🏆 1st Rank :- Dark Romance What is the most important thing to drive a man walnuts, of course other than his hormones? Man's ego. Isn't it? But what if a woman in all her innocence treads on that ego and crushes it under the weigh of her heels? Noemi Amante is a mysteriously attractive woman. She is a newly made prostitute who is constantly running away from her daunting past which triggers her every now and then. She is perfect paradigm of a seashell, fascinating yet mysterious. You want to know what's inside, but you also fear what might come out from the inside. Alvin Hertrich is a world class billionaire and the country's most wanted bachelor. He isn't a sadist but he is far more worse when something agitates him and makes him angry. He had a rough start in life which made him heartless and a pure dominant. He is a perfect womaniser and had a long history with women, but never in love, always in lust. Noemi agitates Alvin by making a mistake. Small, but significant. Now, she has to suffer the punishment. Will Alvin inflict pain on her like he always does? Or end up doing something even worse? The Story Contains --- ✔ Dark Romance ✔ Erotica/Mature/Violence ✔ Drama ✔ Mystery ✔ Haters to Lovers ✔ Heartbreaks ------------------------------------- All Rights Reserved ® (Story is On Hold for a few months)

***Please note that this book has been taken down because it's been published, and you can see only the sample chapters of the published version. You can find the links to both ebook and paperback in my profile bio. ***This book is a spin-off. It can be read as a standalone, but it is recommended to read Bullied (Bullied #1), Pained (Bullied #2), Damaged (Bullied #3), and Trapped (Bullied #4) before reading this book to get a better understanding of the story and characters. ------- Three years ago, I became a shell of the girl I'd once been, left to pick up the pieces of my soul. I'd decided I wasn't going to let anyone walk all over me or bring me down, and I was surviving just fine. But then I met him. Masen Brown. I call him Barbie, though. Or Pudding Face. Or Walking STD. The list of insults goes on and on, I hate him that much. He's rotten to the core, a bully, a womanizer, and the cockiest guy I've ever met. I'm going to teach him his place. One way or another. He doesn't give in without a fight. He strikes back each time, though I'm not one to give up or be intimidated. He's going to see he's finally met his match in me. So, either he'll learn his lesson, or I'm going to make him learn it.

"Never call a girl a bitch," I glared into his eyes as he opened them, piercing into me, the bright blue drink I had just poured over him still dripping from his dark hair. "Or she just might act like one." I gave him one last sarcastic smile before pushing by him and walking away, practically strutting. Well, this year will be fun... • • • • Crystal Summers; a self-proclaimed expert in all things sarcastic and the human embodiment of destructive decisions. Trying to get away from her troubled past, she moves with her mom to California to start a new life, and potentially not screw this one up. There, she quickly meets Scarlett and Savanah, her new-found partners in crime, and her life finally begins to feel normal again for the first time in years. But she just so happens to also collide with the school's sexy, notorious jackass, Ashton Monroe.. and his pack of asswipes. She loathes him, and the feeling is mutual. But as the poets say, the line separating love and hate is a very thin one. And often times, when two people hate each other, it can grow into much more. Hopeless devotion, if you will... • • • • !!!TRIGGER WARNING!!! • slight mention(s) of suicidal concepts • substance abuse, addiction, anxiety, PTSD • sexual assault, domestic abuse • strong language and mature scenes • • • •