One Day At a Time
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  • Reads 224
  • Votes 3
  • Parts 3
  • Time 25m
Ongoing, First published Aug 11, 2022
Mature
Alexia Martinez didn't know what motherhood would be like. Growing up without a mom, she wasn't prepared when she got pregnant with twins at seventeen 

Now at twenty-three with two five year olds to raise, she's doing everything she possibly can to give her kids the best life they can have, all the while trying to keep a roof over their heads and food on the table. 
The last thing she needs is an attractive man moving in into her life A man who not only brightens a room, who happens to be her dads top player, but also apparently steals the hearts of small children. 

She does her best to ignore him all the while trying to be friendly but when an unexpected visitor from her past decides he wants to emerge himself back into her life Cal can't just turn a blind eye. 

So he makes a deal. A deal that not only benefits her but benefits him. It keeps his nosey family out of his love life and keeps that unwanted visitor away from his kind neighbor and her adorable kids. 

But is that all it really is? A deal? Well, they'll just have to see. By taking it, One Day At A Time.
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Life cannot treat Alexia Grey any better. She has amazing family and friends and gets perfect scores. She is destined for great things. She has envisioned a life with her boyfriend, for whom she has sacrificed her entry to the state's best university. But fate has other plans. The perfect future she has pictured shatters into pieces one fateful day. Alexia Grey is a happy-go-lucky girl who has been dumped by her high school sweetheart. Things get more unbearable when it becomes the talk of the town. People either give her looks of pity or laugh at her. Left without a choice, she leaves for the city to start afresh. In New York City, she meets the cold and aloof Matteo Knight, whose mysterious vibe draws her towards him. Matteo is an introvert with great ambition. To achieve his lifetime goal of becoming a famous doctor, he refuses to get distracted by anything. As a result, he has grown distant from everyone around him. Enter Alexia Grey who has now become his neighbour. What kind of sparks will fly between a boy who is driven by his desire for success and a girl who wants a fresh start in life? *** [Open Novella Contest 2020] Prompt #61: After being jilted, you move to the city to hide your embarrassment, lick your wounds and start afresh. Started: 8 February 2020 Completed: 4 May 2020