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Forbidden desires: In love with my brother's best friend

Forbidden desires: In love with my brother's best friend

It is against the bro code to nurture feelings about one's friend's sister, but in the case of Josh, was that really it? For years, Lina has nurtured feelings for her brother's best friend, ones that she knew she had to keep at bay, but with them being in senior high, and with her feelings raging out, she found herself doing everything possible to get his attention, but would she be able to, when she suddenly found herself with a love interest? Josh had his well tucked in, tried so hard not to break bro code but all of his rationality seemed to have flown out the window when he found a pest lurking around Lina, and wanting to claim her as his. He had done everything to keep the pests away, but it seemed he hadn't done enough. With his obsession, and crave for her skyrocketing over the top, he finds not just his friendship with her brother threatened but his pack as well. What had held him back was a thin line threatening to snap at any time, but would he let it? What decision would he take? When odds are against him?
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Chapter: In motion
Samantha wasn't expecting that and she was glad that he had left, she should have known that Ethan was always going to be careless, it wasn't what she wanted, she had thought of an heroic coming that would leave everyone of them shattered, but it seems she didn't do enough work or she had hoped for too much. " That's him, Josh in the flesh." Darren said while he watched them drive off. He couldn't fix his hand on the expression he had felt when he saw him,he knew that he was his step brother and that was it, but he didn't know what to do. From the start,he had been made to know he was here for revenge and nothing else, and that was all he had fixated his mind on, but then for the first time,he thought that maybe it wasn't a bad idea to have him in his mind, but he shook that off, knowing it was a bad idea and he had to get that off. " You know I have always wanted to see him. I mean, Ethan has always talked highly about him, talking about how he was grooming him to take over the p
Last Updated: 2025-06-15
Chapter: Walk down
Josh's POV I shook my head, knowing there was no way I was going to believe it, but his word, the one where he had talked about taking everything from me, clicked back in, and it made sense now. It all did, why he was always on my heels, why he was close to Lina, it was all to take everything from me. " Fuck." I cursed, taking a step back wishing I hadn't done this in the first place, if my curiosity hadn't gotten the best of me and if I wasn't determined to find out what my father was hiding then I wouldn't have faced this. I wouldn't have found out the bitter truth that he was my half brother. " Take me back." I slipped into the car as I said to Max whose face was blank. He muffled out words before stepping on the gas as he drove away. My eyes glared at the cars which we passed in a glance, taking note of the fact that this was so much more messed up than I could imagine, and I didn't know what to say nor do. What was I going to do? Confront my father? For hurting my mum?My m
Last Updated: 2025-06-15
Chapter: Loveless
Josh's POV I wasn't one who made mistakes, hell no, I didn't but I had made countless ones that couldn't be rectified. I knew he didn't trust me anymore, I had seen it, he asked me and I denied it, not that I wanted to do so on purpose but I found myself doing so, lying even when I shouldn't have. I was supposed to be man enough, but wasn't I scared? I was scared of losing Lina even more than I was scared of losing the friendship, she was the main reason why I was doing this in the first place. The reason for all of these lies and if I was asked if I was right, I would have given an answer,yes, I was right for hiding it and will do so over and over again. Leaning against the car seat, I tried to take in how everything was falling in my life but only one thing kept me going, the love I had with Lina was the only sensible thing I could think about. I didn't want to step in, this was my home, the one I grew in, the one I had come to know as home and I should go in, but I also knew
Last Updated: 2025-06-11
