One night. One room. Everything changed.

Alani Rose Bennett is just a nursing student trying to finish her clinical rotations. But when NBA YoungBoy rushes his two-year-old son into the hospital, she doesn't recognize him and that changes everything. He's used to women wanting him for his fame, but Alani sees only a father in need... and that makes him feel something he hasn't felt in years. A soft, gripping romance about unexpected chemistry, first impressions, and a love that refuses to play by the rules.

𝙶𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚊 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜

Before the crowds screamed his name, before the league talks and the magazine covers, he met her. Calista Marchand. Not the kind of girl you run game on. She was sharp where it counted, soft only when she wanted to be. Real Brooklyn - pretty in the face, slick with the mouth, and solid with her hands if you stepped wrong. She kept her circle small, her loyalty tighter. The kind of woman who knew how to turn silence into safety and side-eyes into shut-ups. Men feared her. Girls tried to be her. She didn't chase, didn't fold, didn't need nobody. Until Ibrahim Montaigne walked into her life like he had all the time in the world. He didn't come with sweet nothings or flashy promises - just steady presence. Intent in his eyes, patience in his chest, and something rare behind the way he looked at her. Like he saw through the polish and the fire, like he knew the woman behind the defense. He didn't try to tame her. He studied her. Let her be exactly who she was. The shift was slow. She still fought when needed, still had a rep in the streets and in the salon chair. But somewhere between nursing exams and late-night block parties, she started saving parts of herself just for him. The quiet parts. The delicate ones. The ones nobody else got close to. And when she crossed that graduation stage, RN-BSN stitched behind her name and her grandmother crying in the crowd - he bragged harder than anyone. Didn't care who was listening. Forget MVP, forget the championship rings. She was the win. She was the headline. The girl from Brooklyn with spitfire in her lungs, gold in her smile, and a softness only he ever got to see. This isn't a story about being chosen. It's about choosing each other. No fairytales. Just Brooklyn grit and a love that never let go.

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It's Me. I'm The Thing That Needs To Be Handled. I'm The Scandal. The Best Way To Deal With A Scandal Is To Shut It Down.

Nova didn't plan on doing her building's "12 Days of Christmas Challenge," but somehow she ends up participating and partnered with David, the quiet man who barely talks but notices everything. What starts as a simple holiday event turns into something neither of them expected. As they help their neighbors and finish the project their late landlord left behind, Nova and Luca slowly start finding comfort in each other, without even meaning to.

𝖲𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝖠𝖿𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗋𝗒 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗀𝗎𝖺𝗋𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝗆𝖺𝗇𝗎𝖿𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗀𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗎𝗆𝖺. 𝖨𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗂𝖼 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾.

"𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐆𝐎 𝐓𝐎 𝐉𝐀𝐈𝐋, 𝐈𝐅 𝐈 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐀 𝐅𝐀 𝐌𝐄?" Started : 6/3/25 Published:12/6/25

"𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖨 𝖺𝗂𝗇'𝗍 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝖿𝖾𝖼𝗍, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖨'𝗆 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗁 𝗂𝗍 "