"If I ever find you again, be it in another life, I promise I will marry you."
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Beautiful and optimistic cancer patient, Emma Walker, has been fully aware since December first started, that she's doomed to spend Christmas - her favourite holiday - alone in the hospital.
The hospital is always enveloped in pin-drop-silence. No hot chocolate, no Christmas lights, presents or ringing bells. No laughing kids or choirs singing.
Her boyfriend of two years had just dumped her 6 months ago; when she finally broke the news to him, so he was out of the picture for good.
Only Lillian, a full-time nurse working in the hospital, was there to help Emma through her momentary emotional pain; Lillian was more than happy for a distraction from her problems at home.
Come Christmas itself, Lillian refuses to allow Emma to spend it on her own. So, she sets Emma up for a double room, in hopes of her gaining new company.
Little did she know, she set Emma up with her long lost teenage love, Kane Sommers.
Will the two old lovers rekindle their flames? Or will life just get in their way, all over again?
Read on to find out in this one shot; with a twist as bittersweet as an icy Christmas itself.
[Contest entry for Noelle's (@hepburnettes) Christmas Contest 2K15]
COVER BY @octaves
"The Hacker and the Mob Boss" ❦
Reyna Fields seems to be an ordinary girl with her thick-framed glasses, baggy clothes, hair always up in a ponytail, and her head tucked away behind a computer screen. However, no one knows she's armed with a genius IQ and a heart of gold. She hacks her way into virtual systems on a search for her mother.
Unfortunately for her, she has hacked into the wrong database. She hacked into the database of the notorious mob boss, Santino "Saint" Venturi.
Saint is the opposite of his name. He's known for his ruthlessness. As a mob boss to a mafia, he learned to eat or be eaten. When Reyna stumbles upon his database, a plan dispersed into his mind. He's going to take her.
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"I don't share, angel."
"He's a friend," she found herself saying. Dante was too busy staring at her to notice the fiery glare in Saint's eyes. She was mentally praying that Dante would just look away.
His fingers trailed up her leg before his hand latched onto her sex. He held her there while a small gasp left her lips. "I will fuck you on this table if he doesn't stop looking at what belongs to me."
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HIGHEST RANKING:
#5 romance - 6/26/22
Dark Romance
Cover by @-simplyhan