"You know, I didn't believe in magic until I met you, Lil" she whispers, her soft breath brushing my lips. And I find myself tucking my lower lip between my teeth as I lose myself in her expressive eyes that are now watching my lips as if she's starved. My sweet Willow.
Why does it hurt so much knowing that she feels the same way about me? Is it because we can never be and this is wrong in so many ways? Surely her being the same gender as me shouldn't cause this much conflict when our love feels so innocent.
"This isn't- "she interrupts me with a gloved finger to my lips then leans in closer her soft lips grazing mine, rendering me foolish.
"I thought I was your fairy beautiful" I can sense the smirk in her tone and when I sigh in both exhaustion and defeat, she grins, her eyes coming back up to meet mine.
"Good, let me show you what magic feels like."
And just like that, I find myself under her spell again. What's utterly insane is, I never stood a chance against Willow. I don't know why I ever try.
**
Lilith has always been the obedient, quiet, proper daughter, groomed to be a perfect wife to her husband one day and she never questioned it. Not until her life begins feeling a little too empty in her teenage years and she starts searching for something that'll make her feel whole...
Every evening she slips into the woods, sitting under the big willow tree, hoping to meet a fairy that'll answer all her questions and grant her wishes.
That's when she meets Willow, a mysterious, bold girl carrying the kind of sins girls aren't meant to speak aloud.
When desire becomes impossible to ignore, Lilith must choose between the life she was taught to want, and the girl who makes her feel alive.
"I wish she would just disappear."
When Keith says those words, he has no idea how close he is to getting his wish.
For years, Ella has loved Keith from afar. A fated contract marriage is her one chance at a happily ever after, and she'll do anything to be seen by the man she adores. But her devotion isn't enough to break through his guarded heart.
Shattered, Ella rebuilds her life from the ashes, determined to never need another man again.
But years later, Keith storms back into her life, ready to avenge a past he doesn't understand. He's already lost her once. Will he make the same mistake twice and lose his only chance at true love forever?
A slow-burn, second-chance romance where a billionaire CEO must earn back the wife he so carelessly threw away.