𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘻 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯? 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵... 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣

"You want to act reckless? Fine. But don't think for a second you're not being watched. This city is full of men who'd love to carve a message into you just to make a point." "And what message would you carve?" I whispered. He reached out. Brushed the back of his knuckles down my jaw, rough and slow. "Mine." It wasn't sweet. It wasn't romantic. It was a brand. And then he dropped his hand. "You have ten minutes to get out of here before I make a fucking scene." ˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ Massimo Bianchi is ruthless, the kind of man who leaves blood in his wake and never looks back. At 29, he's the trusted enforcer for one of the most feared mafia bosses in America - my father, Lorenzo DeLuca, the ghost I never knew but can never escape. I, Francesca DeLuca, have spent my life in the shadows of wealth, too blind to see the truth behind my family's fortune. But when I confront the mysterious man who's been following me, I'm thrown into a world of blood and betrayal, where loyalty is bought and sold like a commodity. Massimo is everything I should fear - cold, dangerous, and bound by an oath to my father. But there's something in the way he looks at me, a dark hunger he refuses to acknowledge. I should hate him, push him away, but the deeper I fall into my family's twisted legacy, the harder it is to resist the pull. But loving a man like Massimo is a risk, and in our world, mistakes are paid for in blood. So the question is - will I be his downfall, or will he be mine?

𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹-𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 ❝𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐭, 𝐒𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐲,❞ 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. ❝𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠... ❞ 2 part of the 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 series (although it can 100% be read as a 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞) 𝙸𝚗 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 - 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝗦𝗬𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗬 - a bitter and rough 18-year-old girl with no past, fighting for a future she will never get. ᴄʟᴀʏ ᴅᴀᴠɪꜱ - 36-year-old undercover FBI agent who has been working on the witness program for ten years. The destinies of two completely different people collide in a remote corner of northern Great Britain, where Sybille is running away from responsibility, while Clay looks at the girl and sees only a round sum of money. Irritable, insufferable, and stubborn, Sybille and Clay cannot find common ground in a remote log cabin. However, how long can two people who do not tolerate each other's friendship stay apart, locked inside a remote log cabin? Clay, placed in a compromising position, asks himself only one thing: is it worth being the 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 for the one who condemned herself to destruction? ⚠︎AGE-GAP ROMANCE [PSYCHOPATH x FBI AGENT] | ⚠︎HIGHLY MATURE CONTENT🌶🌶

Ellie Moore has spent the past five years as a ghost in the background, drifting through life in quiet isolation, lost in her daydreams. Her only solace? A secret diary filled with her deepest, most forbidden fantasies-every page devoted to Asher White, the boy who has unknowingly consumed her every thought. But when fate takes an unexpected turn and Asher stumbles upon her most intimate writings, Ellie's carefully hidden world is shattered. For the first time, he sees her-truly sees her. Will this be the moment she finally finds a connection after years of solitude, or will Asher's discovery expose the darkest corners of her obsession? Milestones #3 in steamy out of 19.2k stories #4 in Asher out of 1.76k stories #6 in Swimmer out of 576 stories #6 in 2ndchance out of 255 stories

Shanaya Malhotra always believed love would be hers to choose. Elegant, privileged and sometimes a little bratty. She's used to living life on her own terms. But when an arrangement she never agreed to forces her into a future with Ekansh Raichand, everything changes. He's powerful, reserved and always in control. A man who doesn't need to ask, because he always gets what he wants. To Shanaya, it feels like surrender. To Ekansh, it's inevitable. But as their worlds collide, so do their tempers, their desires and something neither of them is ready to name. Because the more she resists, the deeper he pulls her in. And somewhere between power and possession, she starts to wonder: What if she doesn't want to escape?

"Look at me when you lie." His voice didn't rise. It didn't have to. "If you're gonna insult my intelligence, at least have the decency to look me in the fucking eye." Evangeline Summers wasn't made for this world- where silence is a weapon, and submission isn't requested. It's taken. She didn't volunteer. Her father handed her over like a signed debt. And Kenji Tanaka collected. He doesn't raise his voice. He doesn't repeat himself. He speaks in commands disguised as questions- and touches like he's confirming damage he already caused. Eva was never taught how to survive men like him. Only how to be polite while they take. "Tell me what you're hiding." She stayed silent. He smiled. Just enough teeth. "Don't make me drag it out of your skin." Now, she has two options: Play the part. Or get eaten alive by it. Because Kenji isn't just the devil in the room. He built it. "You keep fighting the knots like you got somewhere better to be." He growled, breath hot against her skin. "Go ahead. Make me tighten them." And he's about to teach her: Pain isn't punishment. It's permission.

𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐔𝐌'𝐒 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐍 𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱 She's the city's top model. Seen by everyone. Known by no one. She survives by keeping her past sealed tight- every bruise, every secret, every ugly truth locked behind elegance and restraint. Her life is a performance, and she never misses a step. Until she slips... ...and falls straight into the orbit of the man she was taught to despise most. One reckless act- done under the guise of a false persona- sets something irreversible in motion. A line is crossed. A fire is sparked. And the illusion of distance between them shatters. That night leaves her with a hangover, and a realization she can't escape. You don't have to die to go to hell. Some men bring it right to you. He is power without conscience. A presence felt more than seen. The devil everyone fears. She is a mess dressed in designer. A voice that refuses to be silenced. The angel everyone envies. Logic says they should never align. That their worlds, their loyalties, and their sins are fundamentally opposed. Nexum says there couldn't be a better fit. 𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱𝐱 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 @xplicitlyvenus 2025, all rights reserved

River Cortland is a 17 year old girl who seems to have a permanent blush around her best friend Noah who she loves more than anything in the world. Noah Arlington is a 18 year old boy who lives to tease his precious little best friend who he's protective over and who means the world to him. Two hearts meant for each other. A journey of love, teasing, and more love. - 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙎 𝙈𝘼𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀 𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏 *all photo credits go to the respectable owners* *I do not own any of the photos nor do I claim that I do, unless stated otherwise.* *this is not fan fiction* *don't steal my work please. plagiarism is a crime*