addicted /əˈdɪktɪd/ physically and mentally dependent on a particular substance. ⸻ "You're addicted to me, aren't you?" he smirks. "What's wrong with that?" I smile back. "We're all addicted to things that could ruin us." ⸻ Enemies. Ex-childhood friends. Fake dating. Secret identities. Forbidden romance. Chase Russo lost his mother. Valentine Damitri lost her home. And when he needed her most, she disappeared without a trace. Years later, they're nothing but enemies passing in the same school hallways. He believes she abandoned him. She believes he's just an asshole. But Valentine isn't who she used to be. Behind the mask of a student, she is one of the world's most lethal assassins, every mission pulling her deeper into a web of blood, secrets, and the one mystery she has never stopped chasing: what happened to her mother. And Chase isn't the boy she left behind. He has built his own secret life as an undercover agent, one that will collide with hers in ways neither of them can control. When they're forced into a fake relationship, their fragile truce threatens to ignite into something neither of them can deny. But when Valentine discovers the next name on her kill list, the truth shatters everything. Nicolo Russo. Chase's father. The man she has been sent to kill. But Valentine isn't the only one with orders. Because while she's been trained to dismantle his empire, Chase has been trained to eliminate the deadliest assassin alive. Her.

Heath and Teagan only agree on one thing: they don't want to be in a relationship. Teagan, who is busy finishing her law degree, needs a break from the stress of living up to her parents' expectations. Heath is following his passion and starting his career as a physical therapist, but his family's drama is tearing his life apart behind the scenes. As members of the same friend group, Heath and Teagan will be around each other plenty during wedding season, whether they like it or not. With no time or desire to date, the two come to an agreement: pre-scheduled hookups through the summer or until something real comes along. A situational relationship, otherwise known as a situationship. Their arrangement seems perfect. If their past doesn't come back to bite them.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐔𝐓𝐎𝐑, Amara Kader is an aspiring crime lawyer hoping to develop a successful career in New York City without any distractions. The opposite of obedient and submissive; she speaks what's on her mind and isn't afraid to put others in their place when need be. No one attempts to dictates her life and she only has one goal- to make it. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑, Dominic Romano is the only thing worse than the devil. Trained his whole life to eventually rule the Cosa Nostra, the powerful Don has no time for silly nusiances and anything that would threaten his reputable status. Arrogant, dominant and formidable- he wouldn't bother blinking before eliminating anyone that dared getting in his way. Even Satan was scared of something. So what happens when the two contradicting characters meet, on opposite organizations? They were everything one another hated, but under inconvenient circumstances, would the hated come in between the underlying lust? (infatuation- a feeling of foolish or obsessively strong love for, admiration for, or interest in someone or something : strong and unreasoning attachment)

NILA JAVA radiated confidence and everything that came with it. Standing her ground throughout high school, she continues to do the same in college making sure everyone knew who she was. Nila was a man's wet dream and wouldn't even have to blink before getting noticed in a room. She knew what she wanted and wouldn't tolerate disrespect from anyone who dared. Nila prided herself in being an extrovert, always having an easygoing personality, able to make friends with whoever and become easily favoured with the click of her fingers. Except for one. Her best friend's older brother. MAIKEL MARQUEZ was known as the college's golden boy being loved by many and over the course of four years, gained himself a reputation along side his best friend. He was outgoing, charming and not to mention a total heartbreaker. Girls wanted to be with him and boys wanted to be him, but not everyone could be as loved as him. From childhood, Maikel has always had an unknown problem with Nila. Ever since five, they've become sworn enemies and stuck to that promise over the years into adolescence. Two people have never hated each other more than Maikel and Nila. However, when a mutually beneficial deal strikes between the two, they find themselves slowly overcoming their strong hatred for one another. It's no surprise they were both attracted to each other, but were those desires enough to diminish their problem of being unable to stand each other? 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄. 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

Minnie is 17 years old; she has grown up in privilege, but she is insecure, a perfectionist, and struggles with an eating disorder. During the summer in Everlast, she meets Leo, an 18-year-old bad boy with a secret that could land him in serious trouble. Opposites in personality, Minnie and Leo are immediately drawn to each other and soon fall in love, experiencing emotions they've never felt before-blazing passion and heartbreaking pain. Can Minnie accept that she's in love with a boy who drives her crazy? Eight years later, by chance, they cross paths again in New York, Minnie's hometown, where she is about to get married. Will they be able to resist the attraction that still pulls them together after all these years? Sharp dialogue, steamy scenes, romance, and a touch of action will keep you hooked.

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.

Nathan Kingston has been forgotten by the world. A dad that fucked off when he was young and a mother gone days at a time with work he feels alone. Especially since he goes to the most elite private school in the city on scholarship. He's falling down a pit, he needs someone. But nobody notices him, except a smiling girl with icy blue eyes. Ivy Matthews loves her family, she really does. But she's the middle child, squashed between a supermodel older sister, a basketball star twin brother and a figure skating prodigy younger sister. She gets overlooked, unless she gets in trouble. She's failing two of the classes she needs to graduate, she needs someone. And he's the boy who never smiles. • • • Matthews Series: Book Two [DUAL POV] ⚠️Tw: Depression, Suicidal Thoughts, Panic Attacks [word count: 103129]

when the boy who doesn't even notice her, falls for her at the worst possible time... October 10, 2021 - July 14, 2022

Forced to share his bed with an attractive stranger, Ash Jamieson suddenly finds himself confronted with feelings he thought he'd repressed. ***** Riddled with adolescent angst, lavished with profanity, and adorned with more cheese than your favourite take-out pizza, Top and Tail chronicles the life of Ash Jamieson as he haphazardly navigates his way through malicious schoolmates, whackjob teachers, disillusioned parents, imbecilic athletes, audacious girls, and of course, his most pressing problem: the subdued pretty-boy that has suddenly invaded every aspect of his life. Being a teenager is hard, ok? ***** Top and Tail is posted exclusively on Wattpad! If you're reading this elsewhere, you're reading an unedited, stolen version where illegal sites profit off my work :( The official version is FREE to read at it's home on Wattpad! [Featured in Teen Fiction 2016] [Completed 2011]