled coffee on becomes her boss, Malia knows she should quit. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐂𝐄𝐎. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐬𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝, 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨.

𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒂 𝒙 𝑨𝒍𝒆𝒌𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐱 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 🥇

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 "𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔, 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔" 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕 "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒚" "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔" 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞🥇 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 #𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫🥉

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆" 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔. "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕" "𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚'𝒔" 𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒗𝒚. "𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚" 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐔𝐋 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 🥇 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 #𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🥇 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 #𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 🥈 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 #𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞🥉

He was supposed to be off-limits. She was never supposed to be his. In a world of wealth, power, and dangerous lies, falling for the wrong person might be the most dangerous thing of all. Mon Cheri - Book 1 of The Endearment Series.

𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓 ᥫ᭡ 𝑩𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑰 "𝑰'𝒎 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑰'𝒎 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒊𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔" - 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐨 ᥫ᭡

꧁𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑦 𝑂𝑛𝑒-𝑁𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑꧂ You only live once. That was exactly what she was thinking when she decided to get out of her shy bubble and go to the club. Drink after drink, she didn't plan on getting drunk to the point of her having a one night stand with a devilish man with a dark aura to match. What she also didn't know was that the said man was her husband to be, leaving her with many twist and turns of something above ordinary. ••• 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗘 Translation of what he calls her in chapter 35!