Siri, play You Da One by Rihanna... Something about him feels like a warning- and a promise. A Chicago Love Story

𝖭𝖾𝗋𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗎𝗉 𝗁𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝖻𝗈𝗒. 𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝖻𝗈𝗒 𝗆𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗋𝖽𝗒 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗎𝗆𝗆𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉?

Same personality= toxic love?

"are we supposed to shine in this light? or is failure inevitable?..." Journi just wanted to keep her head down and in the books and get her family out the hood but her brother just can't seem to stop bringing trouble to her doorstep. So when her brother Raheem takes from the wrong one and goes into hiding, Journi is snatched by the one they call Joker as payback she then must navigate her way through college and the life she tried to escape. Once in his tower she can see he would ruin her in the worst way. She knows escaping is futile but she tries anyway. Yakhir aka Joker owns the streets of Atlanta there's nothing that slips past him so when a low level dopeboy takes something and thinks he can run off he has another thing coming. Joker snatches the one person he cares about, his baby sister to draw him out. Once he has Journi he instantly knows he's not giving her back. She's his to keep. After laying eyes on the sweet, smart and clever beauty he knows he'd paint his city red behind her. Will the inevitable keep them apart? Or will Journi and Yakhir fight for their love after the ruin? Cover Credit: @KYTHEWRITERR

he loved her and his wife but he can't have both so what he pose to do. HIS MISSES, HIS MISTRESS.

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 a new teacher walks into a classroom she prayed for, a mother watches her family shift beneath her feet, and a man with blood on his hands tries to keep them clean. until feelings get tangled, truths unravel, and love starts showing up in places it shouldn't.

"You keep lookin' at me like that, I'm finna start thinkin' you forgot this was supposed to be professional," she muttered, fingers curling into the front of his hoodie when he stepped too close-eyes daring him to prove her wrong. He leaned down anyway, voice low and steady, thumb brushing the edge of her jaw like he already knew it belonged there. "You stopped believin' that shit way before I did."

Milan Ren Vaughn and Kairo Benton have spent months turning their apartment hallway into a silent warzone. She's convinced he's loud, messy, and allergic to respecting her peace, while he swears she was born to complain about anything he does. Their neighbors know the tension. Management knows the tension. And Christmas is the only thing keeping the building from falling apart. So when the manager assigns them to co-run the annual Christmas charity event, neither of them takes it well. Still, the holidays won't wait, the toy drive needs saving, and someone has to hang the lights - even if it means working side by side with the one person they can't stand. But as the season settles in, something unexpected begins slipping through the cracks. Late nights of planning feel calmer than they should. Their banter softens. The glow of the holiday lights makes everything seem a little less harsh, and a little more... possible. Moments that should've meant nothing start to feel like something they can't explain. They promised their truce would end after Christmas. But the holidays have a funny way of revealing gifts you never knew you needed - especially when they're wrapped in the person living right next door.