open for more info! written by jada @LUSHCARTI 2020

#1 Southeastern University Series Natosha Jackson is from the south-side slums of Ridgeport. She's your average bookworm and mathematic fanatic. To pay her dues to the dean of students, she is hand-picked to tutor one of the most notorious football players at Southeastern University, Matteo Four Wittstock. In the town of Ridgeport, the Wittstocks are well-known wealthy people from the north side. Although Natosha wants nothing to do with Four's lifestyle and womanizing tendencies, she finds herself falling into the temptations of lust. While she wrestles with this new fiery excitement in her life, Four becomes enamored deeper than he ever imagined. No one expects the rocky twists and turns that bring these two people together but Four loves a good challenge. And when a game is this good, he's more than ready to play. ***The Southeastern University Collection shows the lives of young adults as they enter, survive and finish off their university experience. The students attending this university are not only dealing with keeping up their GPAs and attending student union meetings. These students are battling ties with addiction, exploring their sexuality, and embarking on past and present family burdens. *** *** These works cannot be read as a standalone. *** WARNING: THIS STORY IS 18+ AND CONTAINS MATURE LANGUAGE AND MATURE CONTENT. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. STARTED: 7/10/2020 Completed. 2022

Two people create a dilemma that brings the lives of complete strangers together

"𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐟," ... "What would your dad do if he saw you like this?" Elio breathed out, watching me as I stood up from on my knees. "Probably have a mental breakdown," I giggled as I wiped my mouth. "Such a dirty girl," he smirked. He pulled me towards him and latched his lips on mine. Our tongues fought feverishly as he inched my mini skirt higher and higher... ... Olivia Preston thought she was content living her sheltered life and always abiding the rules. That is, until, her parents decide to get an extension in their kitchen and Elio Sinclair, a certain mischievous construction worker, bursts into her life, much like the sun, and entices her to experience a life filled with risks.

love /lʌv/ 1. an intense feeling of deep affection.

Zahra Jones only intention was to graduate, discover true happiness and avoid Levi Karldon by all means possible, but that becomes impossible when she is forced to be in the same group with him for a project. Levi Karldon was arrogant, conceited and manipulative. In a desperate attempt to save his reputation, he accepts a dare to date Zahra, a girl he had always detested. But, what he wasn't expecting was to actually fall in love with her. When someone from Zahra's past comes back with a secret that could ruin her life, everything starts to come apart at the seams. They realize they must overcome many obstacles, including those from their past and the ones yet to come. (Previously "Dared To Love")

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐀 𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘 *** "In today's lesson," Blaze breathed out just a centimetre from her ear, his large hand moving to her thigh and parting them, "we will be learning how to open up." Ellie's heart pounded against her ribcage. She waited with anticipation for what Blaze would do next, swallowing the saliva that was lodged in her throat. She never felt a rush the way she did whenever Blaze touched her, and he knew that as well as she did. "So, tell daddy," he gently ordered, a small smirk pulling at his lips at the whimper that fell from Ellie's swollen lips. "What is it that you really want, baby?" **** Ellie Mason was the type of girl that was quiet yet strong. Ambitious about anything she took part in. She never had to be told twice to do something but she would never go down without an argument first. But she was incredibly shy, closed-off from anyone and everyone, and had extremely low self-esteem. She never spoke to anyone unless she had to, she kept herself distant from many people, and she was easily frightened and/or intimidated by people. Her closest friend was her fraternal twin sister, Gemini, and no one else. Her life was simple until her father's dark past crept up on her and her family before his passing, where she has no choice but to meet Blaze Arrowood who, at first, wanted nothing to do with the girl. She was simply a temporary toy that he would soon discard once he was given what he wanted from the Mason family. But there was something about Ellie that made him intrigued. Why was this timid yet feisty girl stuck in his mind every night before he went to sleep and the second he woke up every morning? And why in the hell did he want to make her completely his? *** HIGHEST RANKS: #1 - selflove #1 - blaze #1 - control #1 - development #2 - insecure #2 - conflict

"Yea bitch I got your man-an-an Since you bad, hoe, come catch him if you ca-a-an" Long golden legs that matched the thick gold hoops swinging from her ears. Shiny, sparkling lip gloss that went well with the glimmering jewelry accenting her body.

Tessa was the epitome of innocence. Shy and reserved. Everything that is the opposite of her roommate. Going on a dare she decided to let loose. Just for one night. Sharing a night of passion with a random stranger, fulfilling fantasies and running the whole nine yards, with a man she doesn't even know the name of. It's completely out of character for her. Doing things that would make her sexually free roommate blush like a novice. Little does she know that now she would have to work for the man. Their relationship bleeds into every single crevice of their lives, but like Icarus, it's hard to stay away from the sun. Something so beautiful and dizzying can leave the biggest wound, and Tessa can only hope she'll survive and keep a love so great. But it can never be that easy, can it? (The mature content warning is there for a reason) (Passion Project)