He stepped toward her, lifted her chin in his hand and opened his mouth, but words wouldn't come out. "Connor..." "You could have been wearing something a lot similar to this while reciting your vows to Stephen." He wanted to sew his mouth shut when he saw the look of horror on her face. He had said something terribly wrong. "I forgot for a moment that you two are just friends and he gave you up because I love you so damn much." The dress was suddenly too much to bear. It weighed heavy on her, and the tiara on her head had her scalp crawling with beads of sweat. The lace on the gown made her entire body itch while the blinding white material burned her eyes to tears. "Get this off of me," she cried, desperately reaching for the zipper. A white dress and a jealous boyfriend were not included when she joined the agency.

After the accident, Noah Archer built a wall around himself. But Riley Dawson is curious about him, and she's determined to meet the man behind his defenses. ***** Riley Dawson has always noticed Noah. He was the most popular guy on campus, until he lost his parents in a car accident. Now he's withdrawn and silent. Mustering up the courage to give her condolences, the two end up talking, and Riley grows determined to help Noah find himself again. Every time she coaxes a smile from him, she can feel the ice around his heart melting. But Riley knows that Noah's loss is still close to him. She's opening up her heart, but can Noah do the same? He's got so much to lose, but now, so does she. [[word count: 70,000-80,000 words]]

#𝟏 ▪ 𝐆𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬. ❝God, I love you. Why can't you fucking see?!❞ He shouts, frustrated as he glares angrily at me. ▪ Chantelle is the daughter of the most dangerous Mafia leader in the world. A well respected young girl and, just like her father, dangerous too. Now her dad's in jail and a special device called 'The Chip' has gone missing. She has no plans of falling in love and only has her mind set on finding that device that can ruin her dad's business. Enter Coal. Something about Coal is mysterious and dangerous but there's also something very wrong about him. Elle can't help but find herself attracted to him. But he's off-limits. She drags him into her life, he won't be able to leave. Trouble will follow him every step he takes and danger will be waiting for him wherever he is. But what she doesn't know is that he is already involved. That's because he followed her. [𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐫: 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤] [Contains mature language and suggested scenes] ▪Can be read as a stand-alone © Copyright 2016 of ImAWandererXO

Carter and Athena are mortal enemies. From the first moment their eyes met, they disliked each other immensely. It was HATE AT FIRST SIGHT. They could not stand the mere sight of each other, even being in the same room, the tension was overwhelming, like a grenade of smoke suffocating them. But what is the core of this hatred? Do they really hate each other? Or they are just pretending to play the silly hating game to hide their true feelings. Watch the trailer of the story on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_gyhMrtQRI&t=2s