Olandria is a civil litigation attorney who has just been put on a case regarding club owner Nicolas Vansteenberghe. Throughout the trials and tribulations of the case, she reconnects with a dream she once had. With the stories that she has heard about Nic, she was made to believe that he was the kind of man everyone accused him of being. Her mind changes, though, as he reveals parts of himself he has never allowed anyone else to see. Will this be a blossoming romance between two people with unfulfilled dreams, or a disaster that will ruin the both of them altogether?

Olandria and Nic have worked together for a tech company for years now. Nic has had an insane crush on Olandria the entire time. The second that he thinks he has his chance, he drops the ball. He doesn't know that she feels the same way for him.

AU: After Casa Amor leaves them both single, Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe get locked in a private hotel room for two days - no phones, no cameras, no escape. She thought it would be harmless. He had already decided she was his. What happens in that room doesn't stay in that room. By the time they walk back into the villa, Ola is completely ruined for anyone else... and Nic is done pretending. No more hiding. No more Taylor. No more games. From villa chaos and jealous exes to public votes, villa splits, and the real world waiting outside the gates - this is the story of the couple America never saw coming and the possessive love that started with one locked door. Raw. Obsessive. Addictive. And once Nic sets his mind on forever... there's no going back. MATURE | Interracial Romance | Possessive MMC | Strong Black FMC | Love Island USA | Hotel to Real Life | He Falls First & Hardest

Casa goes a bit differently altering how nic and olandria happen.

A NicOlandrian Love Story.

COUTURE & CHAOS An Elite Slow-Burn Fashion Romance A Novel by Tochi Udeh Olandria Laurent built her name on control. Every look deliberate. Every word measured. Every relationship temporary. She does not get distracted. Especially not by a man she mistakes for staff. Nicolas Vans doesn't correct her. He watches. And somewhere between flashing cameras and bass-heavy nights, the mistake becomes something neither of them can undo. Hudson Williams is everything the world expects her to choose. Refined. Respected. Safe. Nicolas is none of those things. And yet- The more Olandria insists she isn't falling, the more chaos begins to feel like the only honest thing in the room. Some matches are polished. Others are dangerous. She was never supposed to want both.

A collection of oneshots about my favs: Nicolandria!

"We're not coupled up. We're not supposed to want each other. But he keeps finding his way back to me anyway." Everyone enters the villa single. That's the whole point. Now, Olandria's back on her own, nursing a slow-burn connection that never got the timing right. Nic? He's still in his couple-with Cierra. Untouched. Uncrossed. For now. But one late-night stare too long... One step toward the stairs when the villa sleeps... And everything shifts. In this villa, cameras catch everything- But what happens when the connection they swore to ignore becomes too loud to hide? Forbidden. Unspoken. Unmatched. A Love Island AU where temptation takes center stage.

Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe have never gotten along. Through unusual circumstances however, they find themselves discovering that they each have much to learn. #inspiredbythedealoneofmyfavoritestoriesofalltime

Two seniors. One condo. Zero self-control. They're only one proposition away from ruining every rule they've set. ───────── ୨୧ ───────── Olandria Carthen built her life on control. Perfect grades, perfect résumé, perfect plans. Romance? That was always a luxury she told herself she didn't have time for. The last thing she expected going into her senior year at Palm Ridge University was to be searching for a new roommate. With her best friend bailing on their lease last minute, the straight-A business major suddenly finds herself scrambling for a new replacement... fast. Palm Ridge's fastest freestyle swimmer and poster-boy troublemaker is one late payment away from losing his housing and his spot on the team. Between early-morning practices, a BSN course load, and a chaotic modeling schedule, Nic's life is one missed deadline from collapsing. What he didn't expect? That the solution to all of it would come in the form of the girl who has her life color-coded, alphabetized, and running like a Fortune 500 company. A party, a stolen kiss, and an outrageous proposal later, the two end up as off-campus roommates for senior year. Nic wants discipline. Olandria wants experience. Together, they make a deal that feels too mutually beneficial to question. But living together blurs lines neither of them were ready to cross... and soon, the real lesson isn't in what they signed up to teach but what they're about to learn from each other.