"You're angry? Hit me.
You're sad? My shoulder is yours to use, to cry on.
You're annoyed? Tell me, and I'll do anything I can to remedy it.
You're scared? My arms are the safest place you can be in, and they'll always be open for you.
You're confused? I'll be provide you with certainty.
But don't ever avoid me. You feel something, we fucking feel it together. When you're mine, you don't go through anything alone."
Celine Haufftner, a rich girl from London, has finally landed in New York to visit her boyfriend. She's spoilt, and brought up given anything and everything she wants. But all she truly wants is love and to be loved. Unconditionally. She thought heartbreak toughened her, but did it really? Or is she weaker and softer than she appears.
On the other hand, Chase Kennedy. Tall, ridiculously good looking, brunette with blue eyes. They say the most beautiful things can be the most deadly. If so, Chase Kennedy would be a criminal who should be up for trial for a million murders. He has never been interested in the idea of love, it's always just been a waste of time for him. To him, no love equal no problems. That is, until he met Celine Haufftner. She's insufferable, spoiled, and honestly just downright annoying. He does everything to irritate her and it all goes according to plan. Until it doesn't.
One thing leads to the next, lies unfold, lives nearly destroyed, feelings blossom, and before they know it.
They collide.
Love is strange. It exists in many forms and is one of the key components that makes humans happy, but there isn't a lot of understanding surrounding it. At least not the kind of understanding with which the average person identifies.
Agnes is one of the few people that can accept all kinds of love. Despite her dated name, she is a woman in her late 20's dealing with the death of most of her family. She's now stuck in the middle of figuring out how to raise children that she never saw in her future and deciding what love means for her, when it has to exist within layer upon layer of complication. She let go of her boyfriend after almost a decade because their love wasn't meant to exist under the strain of children, only to find herself confronted with the overpowering connection of her old high school sweetheart. The same man she ran away from because their values hardly aligned when it came to how love should be expressed long term. Within the midst of learning how to raise children and balance her ever-building career, Agnes tries to recover from her mother's death, seek comfort without complicating her circumstance, and figure out why her mother would name her Agnes. Finding real comfort starts to feel impossible, as her most available options are her ex-boyfriend and her assistant.
Completed!
Rejected 6 times**
"This one just isn't for us." By far the most plain rejection I have ever received and I can respect it.
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