"I don't even realize that the air has gotten hazy. Or that it smells like skunk, or that amidst the clouds of smoke, leaning against the wall is Edward Cullen." - AH, E/B, Lemons.

Bella signs a contract with Edward to enter into a marriage based on financial gain. She's looking to take the easy road and instead finds a nearly impossible one she must travel on the path to finding herself, along with everything she never knew she wanted. This is the struggle of a broken little girl growing into the woman she's destined to be.

** COMPLETE ** When Edward Cullen is released from prison, 18-year-old Bella becomes fascinated by her new next door neighbor. But is this strong young woman strong enough to handle his past? ** MAY TO DECEMBER ROMANCE CONTEST ENTRY ** #2 in Top Ten Completed Fics for Sep 2015 on TwiFanfictionRecs ** #7 in Top Ten Completed Fics for ALL of 2015 on TwiFanfictionRecs **

Edward, aka Masen, is a hired killer, infamous in the underground world. Bella, orphaned, novice nun, was raised in the Cathedral as a devote catholic. One chance encounter would change the way they view the world, and themselves, as a whole. A tug of war, and heart, between the pure and the damned.

Mama said she wanted someone noble, upright, and godly for me. I just wanted him. Somewhere along the way, I found out what I wanted wasn't always what I needed.

"She's Audrey Hepburn, and he's Cary Grant. She's Marilyn, and he's James Dean. She's timeless elegance, and he's old grace. She's searching, and he's already found, already taken. She's sixteen. And he's twenty-seven. But that doesn't matter. Not to a girl in love. Nothing matters, then." Edward & Bella in the definition of a forbidden relationship.

Living the perfect life with no cares or responsibilities suited Bella just fine, but her family had other ideas and all of a sudden everything was changing... and not necessarily in a good way. One last night out, one quick escape through a bathroom window, one assumption about her new boss plus so many other things proved to be one mistake after another or so it seemed.

Cocky, filthy rich, Jacob Black is looking for the perfect girl, that he can make his mistress. No love, just pure pleasure, so when he meets innocent virgin Bella Swan, and wants her, what will she do? Will she agree to his rules? Rated M for a reason.