" I want the pain to stop. Make the pain stop." " Only you can do that, Jacob."

In The Midst Of The This Unique Thing Call Speed Dating, Put Together By His Sister, Jacob Senses A Good Strong Connection With Chresanto In All But 10 minutes. Both Of Them Coming From Relationships That Have Damaged The Way They Love. The Two Later Run Into Each Other At The Library & Arrange A Date. Even Though There Is A Great Deal Of Passion Between The Two, They Want To Be Sure It's Real Love Before Moving On To The Next Step. They Want Each Other, But Can't Have Each Other. The Agony & Ecstasy Of Love. ****Formally Known As "The 90 Day Rule"****

To "try your hand" at something means to do an activity for the first time in order to find out whether one likes it or is good at it. Michael is a dominant, and so is Elijah, BDSM is something that is not new to either of them, but being in a relationship with another dominant is. They have no idea how this is going to work.

He may make art, but he was also a work of art.

"Brittany, dont fight my love." he sang to me. I rolled my eyes and tried to hide my smile. He pulled me closer and looked down at my lips. Then he puts his lips next to my ear and whispers, "Pineapple." I wided my eyes knowing thar was our code word. I knew this either were going to get really serious or we had to stop. But I didnt care. "Juice." i said blushing a little bit. Elijah walked backwards into a wall while still holding my waist. He spun us around, letting my back hit the wall. He pinned my hands to the wall and leaned down. He was hovering over my lips and i leaned forward. The gym door gym slammed shut and i jumped. I quickly snapped my head to that direction and it was Trinity. "Well Was i interrupting something?" she said in a laugh.

We made love in the kitchen, can't get that out of my head

"Open the door." He says again. I twist the knife in my hand. My first instinct is always to protect myself, to have my guard up at all times. And everything about this man screams danger. It's written into his DNA. I hear him sigh. "I just want to talk."

Tessa Young is an 18 year old college student with a simple life, excellent grades, and a sweet boyfriend. She always has things planned out ahead of time, until she meets a rude boy named Hardin, with too many tattoos and piercings who shatters her plans.