Maiara and Kentrell were just kids when they fell in love. Now, years later, they're living completely different lives, but they're still tied together by the one thing neither of them can walk away from: their son. With millions watching, old wounds reopening and feelings neither of them ever truly buried, they're forced to face the question they've been running from for years. What happens when your first love never really becomes your past?

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑢𝑝."

❛❛ɪᴛ ᴅᴏɴᴛ ᴍᴀᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴡʜᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜɪᴛ ɢᴏ ᴏꜰꜰ ʟᴏʏᴀʟᴛʏ.❜❜ -LⵊL DURK

𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟-𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 -𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝.

She knew him before the chains. Before the fame. Before the diamonds in his mouth. Some loves don't die. All this time Trying to find A little time To ease your mind

"Oh well, you Nomi so well" Loosely based on Mac Miller's song Congratulations THIS BOOK IS A SLOW BURN

Maliyah and Zylo, two bestfriends who have known each other since toddlers had never left each other's side since they connected. Over the years, one party starts to develop feelings for the other but, sadly the feelings aren't mutual. It might've been easier to walk away due to not wanting the feelings to complicate their friendship but, there was an 13 year old promise that kept the two together. So... What happens when a third person inserts themselves into the equation ? Will the two bestfriends find a way to be together ? Or, will their promise be broken and have things take a turn for the worse ? Find Out More in 'What's Lost'

"I don't know how to do this." He was almost embarrassed to admit it. "I ain't been right with you in a long time, but I'm gon' ask anyway. Please don't take her from me." His plea cracked something open inside of his chest. "I know I ain't a good man. I done did some shit that I can't take back and I can't make it right. But she is, she's good. She's the light in so many places I didn't know were dark." "So if there's a price that needs to be paid for all the pain that I have caused in this word and done onto others put it on me. I'll pay it. I swear I will. I'll protect her with my last breath. I'll listen and heed her warnings. I'll slow down and come home more and stop thinking that I'm alone in this world." "Just please let my baby wake up. I love her, I'm in love with her and I can't do this without her. If waking her up means I got to sacrifice letting her go so she can be safe. I'll do that. Just don't take her from this earth." "In Jesus name I pray. Amen."

Sage Amour Wright has spent years living with a failing heart, but she's never let it define her. At twenty-two, she's the loud, funny, and fiercely loved center of her family-the sister everybody leans on, the daughter who keeps the room warm, and the girl who refuses to let sickness steal her spirit. But when another hospital stay reminds her that time is running out, Sage is forced to face the truth: if she doesn't get a heart transplant soon, she won't survive. Dayvon Carter never planned on falling in love. Raised in the streets and built for survival, he's a man who's spilled blood for less and never lost sleep over it. But bringing lunch to his mother, the head nurse, changes everything when he meets Sage-wrapped in a yellow blanket, hooked to machines, and still talking like she owns tomorrow. What starts as food deliveries and dark jokes turns into a love neither of them expected. For a while, it feels like Sage is getting better. Long enough to dream. Long enough to love. Long enough to believe they might actually have forever. Until her heart starts failing fast. And when the legal wait runs out, Dayvon does the only thing he knows how to do take what he needs. The new heart beating in Sage's chest comes at a cost neither of them can undo, but Sage doesn't care. She isn't ready to die. Not when she still has so much life left to live. Because sometimes love isn't soft. Sometimes love is bloody, desperate, and willing to break every rule just to keep a heart beating.