UNDER REVISION Derek Montgomery is New York's most feared crime lord. His work is all about money, sex, and infamy; only something was missing from his life... love. And he sought that love in Aria Torres, a popular, rich influencer. She's a descendant of one powerful company dynasty with more riches than she could even fathom. Regardless of her status, Derek wants her, and he will do whatever it takes to get her. This story contains themes that may not be suitable for all viewers: Graphic Sexual Encounters Sexual Trauma Domestic Abuse Eating Disorders Descriptive Violence+ Read at your own risk! ~ This is in the process of revsion. If you're reading this in 2025-2026, I'm sorry for the gaps, but I'll be making another announcement when the story is completely revised. I'd rather not unpublish for fear of losing motivation. Thank you all for being such wonderful people and thank you to most who understand that an 11 year old wrote this story, so now a 17 year old must revise it.

Emily Montgomery had never done anything wrong in her life. She obeyed everything her parents ever asked of her. But now she finally has to break away from the good little girl she has always been. Her parents try to force an arranged marriage on her. But she wasn't going to allow anyone tell her who she would marry. After all she hadn't even met the guy yet! There was no way she could love him! Nathaniel Richmond then enters the scene. Making Emily feel things she had never experienced before. The two make an agreement. They would pretend to date so her mother couldn't make her marry this other guy. But will the two find love in the midst of all this chaos? As the past begins to find its way into the present, these two find that not everything in there lives is how it seems. ________________________________________________ "Thank you Nate, no one has ever done anything like this for me." I don't know what possessed me to do my next action, as I closed the inch of distance between our lips. Perhaps it was floating in the air or rushing through my blood, but just this once before the madness ensued I wanted to kiss him. Maybe I shouldn't have let myself give in for a single moment, but I was only human and he was unlike any man I had met in a long time. Our lips pressed together, eyes closed, arms pressed against his chest as he brought me closer. We moved in sync and this feeling made everything melt away. ________________________________________________ In the middle of editing so two of this symbol ~ . means that a chapter is fully edited minus the few grammar mistakes I'm bound to make, if there's only one ~ then it means that chapter is currently being edited so please don't kill me.

Sequel to The Boy At My Window "It's always my reputation." he said bitterly. "What's always your reputation?" I asked confused. He sighed audibly. "Driving people away. People hear about my reputation and don't take time to get to know me. They either think I'm some huge bad ass and become my friend solely off of that or they think I'm a criminal and avoid me at all costs. Which one are you?" I felt kind of bad for him. It was sad no one knew who he really was. "I'll be the exception. I'll get to know you, Ryder Daniels. The real you." "Really?" I could practically hear the smile he was wearing in his voice. "You want to get to know me?" "Yeah. I want to know what goes on in that soccer head of your's." I said smiling to myself. All Rights Reserved

ʻʻWhat's forbidden is always the sweetest.ʼʼ This is a story where you're going to hate him. You might even hate her. The two people who are doing something very wrong in other people's eyes, but to them it's the most right thing they've ever done. He consumes her whole. He's a bastard and she hates him at times. But there's a thin line between hate and love. And she can't help herself but fall in love with him. Even if her love should never happen, even if she loves the man she should never have. He's not the man for her, she's not the woman for him. Yet they still let themselves get sucked into the depth of forbidden pleasures.

**Watty Honorable Mention/Undiscovered Gem** He lies awake in bed, thoughts of her still overpowering his brain. He wants her back lying next to him. He needs to feel her touch just one last time and maybe then he could move on. But that's not possible because wounds like these never heal; they only deepen and get worse with time. He could tell himself that he would be okay. He could tell himself that she was in a better place now but that still didn't help the fact that she was gone..... ~~~~~ Highest Ranking-> #647 in Teen Fiction (9/6/15)

Addison Jordan 20 has never had a proper family to grow up with. Her mother died while in labour with her and her father was an abusive drunk who blamed Addison for the death of her mother. Addy has just finished college and has decide to move to New York where her best friend Nate grew up. She applies for a personal assistant job for a very successful CEO, Mr Brax Carter. Brax Carter 24 is the CEO of Carter Inc who thinks he's above everyone else. He's arrogant and rude. He hasn't had an easy upbringing either as he lost he's mother to cancer at the age of 13. He's father is alive but is dying from the same disease that took he's mum. He's been brought up in the company as it was he's fathers business but since the diagnosis he's dad has handed him over everything; the multimillion business, the houses, the money, the lot.... He forms a soft spot for Addison. Something that he can't quite understand attracts him to her. Does Addison feel the same about him?? Can he change?? Can she change?? Can they trust each other?? **Mature content**

"I'm in love with you." How many times would I have to think about this, how many times, before she could hear it, feel it, see it in my eyes? "I'm in love with you." How could I make her see without telling her, without scaring her off... without losing her. I couldn't lose her.