[Based on the song Cruel - by Zayn.] A story of a hidden love between two people who can't.

[Sequel to Cruel.] After Zayn's biggest decision made at the gala, everything starts to change. Stalkers, death threats, what about Gigi? Lauren and Zayn fight through thick and thin to be together. Discovering how cruel the world is.

Just your regular post-apocalyptic journey.

Fake it till you make it.

⇒ ( full summary inside ) "When seasoned by the subtleties of accident, harmony, favor, wisdom, and inevitability, luck takes on the cast of serendipity. Serendipity happens when a well-trained mind looking for one thing encounters something else: the unexpected." - Margot Lee Shetterly (Author of Hidden Figures)

Story Status: [ on going + slow updates ] A love/hate story between a island girl, named Lauren and a rich boy named Zayn. OR In which a island girl named "Lauren" falls in love with the son of the richest man on the island, Zayn. Through it all, she learns that the hardships of her life are because of the people that hurt her, and she must learn how pick herself up, even if it meant hurting the man she loves, in order to make a name for herself, through the process of it all. Highest Rankings: - #2 in zauren

"Tale as old as time. Song as old as rhyme." - Beauty and the Beast. A somewhat modern day retelling of the classic fairytale. ⇒ Upon meeting Lauren, the saying 'beauty is only skin deep' solidifies with Zayn. She may be the most beautiful girl he's ever laid eyes on, but he can see through her. And inside, beyond her stained glass eyes, is someone rotten. But perhaps Zayn's insight is tricked by broken glass shards that distort reality and create an illusion of what Lauren wants outsiders to witness. Someone once said before her, "I like you pretty," and it remains so deeply embedded within her that it wounds her body. And unlike beauty, scars aren't only skin deep.

"If I was a cat, I'd spend all nine lives with you." nine one-shots of Zayn and Lauren (+ cats). ⇒ one: stormborn - in which Zayn and Lauren are in a secretive affair and he gives her a cat for her birthday. two: diablo - in which he still listens to his father. three: sparky - in which Lauren sees Zayn walk his cat every morning.

Zayn Malik is used in getting what he wants. It doesn't matter to him if he has to play dirty as long as he brings his ambitions to life. Incredibly rich and powerful, he's hailed as one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. Determined to make his name bigger, he decided to bring Royal Resorts and Casinos to Southeast Asia, in a hidden yet heavenly island in the Philippines called Isla Rosas. But to his surprise, another company is also interested in the island that he's dying to have. Enter Lauren Jauregui-Walton, the newly appointed CEO of Paradiso Hotels and the wife of the late businessman, Lucas Walton. Unlike the tycoon Zayn Malik, Lauren is an underdog and absolutely new in the world of business, but she believes that her sleepy conscience and honest intentions will bring her victory. Two different people. Two different intentions. One goal. Who's going to win? Who's going to lose? Whose heart is going to break?

Zayn Malik grew up in Bradford, UK. A small town city, with his dad, with anything and everything handed to him. Good boy. Did his school work. Stayed very reserved and followed the rules. His dad decided that Zayn had it too easy. Everything was handed to him and he didn't know what true hard work was. So, they moved out to America. In the one place everything's bigger in. Texas. Lauren Jauregui. Bad girl on the street, getting caught up in crimes, gambling, and drugs. She's always been known to be quite rebellious, outgoing and blunt. Born in Miami but moved to Texas when she was young, she's had things the hard way. Doing things she's never thought before and keeping secrets and betraying friends. What happens when both of their worlds collide? Violence, Love, and Action will occur.