Chapter: Messed up his mind
Max knew that he couldn't look beyond this anymore, not when he got another message which confirmed his suspicion and heightened it in the process. “ I am sure you aren't a fool” it read and he knew what it meant, he couldn't play fool anymore. He knew something was up between his sister and Josh and even when he didn't want to believe it, it was difficult not to do so. Not with Josh sudden over protective stance over Lina, he could take it that it was possible because of the fact that they were always used to getting men off and maybe somehow it got into his head and so, he continued doing the same thing over and over again. But wasn't it too much at this point? And he could recall telling him not to do that anymore, Darren was his choice, and Lina had screamed she had a boyfriend, why was the chance that the boyfriend she was talking about was Josh? And Josh, what was the chance that the girl he liked was Lina? He was confused and he needed answers. He needed someone to tell him
Last Updated: 2025-06-11
Chapter: Special
Lina's POV I could barely sleep, no matter how hard I had tried, I couldn't shut my eyes. It felt like everything was falling in place, I and Josh were going to be the couple that I wanted, the love we were about to share will be everything and we will be able to grow together. I couldn't stop thinking about his words. Does that mean he loved me? I held my phone, squeezing it tightly while trying to sleep. I just couldn't but when it beeped, a message sprawled on it, I knew I had to give an answer. It was Josh, asking if I was asleep. " I can't sleep." I replied, still biting my fingers which wasn't so ladylike. The butterflies in my stomach flapped so hard that I knew I had to stop it somehow, but how could I? Was this what it meant? To fall in love? " Why?" Lying flat on my stomach,I had my legs in the air, thinking of what to say as the reason, would it be too much if I said he was the one? "Mine?" he added. My stomach flapped even harder, this time it had me smiling befor
Last Updated: 2025-06-10
Chapter: Something more
Josh's POV Lina with powers I could understand, but what was so hard for me to get was why exactly she would be hawked around like she was some good or something, I was so pissed that I had been at the arcade all day, shooting while conjuring the elder's faces in my mind. I knew it would be difficult to get out of an arrangement like that, but I had to think of a way. I needed to also know the outcome of what was said and to be able to do so, I had to be with Max later tonight but for now, all I had to do was blow off steam while thinking of how to get them out of this arrangement. I have lost time while shooting and when I was done, it was late. " Lina..." there was no way she was here, what was she doing here? When I noticed she had the necklace I had gotten her on, my rage cooled down, that showed she loved it. We are getting there, maybe to the point where she would fall in love with me soon, where she wouldn't be able to live without me, I could see it in her eyes, eyes spok
Last Updated: 2025-06-10
Birthing Twins For My Ex's Uncle

Birthing Twins For My Ex's Uncle

" Don't say anymore word than you already have, don't..." I stuck a finger out at him, sauntering away on my heels when a hand wrapped itself around my arm. Breathlessly he whispered, "You know that I do love you and...fine, what exactly was I supposed to do?" "Protect me and stand up for me. That is what you do for someone who you claim you love!" ************ Out to spite her ex-boyfriend after he had broken up with her on her birthday, Daphne slept with a stranger who turned out to be his uncle while trying to rebuff his words that she was unwanted by others. Was she ready for the wild chase that followed when he found out years later that she had been pregnant with his heirs and that she had been hiding the truth all this while? Faced with the ruthless CEO, known as the beast, who wasn't ready to back down, Daphne does everything possible to make sure her kids wouldn't be taken from her, but what happens when love gets in the mix of it all? Would she be able to conquer these weird feelings and give in her all amidst her scars? And with how deadly he turned out to be? And faced with her ex who still wants her back, what choice is she going to make?
