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Fate decides my future, but I decide the present.
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"Why are you so cold Carson?" He whispered, his gaze intense but I dared not look into those eyes of his. Only God knows what I'd do if I did.
He calmed my chaos, but I was bad for him.
"Life, Xavier. Life makes you cold." I replied with a frown, turning my head to other direction but his hands cupped my face and demanding that I looked at his face- into his pretty eyes.
I always seemed to get lost in them, so pretty.
"Don't let it then, be strong while feeling every other emotion. Have someone who'll hold you when it gets hard." He said, caressing my face softly with the pad of his thumb. My eyes pricked with tears, but I refused to shed them. Not in front of him.
"I-I have no one, Xavier." I whispered, my emotions catching up to me at last.
"Let me be your person." He smiled softly, tucking the hair behind my ear.
Could he be my person? I want to trust him, with everything in me but my heart can only take so much until it breaks. My demons are too much, I hold too many burdens. I can't do this to him, not him.
"I can't."
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When Arianna marries billionaire Zach Price to save her family, she doesn't expect to fall in love with a man who'd always consider her a second choice. An unexpected turn of events brings the couple closer together, but can a marriage based on lies and deceit ever survive?
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When Arianna's older sister, Olivia, decides to run away on the day of her wedding, Arianna is forced to take her place to save her family from ruin. But her new husband is angry, heartbroken, and seems to hate her guts. The cold, elusive billionaire Zach Price has never quite struck Arianna as the kind of man she'd want to spend her entire life with. She was more than content with her sweet, thoughtful boyfriend Noah, but when circumstances force them together, Zach and Arianna's hearts get entangled in a way she never saw coming. As the couple grows closer, they must battle the demons of their past and of the lives they left behind - especially when Olivia returns and decides she wants Zach all for herself.
Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence and sexual abuse, and mentions abortion and miscarriage.
[[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]
Cover designed by Ren Tachibana