Thorns
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"You... are like a thorn! So excited to get the rose, yet when you go to pick the damn thing, you get pricked and it makes you bleed!"
"Only an idiot would wrap their whole palm around the stem of a rose."
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She had been poached from her position, brought in and locked in a cage to tame a lion in exchange for stacks of cash, if she made it out alive.
He was the lion, making sure she never touched that stack of cash waiting for her.
✈︎Enemies to lovers
✈︎Slow burn romance
✈︎Forced proximity
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MATURE CONTENT. 18+ ONLY.
ADULT CONTENT. LANGUAGE. MINOR VIOLENCE.
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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Started August 7th, 2024.
Finished August 14th, 2025.
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