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Chapter: His Mafia princess
Lorenzo's POV “ She wouldn't like this,” Don Dawson said to me as I offered him the drink I had managed to win at an auction. “ I know right? Daphne would hate it if she knows that I am here with you, but it doesn't seem like I have a choice here” He shook his head to the side, snapping them gently before he uncorked the wine, the pop going off as I glanced at it, he poured a bit into a glass which he handed to me, and another which he kept for himself. “ She actually told me to settle things with you, smooth things out, she had said,” he gave the only reason which I could say made sense. That she had an idea about what exactly was happening, because if she hadn't found me in bed with her, I knew she would have blown up my phone with calls right about now, and I was loving it. It showed that I was loved just as much as I loved her, with how she didn't hide at all to show that. I bobbed my head, gulping down the drink in a go when it hit the back of my throat, I swallowed, letti
Last Updated: 2024-09-26
Chapter: Some company
Lorenzo's POVWhen she had asked, wanting to make sure that I was fine, I didn't know what else to say aside from the fact that I was fine.I didn't want her to worry, I didn't want the crest on her face to deepen, I hated to see her worry, so I just couldn't bring myself to give her an answer that would break her again. When we had walked into the decorator greenhouse, the makeshift one that I had ordered to be made before all the ruckus happened, I found myself saying the word that I hadn't even practiced for. I had thought about this moment for years, kept it in mind for hours, thought about her expression when she saw it, but none of them had prepared me for when I was there, kneeling before her. I found myself stuttering, the words I didn't plan came out of my mouth instead, was I perhaps tense? I probably was, but it helped me get away of the thoughts that my father was dead. The doctor had given a heart attack as the answer, and we hadn't pushed on, neither had the workers
Last Updated: 2024-09-26
Chapter: Engagement
Daphne's POV My hands held Alexis, as my hands went on his back, smoothening it gently, Lorenzo was still, not saying a word, but I knew he had a lot in mind. My hand held his hands, squeezing it gently, as I tried to get him back to me when he gave a small smile at me, his eyes deepened as he stared at me. “ I am fine” he assured me, that I wondered if he knew if he had any idea that his face was a sharp contrast to what he had just said. “ It is fine to let the tears down if you want to” His lips curved into a small smile, which did little to help, before he glanced outside. “ Chad will be waiting for us, we have to be sure that everything is fine, and whatever is it wouldn't harm him, you know with everything that has been happening” I nodded, bobbed my head in understanding at what he had just said. It was going to be fine. “ Wouldn't you go back? To take him to the morgue?” He bobbed. “ I will have to do that tomorrow, I would prefer that we bury him tomorrow, but first
Last Updated: 2024-09-26
Chapter: Payback
