Two people, bound by duty, not choice. Orm Kornnaphat's arranged marriage to Lingling Kwong is strictly business-nothing more. But as the wedding day approaches, Lingling proves to be more than Orm expected. Can two people bound by a contract find something real?

She built an empire from nothing. She was born into everything. One night ties them together. Lust turns into obsession. Love becomes the most dangerous game of all. Secrets unravel. Enemies close in. And when the past strikes back, they'll learn- some bonds were never meant to be broken.

Rated 18+ for lesbian sex scenes and crude language. Paris Carter has been bullied for her size and out of place because she was taller than most boys. However, she was untouchable considering the fact that she was Bleu Ivy's best friend. That's the only reason people even knew her name. Stunning, popular, and rich, Bleu Ivy (NOT Beyoncé and Jay's daughter) had it all. She protected her best friend, had a supportive group of friends, excelled in school, and had her future all planned out. Everything was fine. Wrong. Paris disappeared without a trace for one exact year. And she came back...Different. A lot of changes can happen in a year. From besties to ex-best friends, from an ordinary girl to a princess of her own country, from platonic love to lust: Bleu's senior year isn't as ordinary as she expected. "You're a WHAT?!" "A princess."

WARNING: This story contains mature themes including abuse, violence, torture, sexual content, and vices. Reader discretion is strongly advised. If you are uncomfortable with such material, please skip this. This content is intended for readers aged 18 and over only. ____ Orm, the infamous sharpshooter-feared and respected in the underworld of contract killers. She never misses. Once her sights are set, it's over in a single shot. Aim. Fire. Gone. Then came Ling-her latest mark. The only target she ever missed... or maybe chose not to hit. The one who shot back-not with bullets, but straight into her heart. In a world built on shadows and secrets, two opposing lives collide. Against all odds, they fall-into danger, into desire, into love.

Ling Ling Kwong is elegance personified-mature, poised, and breathtakingly beautiful. At 30, the half-Hongkonger, half-Thai businesswoman has built her reputation with brains and grace. When she starts dating Amun Sethratanapong, Thailand's cargo empire billionaire and devoted single father, everything seems perfect-until she steps into his mansion and meets Orm. Orm Kornnaphat Sethratanapong is everything Ling isn't: 23, reckless, bold, spoiled, and terrifyingly magnetic. With her off-shoulder blonde hair, wicked smirk, and dominant energy, Orm isn't just unimpressed by Ling-she's hostile. Amun wants peace and insists they spend time together, hoping they'll grow close like family. But fate has other plans. What starts as cold stares and biting remarks turns into secret glances, shared nights abroad, and an undeniable spark neither of them saw coming. The woman meant to be her stepmother becomes the woman Orm can't stop thinking about. And Ling, once so sure of her path, finds herself torn between the man who loves her-and the daughter who makes her feel alive. Some love stories aren't supposed to happen. But sometimes, the heart chooses chaos.

"She was supposed to teach me Chinese. I ended up begging for her in every language." Ten years after vanishing into the glittering world of London high society, Orm Korn Sethratanapong returns to Bangkok with a designer suitcase and a smirk that hides a thousand secrets. Rich, reckless, and used to getting what she wants, Orm is tasked with managing her family's Chinese-investor-backed company. There's just one problem-she doesn't speak a word of Mandarin or Cantonese. Enter Lingling Sirilak Kwong: gorgeous, intelligent, emotionally unavailable. A private Chinese tutor with strict rules, including one she never breaks-don't fall in love. Especially not with clients. Especially not with smug, boyish flirts with blonde hair and honey eyes who can't stop crossing the line. Their lessons quickly spiral into arguments, heated glances, and late nights that end with torn clothes and breathless silence. They promise it's just sex. Just tension. Just nothing. Until Ling disappears. And Orm is willing to tear apart the world to find the woman who swore she'd never love her.

Three years. That's how long Lingling Kwong has waited for a man who walked out of her life without a word - leaving her alone to raise their daughter, Sirilak. Calm, graceful, and fiercely devoted to her little girl, Ling has long buried her heart under routine and restraint, convinced that love is no longer meant for her. Enter Orm Kornnaphat - a wildly attractive, sports teacher with honey-amber eyes, a crooked smirk, and a soft spot for a certain clingy six-year-old in her class. Orm never cared for commitments... until Sirilak latched onto her like a koala, and her reserved mother waltzed into her life with dark eyes and a body made of temptation. What begins with innocent schoolyard encounters and stolen glances spirals into something neither of them expected - a slow, burning connection tangled in unspoken fears, inconvenient timing, and a desire too strong to ignore. Orm wants her. All of her. Ling is terrified to want back. But love, like children, doesn't wait for perfect timing.

Have you ever heard of a friendship crush? That strange feeling that lingers between admiration and love. It's not just wanting to be friends, but it's not quite something you can name, either. Just a quiet pull to get closer, to understand someone more deeply, without a clear reason why. Orm felt that for Lingling, a girl always within sight, yet never truly part of her world. They weren't friends, merely two people who knew each other from afar. And yet, for reasons she couldn't explain, Orm wanted to know her more. But the courage never came. Until graduation separated them, and that feeling slipped away, unspoken, unresolved. Then, fate brought them back together. In a foreign city, far from home. Under the sky of Melbourne, Orm, a student on exchange, searching for a place to stay and Lingling, offered her a place in her own home. What should've been ordinary turned complicated. There were tremors that shouldn't be there, emotions they couldn't control. And when their time was up, they returned to being strangers. But fate, it seemed, wasn't quite finished with them. Years later, they met again. This time, in Tokyo. Orm thought the feeling had died. But it hadn't. It had only been asleep-now awake, stronger, clearer, and far more painful.