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Illicit Attractions

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"Zane!" I squealed when he picked me up after I got my bottle, heading upstairs. Dropping me on the bed, he leaned in, kissing me tenderly. 
I let the bottle go on the bed, reaching up to plant my hands on his face. Zane was leaning forward, palms on either side of my thighs. A sigh escaped my mouth when it opened and he brushed his tongue alone mine.
Zane's hands inched closer until his thumbs were caressing my thighs, making me shiver. My hands went into his hair, loving the silky locks. Mouths brushing and tongues gliding, I couldn't help but want this everyday.

Chloe Gilbert and Zane Grayson- Student and Teacher. It shouldn't happen, but it does. It's illegal, but they don't care. Cause they're in love. One's broken, and one's scared. Pasts catch up, secrets are told.
It's not easy being in love with your teacher/gang leader.
But isn't love worth everything?All Rights Reserved

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Beyond The Ivory Castle | Humor-Romance | Historic Fiction (Completed) by vineethereader

"You created that absurd tale in a blink of an eye?" Zane asked, one brow arched in amused disbelief. She huffed. "You should be grateful, I think quickly." "Oh, I am," he murmured. "But perhaps next time, a backstory wherein I retain a modicum of dignity?" Aurora smirked. "And rob myself of the entertainment? Where's the fun in that?" Zane shook his head, but his fingers lingered a fraction longer before he released her hand. "I hadn't realised amusement ranked so highly among your values." She narrowed her eyes. "You are growing rather bold, considering I just saved your life." Zane, entirely undeterred, tilted his head with an infuriating smile. "Ah, but my dearest", he murmured, stepping closer, "perhaps you saved me because you cannot bear to be without me." She responded with all the grace and dignity of a woman at her wit's end-by clamping a hand over his face and shoving him away with such force that he staggered back, laughter spilling from his lips. "Gah! You are intolerable!" Aurora exhaled sharply, straightening her sleeves as though the mere act of touching him had somehow wrinkled them. *************************** Bound by duty. Shackled by honour. Tormented by feeling. Aurora lives a life shaped by steel and sacrifice. As a knight sworn to her realm, she's loyal, lethal, and alone-unshaken in battle, but increasingly undone in his presence. Zane is a problem: disciplined yet reckless, distant yet always too close. He never asks, never reveals-yet somehow sees straight through her. When a mission draws them deep into peril, forced side by side, what once was teasing sharpens into tension. In stolen glances and moonlit silence, desire simmers beneath duty, and silence becomes the loudest agony of all. As truths unravel and enemies close in, the real question isn't whether they can trust each other... It's whether they can afford not to. Written: March 2025- Feb 2026

My Life, My Alpha.......My Love by cookielover135

"Zachary." I snickered. He growled playfully as I laughed, dodging his attempt to grab me and took off running in a random direction. I ran with Zac right on my heels, until I turned a corner and ran into a hard chest. I prepared myself for a hard fall, when two muscular arms shot out, wrapping around my waist and crushing my body against theirs. "Hello, beautiful." The person said. I looked up to see a handsome boy, probably around seventeen also. His face looked oddly familiar and while trying to figure out why, I froze. His face was inching closer and closer to mine. I could feel his breath wash over my face as his lips was parted, only inches away from my face, eyes closing slightly, when suddenly a fierce growl shot out through the silence, that had my body tingling. In a flash I was out of the mysterious boy's hold and my hand instantly reached out to steady myself. I looked up to see Zac, pinning the boy by his throat, on a nearby wall. "Keep your filthy hands to yourself, she's MINE!!!!"He growled possessively. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Jessica Matthews, i'm 17 and i'm a werewolf..not only that but the alpha's daughter.My life was perfect, i had an amazing family which consisted of my parents, my older brother Jared and I, I had a wonderful bestfriend, Stacey and, even though he wasn't my mate, a perfect boyfriend, Dylan, or at least i thought so, until one night he does something unforgivable and my mate waltzes in as my knight in shining armor. But what happens when Dylan won't let me go so easily and insists that i'm his. It also does nothing to help the fact that my mate is possessive and won't let anyone have what's his. Follow me on this journey of love, lust, hurt and betrayal...and hopefully...A HAPPILY EVER AFTER!!!

Owning Her by Shawty_Melodies2

"So Professor Jones, does this mean that we are an actual thing now?" "Princess, calling me that will get you in trouble," he grunts. I smiled in response, because he liked it. He liked that I was calling him professor. I think this was what was so exciting about him and I. He was my professor and the idea of fucking each other is a turn on. There was also the fact I had Grayson as well, even though he was the more reserved one, but what's the harm in still having both of them. I moved my hands under his shirt and I felt soft patch of hair, but hard muscle. "Maybe I want to get in trouble," I teased. "I thought you were going to be a good girl?" Grayson interjects. "I never said I would be good all the time," I say, innocently.

Kissing School by Scriitor

"Alright. I got this far. What next Mr. Teacher?" He laughs at me. Actually laughs at me! If he thinks that just because his laugh is one of the sexiest sounds ever that he can get away with laughing at me, he is so wrong. My anger is lost the second his fingers start caressing their way up my leg, landing on my hip which is where they stay. "First lesson: the art of teasing." I can do this one. It'll be just like the other night in his living room. Give him just enough to leave him wanting more. However, even though I know a lot about teasing, I think I'm about to learn a whole hell of a lot more. Looking directly into Cameron's eyes, I see how they are twinkling with the excitement of this lesson. I have a feeling I am in way over my head. -- Cameron is Amanda's best friend's brother. After a night of restlessness, Cameron agrees to teach Amanda how to kiss her way to a boyfriend, but there is only one tiny problem. She doesn't want just any boyfriend. She wants the guy she has been in love with for years, and he just agreed to take her to Kissing School.

Darkest addiction by crazy_writer11

Have you ever wondered why you ever existed in this fucked up world and made every attempt to end your misery by taking your life. Carla Holland is the perfect example, going through pain, misery, betrayal and addiction are too much for her to handle which made her psychotic and abnormal. The once sweet, normal and cute Carla had turned crazy, numb and cold. She is despised by everyone around her like her mom, older sis, her bestie then the whole school. Carla didn't know who to turn to when going through pain and her mental health is slipping away, so she finds comfort in taking drugs to feel numb and not giving a fuck with what's going on. Not until she met him Zephyr Adler who also went through being an addict, he help her pull through but the question is does she wanna be helped or better still wanna end up being an addict forever. Zeph cornered me on the wall beside the door, then he shuts the door really hard and damn I could feel his breath on my face. "You aren't leaving not when am here do you understand" he warned, I couldn't concentrate not when his eyes are lingered on my lips or his hardened cock touching my laps. Is he hard for me or am just feeling things? "You don't command me Zeph, know your fucking place" I gritted through my teeth, he grabbed my chin pulling my face closer to his, almost kissing me. "I gets to command you every fucking time Carla, I mean it when I said am gonna help you pull through even if fucking your pussy with my tongue or fucking you really slow and hard until you forgets the word drug, do you understand" he whispered directly on my lips. I clenched my thigh in arousal and lust, what's is Zephyr Adler doing to me, why does his dirty words usually gets me horny every fucking time?. I loathed his presence but yet I still wants him closer every fucking time and its scares me sometimes.

My Enemy, My Fiancé by Jazira_Albatross17

"Why are you doing this me?" The grey orbs look up lazily from the stupid book he's reading. They glower in the dim lights. "And what am I doing to you, Amaya?" Hayes asks calmly and I ball my hands into fists, seething at his ignorance. "Well?" "You're hurting me." "I'm protecting you." He says, glancing back at the book. "By pushing people away from me? By stopping me from doing what I want? When did that become your choice?" "From the moment I stuck that ring on your finger and promised myself that I'll never let you be in that same position as you were last year." He snaps his book shut, and glares down at the Rolex enclosed on his wrist. "So that's it? You'll just keep me under your control?" "Darling, I'm just trying to protect you. Why can't you see that?" My Professor rises from his seat and runs his hands down his suit. "When we get married-" "If we get married." The grey swirls snap to me like lightening and his jaw flexes. My heartbeat quickens and I make a turn towards the door, now desperately wanting to leave his office. "If we get married?" He repeats, walking dangerously quick towards me as I try for the door. "If we get married?" Slam! His sudden closeness to me, the way I can feel his hot breath by my neck is enough to send me spiralling in both fear and excitement. Hayes spins me around and pushes me back against the door. He grabs my chin and forces me to look up at him, his gaze sending jolts to my lower stomach. "When we get married." He utters, trailing his thumb along my bottom lip. "When we get married, my love. Say it to me." "When we get married." I whisper weakly, my eyes glued to his face. "Good." His lips curl upwards and my cheeks flush against my will. I wait for him to kiss me, I wait for him to tell me that he loves me. But instead he takes a step back, glancing down at his watch. "Your class is about to start, Miss. Falke. I suggest you run." #3 high - 06/11/2025 #3 engaged - 12/11/2025 #1 high - 16/01/2026

Whispers of Hope- Book # 3 (Mated Hearts Series) Complete by MercyRose

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The Art Class (MXM) by Christinagug

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Unexpectedly Arranged [Completed] by Kim_JaeLi16

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