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Karma

[25/09/2021] - [08/05/2024] There they were. Knife to throat, chest to chest, breaths uneven and heavy and yet Reece made it his job to look unaffected. "I fucking hate you." Catalina hissed in the death of night. The tip of the blade pushed in drawing small droplets of blood. She was every bit cold and vindictive as he remembered. "Good." He replied, calm and unstinted. He wasn't there to fight. He wasn't even there to listen. He was just there to stay. ♕ ♕ ♕ Catalina Khatri. Assassin. Addict. And someone with the optimal skills to carry a dagger with the sense of confidence and pride. With her life encapsulated by her father due to a conservatorship, her every move is catalogued and in sync with her mind in hopes of attaining a semblance of peace and freedom once and for all. Reece Choi. Billionaire. Commander. And someone who won't hesitate to wreak havoc on those who pose a threat to the ones he loves. With his life upending beneath his feet due to a marriage requirement, his sole purpose is tracking down the only person he trusts to marry--his once high school rival--in hopes of exchanging a deal in order to keep the heir to his fathers company. Enemies without a forgiving chance. Chaos at every corner. What will happen when their marriage poses a threat to those untold?

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Karma

Rhapsody

Her hands fiddle with mine, playing mindlessly with every finger. She places my hand in hers, palm side up, as her index finger takes the time to trace the lines that curve on my skin. "Your hands are so rough." "You've seen me train, Dhalia." She looks up. "But you're so gentle with me." "You say that like it's a bad thing." "I like how kind you are," She softly confesses. "You're so patient with me, so sweet. I like how much taller you are than me, how much stronger." "Shouldn't that be intimidating?" "It should," She agrees. "But it isn't. I just feel that much smaller-a living shadow of my own keeping me safe and protected." "I will always protect you." I promise her roughly. She only smiles, looking at me with such intensity it makes me feel like I've hung the moon and stars for her. "Even when I'm withering away? When I'm just a memory?" The beauty of this girl astounds me, and my lips curve into a smile crafted just for her. "Even then." I promise in a whisper. ❀❀❀ Surviving a sex trafficking ring, Dhalia Jackson turned Dhalia Choi finally feels like her life is worth living. Her forgotten life off the grid seems more in the present than she'd like to realize, and when her past comes back to haunt her, Dhalia must make a sacrificing choice that will determine the rest of her future. Jase Ramirez lives the simple life-almost. Getting his degree in psychology and behavioural science, as well as his PHD in behavioural psychology, Jase believed his life was set up on a different path. One filled with therapists and trauma clinics to help the ones who needed it the most. Instead, he finds himself working as a bodyguard for a billionaire, a job that tests his teachings everyday. When Jase and Dhalia meet, all seems right with the world. An enthralling friendship that seems to push and pull both of them, leaving them with uncovered feelings and oblivious thoughts. Until it doesn't.

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Rhapsody

Pessimist

[01/07/2021] - [13/04/2023] "You can't keep going around like a fucking maniac and treating me like shit. That isn't how relationships work," Sophia's voice was havoc as she verbalized her emotions. "That isn't how we work..." Tired, vulnerable and agitated at not only him, but herself. How could she let herself get this far, in such little time? He looked down, ashamed, not wanting to respond. His heart felt like it was beating faster than it should've. "I forgot how it felt to love you." As soon as those words were uttered from Sophia's lips, his world broke apart. Gone, in just a matter of seconds. - - - When Sophia Adam moves to a new town, she wishes nothing more than a boring, new life, to separate herself from her past. Moving meant completing university and getting a clerkship with a judge. Moving meant making refreshing new friends, and meeting a mysterious guy that seems hell-bent on getting to know her. To Sophia, moving to a new town was everything she imagined and more. She just didn't expect her past to follow.

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Pessimist

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Rhapsody

Pessimist

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