𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁..

'I dug a hole for me and you never, never separate I should lay with you what they say?' Gianna and Kentrell once loved each other loudly, until the love turned sharp and spilled timelines, lyrics, and headlines. Years later, the noise has quieted, but the feelings haven't. With a pending divorce and an engagement gone cold, fate places them in places where they both can't leave where old wounds still hum and unfinished songs linger in the air. Where I hate you's turn to secret late night calls. Some love doesn't end. They just wait.

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁.

𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘒𝘩𝘺𝘳𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘥𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘛𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 "𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴," 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘛𝘢𝘵

Kason "Khotic" Brewster never planned on living long. At seventeen, he buried both of his parents in the same week. His mother died instantly in a car crash. His father held on just long enough to make Kason promise one thing before he passed. Take care of your brother and sister. So that's exactly what he did. Twelve years later Khotic is the man the streets call when things get ugly. Feared. Respected. Untouchable. Everything he does is for the two people depending on him to make it out of the life he's stuck in. He's content with that. Until Beauty Cardwell crashes into his world. Bee is nothing like the women Khotic usually deals with. She's a twenty-five-year-old brain surgeon, a child prodigy who finished school before most people finished learning who they were. She's blunt, literal, and socially awkward in ways people don't always understand. Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Bee doesn't believe in pretending to be something she's not. She says exactly what she means. And for some reason... Khotic likes that. What starts as a chance meeting turns into something neither of them expected. Bee sees the man behind Khotic's reputation. The older brother trying to keep his promise. The boy who never got the chance to grieve. And Khotic sees something in Bee that the world keeps missing. But loving a man like Khotic means stepping into a life Bee was never meant to be part of. Enemies. Loyalty. Violence. The kind of danger that doesn't care how smart you are. And Khotic knows one thing for sure. Good girls like Beauty Cardwell aren't supposed to fall for men like him.

Behind runway lights and magazine covers, Lori is drowning in expectations, insecurity, and alcohol she swears she can quit whenever she wants. Falling apart quietly has become easier than admitting she needs help until Ashan Gaulden walks into her life. Ashan isn't impressed by fame or perfection. He notices the way Lori avoids mirrors when she thinks no one is watching. What starts as stolen conversations between photoshoots turns into late night honesty neither of them expected and a connection Lori isn't sure she deserves. But loving someone while learning to heal can be messy, painful, and terrifying. As Lori fights her addiction and the harsh realities of an unforgiving industry, she must decide if she's strong enough to face herself or if she'll lose the one person who truly sees her before she learns how to stand on her own.

"𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙠𝙖𝙞 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙩 - 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢."