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Heartbeat

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Time 1h 14m

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Marielle Rollins, United States Army, 1st Liutenant, Trauma nurse. 

Aiden Evans, United States Marine Corp, Captain, 1st Marine Regiment. 

After graduating ROTC, completing her nursing school, and finally becoming an RN; her life has been filled with excitement and busier than ever. Following in her grandfather's footsteps of joining the Army, Marielle Rollins seeks the opportunity to travel, and experience what it means to be an American soldier, doing it as a nurse and putting her military service to use by saving other people's lives. Being young, beautiful, headstrong, kind, and a spit fire at only 24 years old, she draws the attention of a certain Marine. 


Aiden Evans, bold, strong, sexy, daring, and an ego taller than the twin towers, he is the commanding officer of his merry group of the 1st Marine Regiment. Evans paid no mind to people's opinions and what they thought of him, that is until Lieutenant Rollins. Aiden was a catch, a real good catch, Aiden knew it too, that is until her. Kind, gentle, and totally the opposite, it was weird that the simplest things she did turned him on and the fact that men flocked in for her pissed him off. She was different and it wasn't because her PCs that looked absolutely sexy on her, but the fact she triggered something in him other than an his own fucking rifle. He wanted to keep shooting towards her, shooting towards her until she was nothing but his.All Rights Reserved

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𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟? Later, as the sky darkened and the fairy lights glowed brighter, we lay back on the blanket, side by side. The stars flickered above us. "I like you, Noella," Mason said suddenly, voice low, careful. My heart stuttered. "I like you so much." I swallowed hard. "There's... there's a difference between a want and a need." He turned his head, eyes narrowing slightly. "What do you mean?" "People say they want someone," I whispered, staring up at the stars. "But a want is fleeting. Temporary. A craving. A need is something you can't live without. And I don't know which one I am to you, Mason. I don't know if I want to be anyone's need." Silence stretched. My chest tightened. Then he rolled onto his side, facing me fully. His voice was steady. "I love you, princess." She was invisible. He was everyone's favorite. Noella Collins has spent her life hiding in plain sight-quiet, overlooked, and trapped in the noise of her own thoughts. Mason Montgomery? He's the golden boy with the kind of smile that makes the world stop spinning. They were never supposed to cross paths. But when his eyes find hers, something shifts. For the first time, she isn't just there-she's seen. The invisible girl. The golden boy. One look-and everything changes. Noella never believed in love stories. Mason never expected to fall for one. She's quiet storms and late-night thoughts. He's sunlight and easy laughter. And when their worlds collide, It isn't chaos- It's everything love was meant to be. Best rankings: #1 unpopular (22/12/2025) #1 mentalproblems (24/12/2025) #9 hotboys (21/12/2025) #2 therapy (25/12/2025) #9 selflove (24/12/2025) #3 teenlove (28/12/2025) #1 healing (01/01/2026)