Daphne's POV I racked my brain, trying to ascertain that it wasn't who I was thinking, he wouldn't have been so stupid, he wouldn't do something like that. “ Daphne…. Daphne..” Irene's voice pulled me out. I threw her a glance, when footsteps glided in, and my father rushed in, rage stomped over his face. “ You said something about Alexis missing, have you seen him? Where exactly would he be? Do you think it would be from my side or Lorenzo's?” He tried to make certain that we would curtail this problem. I knew there was just a person, one person in Brooklyn but this wasn't how I wanted it to end, I didn't want to give him an easy death, he didn't deserve that. I needed Drago to be in pain, I needed him to pray for death, but he wouldn't see, I wanted him to watch my face as he died, I wanted to see his car slide down the bridge as mine had done. What exactly had been my offense? His son loved me.“ Drago” I uttered, loud enough to his hearing. “ He is the one who has him” Hi
Last Updated: 2024-09-25
Chapter: Trained heir
Lorenzo's POV I traipsed into the lift a happier man that I thought I was going to be, I watched gently as she sat on the chair, holding the kids firmly, before dropping the bags on the table. I couldn't have been happier, she was back in my life and back to me. I didn't know if I was thinking too fast, but I found myself inching to give her the ring I had gone to customize before the accident happened. I hadn't forgotten, nor forgiven Drago but I didn't want to think about him, not with this new joy that I felt. “ Do you think that I should apply it in, now?” “ Mother, I will help you with it,” Avery offered. “ I will do so also” Alexis offered also, and I was relegated to the background. It had barely grazed her arms, so Chad had said, but we had to be careful. It was so close to her arm socket, that if the bullet had gone in even further, it might have caused her an arm. I didn't know what to say, but I kept taking in air, and found myself saying prayers also. Of course,
Last Updated: 2024-09-25
Chapter: Their happily ever after
Daphne's POV I tried to force my eyes open but it stuck adamantly, I let out a hiss before trying again before whistling out in pain. I hated how I felt, it seemed as though I had been rammed over by a lorry and thrown over here, I tried to push myself up but I just couldn't. Sighing in resignation, I tried once more, gentle at first and the sharp ray of lighting that flashed through caused me to clasp it shot again. I gnashed, took in air before I flickered them open once more,this time swerving a glance around. I was stunned when warmths sipped into me. Flipping my head to the side, my eyes watered when I noticed Avery by one side, and Alexis by another, and Lorenzo holding my hands. I bit hard into my cheek, taking in the pain while I tried to force myself not to shed a tear. This was everything that I wanted, everything that I had imagined, my family back with me. I laid back, letting the warmth cascade down to my side, let it drap itself around me when I ran my hands thro
Last Updated: 2024-09-25
Chasing my estranged wife: I want you back

Chasing my estranged wife: I want you back

"We have nothing together, Richard, the moment I signed that paper, I made sure to cut all of our ties" I reminded him, a smile creeping on my face He chuckled, running his tongue on his lower lips, a glint in his eyes, "You will always be mine, Reina, because I am going to ruin any other relationship you intend on going in" *************** On a day meant to be the most important day of her life, Reina is left heartbroken when she is slammed with a divorce by her husband, left with no choice but to give in, she flees with her unborn children, going off to live a new life, all seems to be going well until he showed up years later, wanting her and his kids back, How was she supposed to know that her mischievous kids were going to side with their father? Thrown into a new world, they are forced to make things work, but would they be able to? With the arrival of her childhood lover? And how broken he had left her?
