Please, with a Cherry on top? | 18+

"Tell me you don't want that," his darkened eyes clashed with her dazed ones, "Say it, and we'll stop right now. Tell me, and I'll go."

Silence hung in the air, the distant hum of passing cars and crickets fading into the night.

"Cause I have every intention of making you my wife, the mother of my kids, my everything. I want that. I want you. Understand?"

Her eyes welled up, and her lips trembled as she swallowed hard, then nodded quickly, "I want that too."

"That's what I thought, baby."

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Cerise Rowan liked to keep things simple.

Her days were a steady loop of sleep, eat, study, repeat. She told herself she valued comfort, though in truth, change terrified her. With change came anxiety, and her mind, already a delicate balance, struggled to cope.

Her favorite S-words: sleep, solitude, and snacks, were enough to keep her "mild" disorder in check.

Until another one entered her life. Well... two.

If you count sex.

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Saint Novak lived by two rules: stay comfortable and take each day as it came. With his intimidating presence and (mostly) emotionless exterior, he wasn't exactly easy to get to know. He didn't waste time on dead ends, keeping his life decisively organized.

People and things included.

But Saint's problems were far from "mild". For years, he believed he had nothing to lose. Now, he's learning what it means to have goals, to want more, and to keep what's important to him close.

So what happens when he walks into his parlor and is greeted by a new face?

A very pretty face.

One that stirs desires he didn't even know he had.

Well, one taste of her is more than enough to set a few more goals.