It Went Downhill from Here
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  • Time 1h 46m
Ongoing, First published Jun 24, 2023
"What if I hadn't been so in my head? Would I have prevented this? I'm such an idiot for letting myself be whisked away into fantasies. I've let everyone down. I'm threading close to falling into the pits of oblivion-"
 
"Zandra, breathe. If you could only see how I see you, You are a lot of things, but never an idiot.
No matter what happens, we are a team, and I am in your corner. And I assure you, I will always be here to catch you. Stop fussing over the what-ifs. You could never let anyone down. Do you trust me? "

In contrast to the silver spoon heirs and heiresses, he is a nobody. Inheriting a vineyard and shackles to a wasteland of withered dreams and passion. Passion and aspiration are but feeble armors and weapons toward the sharply edged gates that divide the socialites and the people with the likes of him.  Aaron Kane is dead set on building a legacy for himself. He refuses to follow in the footsteps of the Kane men before him.
 
He'd always had his eyes on the prize. With his goals so close to grab, a certain brunette blesses his path as his saving grace-he is uncertain of what to feel with the said brunette socialite heiress he'd grown to stereotype and despise. Nothing's going to deter him.
 
Zandra Bridget Rae Carrington is determined not to let her family down. Raised to be the heiress who'll continue the lineage of the well-known and acclaimed Carrington name, she is exactly that. Determined it was the life she'll willingly commit to, a Pandora box unveils that perhaps she wasn't as certain as she's been admitting. 

She declares a promise to herself to deny the temptation and intrusion of love, passion, and above all, dreaming.

Yet as they work alongside one another,
Their defenses cascade,
And when it all finally came undone,
It goes downhill from there.
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"She was wrong for me on so many levels. For one, she belonged to another, and could never be mine. But even I, was powerless in the face of raw seduction and fiery heated encounters..." Quillon Ivante. ~~~~~ "It's a truth universally acknowledged that people who love themselves should be together. We were lovers, we were infatuated with one another. But could we ever be together?..." Niccole Zemira ~~~~~ |WARNING: 18+| LOTS OF GRAPHIC SEX SCENES AND MATURED CONTENT SPANNING ACROSS MULTIPLE CHAPTERS Also, you may need to follow me first, before reading this book because multiple chapters have been placed as "PRIVATE" due to the amount of graphic sex scenes in them. ~~~~~ ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE FOR QUILLON His boss and CEO, dies, leaving the company to Quillon, making him the new CEO. Months later, different women, from all corners, started claiming they'd been married to the last CEO, & all wanted their share in the company. Quillon didn't give them a dime! This women didn't know the first thing about labour. None of his penny would go to them. A year later, one last woman came knocking down his door, with all wrath and fury. A beautiful wrestler, Niccole. And she stole his fucking breath away! He IVANTE, that barely had time for romance, a workaholic that barely looked at women twice, slowly watched in helplessness, as his body sung to life at the sight of the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. The attraction was fatal! NICCOLE ISN'T BACKING DOWN! Niccole encounters a brute who thwarts her at every turn, claiming she wasn't entitled to anything. It didn't help that the new CEO she had to go against, was very handsome, Or that he found it hard, keeping his hands off her, and worse, she didn't want him to. In their battle of wills, they don't even realize the moment love gets thrown in. But when something big threatens to throw them apart, all bets are off. Will they sacrifice their stances, for their one chance at true love?