𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐍 𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 has had feelings for her brother's best friend for years. She could never act on it, she was just the annoying little sister. Not anymore though. It's been years, now she's all grown up and knows exactly what to do to get what she wants. ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ (ʀᴇᴠᴀᴍᴘɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀꜱ)

"you simply existing is enough for me to know that i was made specifically for you."

READ TAGS!! STRONG LANGUAGE SECOND CHANCE *this book is very detailed & descriptive at the beginning lmao* *not a mafia book*

|Not edited it yet| Kendi Gold was just like any normal child growing up got what she wanted and always smiling. She had loving parents and a beautiful little sister with no worry's in life but good things never last. Nowadays Kendi just wants to spend time with her father and would do anything to. Even become the manager of her college basketball team. Lorenzo Rose is a real heartthrob. Growing was the same for Lorenzo, had a loving big family, got what he wanted, and more, and always smiling. But it hasn't changed for him everyone knows Lorenzo Rose he comes from a wealthy family. Other than making girls fall in love with him he trying to make a for himself in basketball so he won't be stuck in his older brother's shadow. With both of them trying to juggle school and life hard times and trauma are In their way.

At 21, Charlie Watson is smart, unbothered, and months away from graduating with a biology degree-until a class field trip to Lorenzo Industries lands her face-to-face with Ira Lorenzo, the quiet, sharp-eyed 19-year-old heir to the company. What starts as an unexpected internship turns into something deeper: late-night conversations, intense chemistry, and two guarded souls learning to trust in a world that watches everything they do. Between family pressure, buried secrets, and the weight of growing up too fast, Charlie and Ira are forced to ask themselves if love is something they're running toward-or just trying to survive.

Juniper Perlin - or Junie, as everyone calls her - ruled the halls since elementary school. Loud, bold, unbothered. Ezra Harrison? Quiet. Calculated. Never without a book and never without something smart to say. In middle school, they couldn't stand each other - and honestly, that might be putting it lightly. Junie used to make his life hell. Ezra never forgot. But high school changes people. And when senior Ezra ends up tutoring junior Junie in Algebra and Biology, the old tension turns into something new. Something intense. Something neither of them were ready for. From whispered apologies to secret smiles in art class, to truck rides, late-night study sessions, and a kiss that shifted everything - their story unfolds in slow, soft moments.

𝙸𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛. -- He leans into her, his breath warm against her ear as he whispers, "I'm not the jealous type but when you look so damn sexy, I just want to yell 'mine' from the top of my lungs," Her face flushes with desire as his words wash over her like a wave of heat. "And that secret agent who keeps eye fucking you all day? He needs to know that you're all mine." "All mine," __ inspired book ♡ Published - 3/09/23