Standing in the corner as they sing happy birthday to her, she's an adult now. But she's too pure, and twelve years younger than me. I respect her brother, Azrael, too much to think about her that way, though I know she likes me. I can't be with another woman without thinking of her, but I've made her think I hate her. She deserves more than someone like me, just an employee working for her brother. I took a sip of my drink, avoiding her gaze. She even has a boyfriend now. Azrael approached, holding Sofia, his ex bodyguard's daughter. "Amelia's been accepted to a university in L.A.," he said." I nodded, waiting for him to finish "She's going to live with you." ♡♡︎♡︎ An eighteen-year-old blind girl. A thirty-year-old, broken mafia boss with a tragic past. She's young and off-limits, but neither of them can seem to let go.

Eden's mother considers her the ruin of a perfect family. When the only father she's ever known leaves Eden and her family behind at the age of three, Eden becomes the brunt of abuse and neglect. On her first day of school, Eden meets Noah, a little boy in her class that greets her and fast becomes her best friend. Abuse and neglect have led Eden to become mute and terrified of the world around her. It seems Noah is the only one that understands her without saying a word. After many years of friendship, Eden shows up at Noah's house: broken, bruised, and afraid. •Best Ranking: #4 in Chicklit Start Date: December 2015 Completed: January 2017 Last Edited: June 14, 2018 Stealing my story will not be tolerated!

Catherine Hale didn't come back to start over. She came back for him. Six years ago, she left without a word. No explanation, no goodbye, no chance for Alex Vescari to understand why the girl who once promised him everything simply disappeared from his life. He was eighteen. She was seventeen. And whatever they had... didn't survive her silence. Now they're older. He's twenty-four, sharper, colder, built on control and discipline, the kind of man who doesn't chase anything that once chose to leave him. She's twenty-three, carrying answers she still can't fully give, and a decision she never got the chance to explain. And this time, Catherine doesn't run. She walks straight into his world. Into his company. Under his authority. Because she didn't return for closure. She returned to win him back. Alex, however, has no intention of making it easy. He listens to everyone except her. He trusts no one especially her. And every word she tries to say is met with silence, distance, or something far worse. But for all his control, there's one thing that hasn't managed to change: Alex Vescari is afraid of loosing her. Her conversations. Her laughter. Her presence. And that contradiction, the distance he enforces and the fear he can't let go of, becomes the space where everything begins to unravel again. Because Catherine Hale didn't come back to be forgiven. She came back to stay. And Alex Vescari? He may never admit it - But he was never ready to let her go either.