He stared at her, "Wow." "Yeah." She lifted her chin in the air. "Wow. Because every time you talk about marriage and kids, it feels like the end of me. Of my freedom. My career. My identity." "And every time you avoid it? It feels like the end of us." He fired back. Silence slammed between them. "Well." She broke it first, her voice quieter but crueler. "Maybe you just picked the wrong woman." He rubbed his jaw in thought, "Shit, maybe I did." • • • • • • 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚕𝚎? 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝? 🥀👻 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝟺 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚅𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 (𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚗-𝚘𝚏𝚏)

Raven and her big brother Ryan was close. They where almost inseparable.! She looked up to her big brother for

Jaxn or better known as his street name MURDER was an all around hood nigga! He was in the streets heavily doing whatever he could to survive which wasn't a lot because he got paid so much for his line of work. Bumping into a beautiful girl name Destiny at the club one night they began to hit things off quickly. A sneaky link every night becoming love and romance fast. But all things take a turn for the worst when a hit is put out on Destiny's dad. With MURDER being the one to have to carry the hit out destroy Destiny or will it make them closer.

Part two of this story picks up right after Welcome to The Love : Playing Dirty left off . As things began spiraling out of control for Cashmere when tragedy strikes, she's left with no choice but to turn to violence leaving her in a bloodshed against her very own blood brother . There's so many secrets , backstabbing and disloyalties that she doesn't know who to trust leaving her with no choice but to isolate herself from everyone including the one person she trusted the most Riq . Riq is the man of the city, with more money, the GMBAM gang has spread. But with more money comes bigger problems. No longer the loud mouth block boy, he's moving up and pushing more weight than ever before. Females from his past refuse to sit back, and watch the love of his life reap all the benefits of the fast life. Everyone wants a piece of the pie. But will he be able to resist the temptations or become the ruthless man he used to be? The GMBAM is back with more drama, murders, deceit and lies but GMBAM have a few disloyal members in their gang. Someone is gunning for Riqs throne and he won't stop until he has it all. This grimy street tale is filled with, love, back-stabbing, murder, lust and sex. Who will fall into the fate of living a lowlife?

Growing up in the hood isn't easy . Murders , shootouts , drugs , prostitutes and dope boys are normal . Imagine being sucked in the gritty at just sixteen years old . Cashmere always had it rough with an absent father and drug addict for a mother . Cashmere's older brother Dhaz introduces her to a world of violence by being a stick up kid . Her job is to use her good lucks to finesse the local drug dealers to rob them of their money and drugs but what happens when Dhaz gets locked up leaving Cashmere to take care of herself . Stuck with an mother who could care less about her she takes on the role of an adult . From robbing dopeboys , to popping her pussy for a few dollars Cashmere is trying her best to keep her head up and not let certain choices define her . At twenty years old Riquardo is ready to take over the drug world by storm and sit at his rightful place as head of the Throne . With the rise of his gang GMBAM he manages to take over the hood by knocking off his competition but he gains a weakness when he falls for Cashmere . But Cashmere isn't trying to fall in love , she's just playing the game like she does all the other dope boys preying on him to get what she wants . Will the two become lovers or enemies ? Two can play the game but someone has to lose . Will the greed for money overshadow love ? This a the tale of two young adults who are trying to survive in the low life of New York.