|Mature Content| ••• {Editing and Revising in progress} - Highest ranking #59 Romance #2 Chicklit #1 Diversity

This is just a fanfic that I made while bored out of my mind in quarantine. Hope you guys enjoy it!

Filled with street smarts and book smarts, Arianna Lincoln reached her dream of owning her own restaurant. Reaching the dream of finding love, she's not that lucky in that department. What she definitely didn't expect was falling for her best friend's older brother in the most terrifying way. Being browbeaten to protect his little brother's best friend has been the most reckless thing Raizon Delacourde has ever done in all his years as a Mafia Boss. Pinpointing the new threats to his family and keeping his businesses afloat were his simple worries. Protecting his heart and mind from the smart mouthed ebony princess was never on his to -do list. March 13th 2019: Ranked #1 in Black Girl Magic

Loretta Green(Lori for short) is beautiful and smart and fresh out of college. She isn't proud of choices she's made in the past, but is looking forward to her new job out of state. With a fresh start away from her past. That is until she meets her new sexy gray-haired boss. Stan McCormick is a very successful CEO. After all his years of hard work and leadership he has a big business. But now that he is approaching the "over the hill" phase in his life he feels lost, like he wasted the good years of his life with his head in the books in order to have a successful life. And that's when he meets his newest business rep Lori, who seems to look at him in a way that makes him feel attractive and young again. Will Lori and Stan be able to keep their relationship professional or will their desires that they try to hide be inevitable. And if they do explore these feelings, will they hurt others around them and will their past allow them to be together? UNEDITED SO PLEASE FORGIVE ANY MISSPELLING AND GRAMMAR MISTAKES