She saves lives. She ends them. Engfa Waraha is a ruthless mafia queen feared by the city and untouchable by law. But behind the power, blood, and secrets, she's hopelessly in love-with the one woman who wants nothing to do with her. Charlotte Austin is a brilliant doctor with a cold heart and steady hands. She heals everyone... except the woman who keeps showing up at her door-bleeding, broken, and smiling like a devil in love. Charlotte hates everything Engfa stands for-violence, control, obsession. But when bullets fly and secrets bleed out in alleys, the line between love and hate begins to blur. Because even the heart knows: You can't outrun what haunts you... or who loves you. © r_read01, 2025. All rights reserved. This work is a product of fiction. No part of this story may be reproduced, copied, or transmitted in any form without the author's permission. Thank you for reading!😚

Adrien Vitale is one of the most powerful people in the world. Daughter of a business man, she will stop at nothing to inherit her father's corporation. To every woman she has ever slept with, she is ruthless, ambitious and cutthroat, with no intention of ever settling down. Except when her father gives her an ultimatum, she needs to either present herself as a family woman, or risk losing her inheritance. Ever since Muse Gardner's grandmother died, she has been scraping together a living in New York City, only one step away from the streets. For the past month, she has been a waitress at one of the most high-end restaurants in New York City. But after the accident of the century―involving a pot of fondue, a hot-shot CEO and a ruined tuxedo―she's left with a bad reputation and no job prospects. Until Adrien Vitale, a filthy-rich CEO, makes her a deal: Pretend to be the billionaire's wife, for more money than Muse has ever imagined. There's just one problem. With a fake proposal, a fake wedding and a fake wife, it might just be impossible to tell what's true anymore. Can a relationship built on lies ever be real?

"You know I can't hate you. No matter what you do I somehow can't hate you, be angry at you. I can't be mad at you for being right, I can't be made at you for warning me, hell I can't even be mad at you for MAKING my life hell, why can't I hate you?" I rambled as I looked at her my eyes holding confusion as she looked at me. "I'm sorry I'm hard to hate." She said calmly as she looked at me. ************** Natalia Lee, someone who ran from River Springs as soon as she had the chance but now 4 years later she's returning. Returning to old friends, old memories, and old enemies.

Liberty Fierro is used to living on her own terms, partying recklessly all night and doing it all over again the next day. But when one night goes horribly wrong, her mother steps in with an ultimatum: 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱. Monroe Leclair's reputation as a therapist is as infamous as it is dangerous. She's calm, calculating, and hiding secrets that no one in their right mind could possibly guess. As the lines blur between healing and obsession, Liberty has to wonder if Monroe is saving her, 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮.