Xanthippi Lemma
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STORY BY Xanthippi Lemma
Tangled Desires
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In the ruthless world of high fashion, perfection is everything—and the Smith brothers have built an empire on it.Alex and John Smith are the faces behind one of the most powerful luxury fashion houses in the industry. Known for their flawless designs, sharp instincts, and unbreakable partnership, they are as admired as they are feared. Different in every way but bound by ambition, they’ve spent years turning their father’s legacy into something unstoppable.Until the past starts unraveling everything.When two new assistants enter their world, nothing remains the same.Emily Carter is composed, intelligent, and fiercely driven. She doesn’t believe in distractions—especially not charming, unpredictable men like Alex Smith. He represents everything she avoids: chaos, risk, loss of control. And yet, from the moment their paths collide, ignoring him becomes impossible.Taylor Reed is bold, passionate, and dangerously honest. She has no patience for cold, calculated men like John Smith—men who hide behind control and perfection. But the more she works beside him, the more she realizes that beneath his composed exterior lies something far more complicated… and far more tempting.There’s just one problem.Emily and Taylor hate each other.Once rivals in the same prestigious fashion academy, their past is marked by betrayal, humiliation, and a misunderstanding that was never truly resolved. A single man—a charismatic professor—became the spark that destroyed whatever fragile bond they once had. What really happened back then remains buried under years of resentment… and lies.Now forced to work side by side, their hostility threatens not only their careers—but everything the Smith brothers have built.As tension rises inside the company, so do the emotions none of them can control.Because desire doesn’t follow logic.Alex finds himself drawn to Emily’s strength—even as she keeps him at a distance.John begins to lose control around Taylor—even as she challenges everything he stands for.But nothing is simple.Not when hearts are pulled in the wrong directions.Not when jealousy begins to blur every boundary.Not when the truth is more dangerous than any lie.And buried deep within the foundation of the company lies a secret their father took to the grave.A secret built on betrayal.A secret that could destroy their reputation, their legacy—and everything they thought they knew about their own success.As the truth begins to surface, alliances will shift.Enemies may be forced to become allies.Desire will turn into obsession.And love… will demand a choice.In a world where power, passion, and ambition collide, nothing stays untangled for long.
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Old flames, new sins
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Manhattan is a city built on the bones of the ambitious, and Bella Romano is its most ruthless chronicler. At twenty-seven, the Naples-born political journalist has traded her soul for a sharp pen and a sharper gaze, carving a name for herself in the cutthroat world of the New York Chronicle. She doesn't believe in fairy tales, only in the leverage found in the wreckage of powerful men. Across the grid of steel and glass, Pietro Moretti operates with the same lethal precision. At thirty, the Sicilian-born litigator is a titan of the courtroom, a man who defends the indefensible with a cold, aristocratic arrogance. Five years ago, they were ghosts on the Amalfi Coast—ten days of unbridled, nameless passion under a Mediterranean sun before they both fled to New York to chase a dream that didn't include room for others. Now, a chance encounter at a high-society wedding has reignited a fire they thought they’d buried. They live by a brutal code: no feelings, no public displays, no sleeping over. Their encounters are transactional—hate-sex fueled by professional rivalry and the crushing weight of New York’s isolation. It is a collision of power and surrender, where teeth graze skin and silk is sacrificed to raw need. But as the lines between their careers and their carnal obsession begin to blur, the ultimate rule looms over them: the first one to catch a feeling must walk away. In a city that never sleeps, they are discovering that some sins are too addictive to ever truly confess.
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The Alpha's Hardest Game
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Jake is the university’s golden boy, wearing Number 7 on the basketball court and hiding a fierce secret: he’s the next Alpha of the Crescent Pack. But Jake refuses to inherit his father’s crown, fighting to live a human life.Then comes Avery. When they collide in the rain, Jake’s wolf roars to life. She smells like a human, but her magnetic aura sparks a dangerous obsession. What Jake doesn’t know is that Avery is no human—she’s a hidden Lycan emissary, sent by his own family to force him back. Bound by a cruel blackmail involving her brother's life, Avery must trick her target.The game turns lethal when rival Alpha Cole steps onto the court, genuinely determined to claim Avery for himself. As the mate bond ignites amidst a web of lies, Avery must choose: betray her fated mate, or doom her family.
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