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.

"Some people are saved by love. Others are saved by the ones they were never supposed to trust." 𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔. * I do not own any rights to any pictures or gifs used in this story *

IN WHICH A RAPPER GOT HIS BEST FRIEND PREGNANT

Harlem Lee is a disciplined psychiatrist who believes in boundaries, ethics, and control-until she meets Patient 38, Kyrien: a brilliant, violent, dangerously perceptive man who has never taken a life, yet knows exactly how to dismantle a mind. What begins as a clinical assignment slowly mutates into a psychological chess match, where Kyrien doesn't just study Harlem-he reprograms her. As attraction blurs professionalism and escape turns into allegiance, Harlem finds herself willingly stepping into Kyrien's world: a world where power is subtle, loyalty is demanded, and manipulation feels like safety. On the run from the system meant to protect her, Harlem is reshaped-taught to observe, to detach, to obey instincts she never knew she had. But Kyrien's control doesn't stop with her. While Harlem becomes his chosen constant, Kyrien leaves a trail of broken minds in his wake-people reduced to hollow shells by his quiet, merciless psychological warfare. As his possessiveness deepens and his influence tightens, Harlem must confront a terrifying question: Is she being protected... or claimed

ၴႅၴ ⋮ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐃 ᵏᵈᵍ 𝙱𝙾𝙾𝙺 #𝟶𝟶𝟹 | ѕуησρѕιѕ : 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗒𝖺𝗁 𝗋𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗑, 𝖺 𝗐𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗒 𝖿𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝗉𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗍𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖾𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗌 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖾𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀. but unfortunately... indiayh spent years convincing herself she was over kyseem tru gaulden, which was easy to do... until her best friend decided to marry him. now caught between wedding plans, old memories, and a tension neither of them knows how to ignore, indiayh finds herself slipping into something she never intended to become: the other woman. what starts as emotional familiarity quickly spirals into secret nights, blurred loyalties, and an affair built on years of unfinished history. because loving kyseem was never the problem, the problem was that some part of him never stopped loving her back.

𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗞. 𝐄𝐒𝐓. 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝟐𝟔

MAY2026-TBC! Once in a Blue Moon, love finds you when time is already running out.

"I don't know this man, I don't know his friends, I don't know his type." No amount of love could replace the past. And they had a lot of that for one another-love that is. The two child hood friends had bonded early on, especially over their love of music. Where one lacked, one had. Mariah was the writer, Kentrell the performer. It's only until a high school talent show that Kentrell performs a song written by his beloved best friend, Mariah...that his career takes off. But it happens to take off without Mariah. And he had promised to take her. Promises were meant to be broken I suppose.

𝘐𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬.