*NEW BOOK! * BONUS CHAPTERS OUT NOW! They say he's hotter than sin, colder than ice. The CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Built from the ground up. He needed an assistant, and I needed to get my foot in the door. My student loans weren't paying themselves. So that's how I began working under Flynn Stone. And day in and day out, all I could think about was being under him. Could the big bad CEO fall for a girl like me? I'm Ruthless in Business. I know what I need from myself and my team. I didn't get where I am today by letting people walk all over me. But somehow, I'm finding myself bending for my assistant. I need to put distance between us, but staying away from her is harder than anticipated.

𝑨𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈, '𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒆. 𝑵𝒐, 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒆. Delilah Marlow will do anything to kill the Winter Soldier, until she finds out he is her new mentor. Bucky Barnes x OC Dual POV, slow(ish) burn, angsty love, he falls first, hard!, enemies to lovers (we think?), touch her you die. [AU in the MCU. Timelines may not match up, and it's not very canon, but Bucky is still Bucky.] **I do not own any rights to Marvel or their characters**

Arabelle Vine, a 22 year old photographer in Seattle Washington, is happy with her current life. She has friends, a great family, and a job she loves. But Arabelle wants to be more than just content with her life. She wants excitement, and she wants love. But Love has always been a tricky thing in Arabelles life. Roman King, a 24 year old Boxer in Seattle, loves his life just the way it is. With great friends, and a career that he loves, he thinks it couldn't get any better until Arabelle Vine walks into his life. With a dark past that she keeps trying to put behind her in order to gain trust in other people, will Arabelle be able to let Roman in? Or will she push him away in fear? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Stop it." I snap, "I will not sit here and listen to you talk down on yourself. You do not give yourself enough credit. You, Arabelle, are the most incredible women I have ever met." "Stop lying." She scoffs. "Bold of you to assume I'm lying. Arabelle Vine, I am completely and utterly infatuated with you." She looks at me like she doesn't believe a single thing I'm saying, "you make me the happiest I've ever been. Warning this story will contain: Mature themes strong language mention of self harm Verbal abuse Physical abuse Started- July 5th, 2021 Completed- February 21st, 2022