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Chapter: Not a fool
Ryan's POV “Am I doing too much?” I questioned Richard who stood by my side. I had on a sea green suit and a blue lapel which was to match with the gown she had on, but she wasn't here yet. I didn't know what to do, if I was going to cry, but I wanted to do this clear headed and without shedding a tear. It wouldn't make me masculine like I was supposed to be. She shouldn't see me tearing up. Richard stood by my side, in a peach suit to match Reina's own. “You doing too much would be you tearing up when she shows up to the aisle, please don't do that. You did before and it wasn't easy for me to stop you, don't make me do that again” he pleaded. I bore a hole in him at the words he had just spoken. He wasn't supposed to say that .He was still going to rub it over my face. “You did the same to me, remember?” he quizzed when he saw the look on my face. “So I don't really think I am doing anything wrong by telling you what I just did” I shook my head, not wanting to listen to him.
Last Updated: 2024-11-28
Chapter: Happy ever after
Nina’s POV “ You don't get it Reina” I hadn't known when exactly this had happened, but it was too much. I had given up on Christopher right now because I had no other option, but that was because my mum looked so happy with him. I knew he was young, well, too young if I am asked, but my mother being happy was everything to me and I wanted her to be. “ You both were going at it raw, what did you expect? A truckload of gifts?”Wait, what? “ I am almost in tears right now,” I explained. I just couldn't explain it, but I was really tearing up. She stood up, patting me on the back. “ It's the hormones, you are actually tearing up” “I am pregnant, just a month to our wedding and I don't know how to tell him, the wedding gown won't fit” “ The designer can always work on it, we can have her do that” “ But still, I am not ready for this. I don't know if I want this child, it is too much for me to bear right now, what exactly am I to do?” I questioned. I had to think about this. All t
Last Updated: 2024-11-28
Chapter: Troubles
Ryan's POV That name didn't ring a bell at all, why would somebody who wasn't affiliated to them do something like that? Or was it that we didn't know what exactly we were searching for? “ I can't really say” We both got into the Porsche as I answered.“ There is no one else that would be able to give an answer except her, but I don't know where she is”“ Who?” “ Her mother of course, I am so sure Nina doesn't know anyone by that name, and it will be so awkward bringing that up to her, we need to be certain. We don't want her suspecting us now, would we?” A part of me was glad that I didn't have to do this anymore, it would have pricked me a bit to know that. Richard was a drive away from the bar when my phone rang out. “ Ryan, where are you?” I could sense the urgency in her tone as she asked. I swallowed, gazing at Richard whose eyes were probing to know what's wrong when I answered. “ With Richard, is something wrong?” “ Yes, can you come over? I am at the morgue and I di
Last Updated: 2024-11-28
Chapter: Disapproval
Nina's POV I had never felt this jittery in years, months even with how tense I was, I thought I was going to mess things up. “ You have to calm down, he is just your mother's spouse” That brings us back to why we were here, my mother's spouse, the one she said she wanted to introduce to me. I had wanted to be here first, just to get along foremost before passing it on to anybody what exactly he looked like, but my mother had insisted I came with Reina. She was better than me, as it was to be expected, and she was here to keep me in place or so I had thought. “ Something bulging your mind?” I shook my head when she asked. We had just gotten to the spot, fine dining with a reservation so difficult to get even if you were well known, but we seemed to be here, my mum had said this was the designated venue, and so we had to be here on time. “ It's now or never” the door opened with a slight push from me and we were in. It didn't take so long to find the booth that we were looking
Last Updated: 2024-11-28
Chapter: A hit
Ryan's POV A smile crested over my face while I hummed alongside to perfect by Ed Sheeran, that was how my life was like currently, it was going the right path that I wanted it to be. Stepping on the gas, I couldn't keep thinking of how everything was just the way it should be presently, but there was merely a problem and that one had to be taken care of. I slammed the brakes in front of Richard's company, swept my gaze around when I stepped out of the car, beaming at the CCTV camera that told me he had his eyes glued on it. I figured him letting out a string of curses at what I had just done, before turning his attention back to his pile of documents. When he wasn't with Reina and the kids, playing the obsessed husband, he had his head into his documents trying to work even harder. Stepping into the elevator, I waited for it to drop me in front of his office and when I did, I pushed the door open. “ You should take a breath, you are always working” I pointed at him when I was
Last Updated: 2024-11-28
Chapter: Mind blowing
Nina's POV I beamed at the hand that had wrapped itself around me, before kissing me noisily. Pushing him off gently, I let out a plea. “ Let me sleep a bit, hmm” I pleaded while trying to shut my eyes a bit when the scent of freshly baked potatoes and cabbage lamb roast stew had me opening them in a sec. “ You surely do know how to get me” I gave him a slight jab at the arm before staring around, my mouth watered at the sight before me. “A little bit burnt, but I guess it's the intentions that matters” Ryan said while being nervous. I could tell because he was unusually jittery, which wasn't a fine attribute of his person, unless he had done something wrong, or he intended to do something that has him this way, I hope it was the latter because I could do without any huge thing at the moment. “ Spill” I urged, taking a scoop of the delicious goodness in front of me. A moan escaped my lips sending a little tingle in-between my legs when he stared at me like I was the most delic
Last Updated: 2024-11-26
Contractual Marriage: The billionaire's Woman

Contractual Marriage: The billionaire's Woman

“All you have to do, Nortia, is birth me an heir within two years and get 20 millions dollars whenever you decide to leave, isn't that juicy enough? You can't get that elsewhere, so it's best you take it while I'm still offering” ************* After walking into her boyfriend cheating on her with her cousin, Nortia vowed never to love again, but then Alexis's tempting proposal to bear him an heir and get 20 millions upon departure changed everything. Despite initial reservations not to fall in love, they both find themselves entangled in a web of emotions. As adversaries, secrets and past love affairs resurface threatening to tear them apart, they try to do everything to keep the flames in their relationship burning, but would they be able to?
