skinny love : (n.) when two people love each other, but are too shy to admit it, even though they still show it. Paristella's Contest ~ Round 2 [ Short Story #54 / Romance #240 ]

» Whosever name she picked out of the jar, he would become her future husband.« Madison Summers, wealthy heiress of the Grand Seasons Hotel, is getting married. At twenty-one years old. To a man she's never met before. You would think she'd realize this spells the perfect recipe for disaster, but this hopeless romantic strongly believes in fate and its many plans for her. She intends to go through with the marriage, full speed ahead. Who cares if her candidate isn't the most good looking guy out there? Who cares if he isn't exactly the sweet guy that she had envisioned him to be? Who cares if he doesn't really add up to be her perfect Prince Charming? She could learn to love him, right? It's what fate decided after all. As long as she could get married and rub it in the face of her father's aggravating right-hand man, that's all that mattered. But it seems that the twenty-six year old --James Knightly-- has plans of his own, and that's to make the whole marriage process a lot harder than it already is. » The riskier the decision, the s w e e t e r the outcome. « Story started in 8/8/2013, picked up again in 2020. 🥇First Place in The Peerless Introvert Awards 2020 in Romance 🥇First Place in The Floret Year End Awards 2020 in Chicklit 🥇First Place in The Cherry Awards 2020 in New Adult

Annabelle Dickson is the most popular girl at Hillton high school. Annabelle Dickson is the nicest girl you'll ever meet. Annabelle Dickson is dead. And Adrian Humphrey is the main suspect. A war errupts at Hillton High School, a rift between the people who believe Adrian's innocence and Adrian's guilt. Adrian must rely on the help of Cathie Lenora, whom he can't stand, to help prove his innocence. Cathie refuses to let Annabelle's murderer escape her grasp, however as the mystery begins to unfold, Cathie begins to wish she had left it all alone.