The beautiful and fearless Dr. Monique Lathan's love of animals is the reason for her choice in occupation. Her career is rewarding, but her love life is mundane...that's until Monique becomes the obsession of a different kind of animal she's never heard of nor can control.

Hardened by New York streets, fearless Y/N moves into Neibolt house, grateful she got the house for such a low price. After months and months of renovating, finally she got the old house renovated and all to her liking, not knowing something very old lived right under her.

Serenity Davidson has no time for strays. She's too busy running Greensboro's best soul food catering business and keeping her mama happy. But when they find a starving, half-dead man collapsed on their front porch, Serenity does what she does best: she feeds him. He says his name is Kevin. He says he's an unemployed factory worker with "bad asthma." He is lying. He is Lorenzo Moretti, the ruthless Don of the Sicilian Mafia, battered and hiding in plain sight. He intended to heal, exact his revenge, and disappear. But after weeks of Serenity's pot roast, her warm bed, and her bossy attitude, Lorenzo realizes he has a new addiction. He's not just going to take back his empire. He's taking the cook with him.

◢▆█▆██◢✦◣██▆█▆◣ 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖 𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝, 𝙞𝙩'𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙩'𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙊𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙠𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡 𝙎𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙨, 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝘼𝙨 𝙄 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 ◢▆█▆██◢✦◣██▆█▆◣ 𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘴

First Just Sm*T book got deleted. Trying this again with better and new improved chapters

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐱 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐜 started: 23/02/22

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞? 𝐎𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐜𝐚𝐭... 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭. 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬' 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧? 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲?

Marina is a single mother struggling to get by from day to day. Losing her job was another thing to add to her struggle, until her good friend helps her get a job that seems good until she digs deeper into it.

He turns me around; one hand lands in my hair and the other is enveloped around me. He pulls me into him, so tight my breath bounces back from his clothes, and I can feel his rapidly beating heart. "God, I thought I almost lost you," he breathes into my hair. He backs his head away, about to place his lips on mine, but I turn away. "Blood" I say. He sighs. And pulls me back into him. ________________________________________________________________ Ever since then, this is how it has been between us: he will pay me unexpected visits at the office and in my home, I will get unexpected flowers delivered to my office and unexpected gifts. This has been going on for months now and I don't know how to feel. The first month of the deliveries and gestures just made me livid and resentful because where was they when I needed them and where was he when I needed him. ____________________________________________________________________________ It's hard for him to do, just feel. But with Awa that's all he wanted to do. Raising her hand and placing it gently on his cheek, slowly pulling him towards hers, slowly but surely their lips connected. It felt like peace, like....home. 777 COPYRIGHT © SONDER2002 2022

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