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Chapter: Water
Nortia's POV “ It's just a simple family picnic” I reminded Alexis who must have forgotten that, because what exactly was he carrying these things for? I knew I was close to terms, six months had gone by in a whim which I couldn't have expected would turn out so well, but it had. Alexis had been on his best behavior and I couldn't have wanted anything else aside from that, while my godmother doted on me. His father wasn't left out as he had worked on the nursery with Alexis making sure it was perfect. I had opted for a gender reveal but had decided against it at the last moment. I wanted to get the surprise when they were out, and even when I had gone against it a thousand times, I was barely able to keep the temptation away, I had fought it off for what was the right amount of months. “ One can never be extra careful, wifey. You know that, don't you?” “ It's basically just a few hours drive and we will be back” I reminded him. My hand rested on my waist while I chewed on my
Last Updated: 2025-05-31
Chapter: Firing squad
Nortia's POV Was I always going to get whatever it was that I wanted from Alexis? Yes. I knew Chad was the last name he would want to hear and for someone who happened to be as stubborn as he was, it seemed only convenient that I used the only name that I could think about. “ Well,” my godmother said when the car came to a halt in front of the correctional center. “ I guess we have to wait and hope for nothing to happen.” She explained to Alexis who happened to be brooding. He had been told that there was no way he was allowed to come in with me and that seemed to have soured his mood. “ I will be waiting,” he uttered before turning to the side, not giving me a glance while I walked away. A sulking baby, that was what he was. “ The guards assured me that you are going to be protected at all times, and all you have to do if anything happens is tap on the button just by your side igniting a buzz and they will all race in.”“ Okay,” I had that stamped at the back of my head becaus
Last Updated: 2025-05-31
Chapter: Cuffed
Alexis's POV I was spellbound because I had thought she would never bring that up, why was it that she had thought about that so suddenly when I thought there was no way she would never bring it up considering how she had just left without taking a dime? “ You want the money?” I asked again, wanting to be sure. It was contradicting what she had said initially where she had shoved it up at my face letting me know she wasn't taking a dime. Now, I was left wondering what was going to be the reaction from my father and Gerald who had taken her side, talking about how she was different. She was, I knew about that, but it was just shocking to me. “Yes, I do. When should I be getting it?” “ Why the sudden change of mind? You said you didn't initially,”“ Now, I want it. Don't tell me you thought I had let you off the hook so easily, there are thousands of things I could use that money for.”“ You own a company,” I reminded her. “ That's the reason why I would need it even more, I am su
Last Updated: 2025-05-31
Chapter: Best view
Nortia's POV I woke up with the best view before me. Alexis had his hand above his head, his eyes shut while his brows furrowed which had me thinking what exactly he was dreaming about. He wasn't supposed to look this distressed while sleeping, my fingers inched to run across his face, whisper words into his ear, letting him know how much I had missed him but I kept it to myself, not saying a word. Propping myself on my arm, I watched him, my eyes shifting between my tummy and his face while I tried to come up with something else to do aside from looking at him but my mind was blank. I exhaled deeply, before raising my finger as I ran them across his brows. “ Wakey, wakey,” his face sprung into a smile before his lashes fluttered open, as he turned to me. His face melted into a puddle of smiles before he kissed me on the lips. “ Good morning,” he mouthed out at me. Propping himself as well to take a good look at me. “ You look dashing,” he said to me while I tried not to blush,
Last Updated: 2025-05-31
Chapter: Artist
Alexis POV Her words, they had me grasping onto her because I didn't want it to be false, so I knew I had to hold onto what I thought I had heard, because it seemed so soon “ I know I am to apologize, and I will…I…” “ Shut up and make love to me.” She said, her hands running on my clothes, and I knew I had to take a step back. It was all too soon, and I knew I had to take a step back.“ You aren't in a good mood right now, and I wouldn't want to make it worse, you have to be sure about this and…” “ Do you want me to go to someone else? Chad?” That got me because she knew well enough what to do to tick me off. I could imagine my mother and Genevieve giggling while listening to all that was happening. Her hands ran underneath my clothes as she touched me, each sending tingles to me. I missed her so much that words wouldn't be able to quantify just how much I did. I wanted her to touch me, to hold me, but I knew I had to be conscious, I missed her just the same way she missed me
Last Updated: 2025-05-30
Chapter: Stay
Nortia's POVI knew there had to be something, something I couldn't decipher, couldn't place my hands on but now I knew what exactly it was. I could do so now because it made so much sense. How she got to know, how she kept saying it would change everything, I should have known. I had stomped out after I was told, with Alexis on my heels and Genevieve’s eyes pleading as well but I knew it was none of their fault. They weren't at fault, because my uncle was the one who had orchestrated it. If he hadn't done what he did, then they would be alive, that was what I told myself even when it was so hard to believe that. I couldn't bring myself to blame her, not when she was the only one who had listened to me, and offered to bring me over with her. “ Nortia, you aren't supposed to be working today.”“ I know, but I need something off my mind.” I had rushed to the cafe knowing that was the only way to get it off my mind. I didn't want to believe that they had all lied to me, not lied in
Last Updated: 2025-05-30
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