☾ featured ~ ❝Empty chest and misplaced heart, what can fix them if not love?❞ ☾ Started: January 15, 2021. Completed: May 27, 2021.

One drunk night, everything changed. Persephone is a 21-year-old business woman who owns a flower shop in Manhattan. Her business is small but prosperous. After a small business exploration went wrong, she wakes up naked and alone. Or so she thinks. A few weeks later she finds she is brought a little someone home with her, a baby. Her baby. But, she doesn't know who the baby's daddy is. Oliver Blackwell, the next CEO in line for Blackwell Incorporations, is a 26-year-old businessman who's mind can't seem to stray too far from the girl he last spent a one-night stand with. He began to search for her, and when he finds her, he is in for a shocker. A shocker that may just change his whole life, as well as her's.

"It is your choice," he said, stepping so close to me that our lips were almost touching. "Either do what I say - or get another job." My heart stood still as I gazed up into his deep, dark, dangerous eyes... In a world where women's only role in life is to sit at home and look pretty, Lilly is determined to fight for her freedom. There's only one problem: a powerful man blocking her way.

"Say it." He whispered, stepping closer to me. "I love you too." I finally admitted, my cheeks flushing dark in embarrassment. I couldn't believe I just said that out loud, to a man I was going to marry in few days. "I want to spend my whole life with you." I added slowly. "Forever?" Usama asked, holding my wrist gently as he towered over me. I tried to pull it away but his hold was stronger. My heart was beating so frantically inside my chest due to his proximity that I feared that I might have a heart attack. "Forever." I replied and tugged my hand free. Passing him a shy smile, I pushed him away and rushed out of his room before anyone could see. Little did I know, this forever is not going to last very long. •°•°•°• Noor Asghar Khan couldn't be more contented with her life. Her marriage was fixed to a man she had always admired, she had recently graduated from country's best arts school with a gold medal, her father had been promoted to vice president of his company and her sister secured herself a seat in a top tier medical school. All in all, she was happy with the way her fate turned out to be. But what is life without a little tragedy?

Katie Holmes is a caffeine addict. Between college, and taking care of her brother, it's acceptable. Though, it doesn't help that the cafe down the street is full of handsome baristas, including one William Cerak in particular who has a mysterious scar on his wrist. Synopses will be the death of my publishing career.

A night of passion quickly turns into a lifetime of responsibility when a one night stand becomes more. Ava Jones has been friends with Blaze Archer since she was little but there friendship came to a sudden change as they slept together at a graduation party and she gets pregnant. When secrets begin coming out and an old ex showing up then the feelings for her best friend Ava didn't know if she would make it through her pregnancy.

' "Will you still love me when I'll be broken?" I mumbled as he slowly caressed my face. "Would you stop loving me if you would know that I was the one that broke you?" He whispered into my ear as the cold wind made me shiver. ' "She was like pure lavender in the sunny mornings until she became as damaged as me. Because of me. We were both damaged, the only difference was that life ruined me in years while I ruined her in weeks." 《《《 "Everyone's watching us." I mumbled as he pulled me closer to his chest. "Let them watch, you look stunning. After all, people only observe art. You, princess, are a masterpiece." He whispered into my ear as my cheeks flushed. "The world is nothing compared to you, darling. You could make a guy go crazy just by looking at them. How do I know that? I'm one of them. You make me go insane each time your sweet cheeks go red, make me go hard each time you bite your lower lip unknowingly. You are what perfection feels and looks like, a goddess, my goddess." His words made no sense to me whatsoever, I never thought of myself like that. "What if I don't want to be yours." I teased him knowingly. "Sweetheart, you're already mine. The moment you decided to take an interest in me and my life, you became part of it. Even if you don't want to be mine, I'll make you mine." His hot breathe hit my lips as he was so close to them. I looked into his eyes as the music kept playing, making the both of us go crazy with each step we took. "So, make me." I uttered as his eyes went dark and his pupils dilated. "This evening is about to get exquisite." He groaned as his lips hit mine and warmth and shivers travelled through my whole body." ♡♡♡♡ Adam never thought he could find someone that would love him even after hurting them and showing them that life isn't the most wonderful place. Emma never thought she could find happiness in one person, ironically in one that never believed in happily ever after or in the meaning of life.

Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction? ****** Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything. [[word count: 200,000-250,000 words]]

Alex and Liam have been best friends their whole lives until a drunken kiss leads them down separate paths. As time passes, they must face truths they never expected. ***** Alex Camejo and Liam Santos have been thick as thieves since they met at age seven. As the years passed, Liam protected Alex from bullies while Alex denied what those bullies were saying. He's not gay no matter how "girly" he seems... or how much he longs to hold Liam's hand. But a drunken kiss tears everything down. The inseparable Liam Santos and Alex Camejo can no longer be friends. Without each other's support, they must overcome the struggles of adolescence, coming out, new lovers, self-doubt and lingering emotions. One hopes he will forget his best friend and find happiness. The other hopes they will reunite and be happy. In the end, whose dreams will come true? [[Watty's Award Winner]]