They say you never really forget your first love. They also say distance makes the heart grow fonder. That couldn't be truer for Soriyah and Mekhi. Mekhi was a hardheaded, ambitious, tough kid who grew up too fast. He wanted his peers' money and respect, and by the time he reached 27, he had gotten all he could ever dream of. A hood celebrity, some feared and respected him while others envied and hated him. On the outside, he was the man who had everything, but on the inside, there was a void that never seemed to get filled. Soriyah was the complete opposite: brains, beauty, and drive. She was determined not to let the streets swallow her whole. Instead of chasing Mekhi's fast lifestyle, she was chasing something bigger. Something better--a doctorate and a future that would allow her to raise her children better than she had been raised. At 26, she found herself making the hardest decision of her life. Homecoming season is always a trip down memory lane. A weekend of fun and adventure, or at least that was what Micah was expecting, but sometimes those memories have a way of changing everything. One party turned into bullets flying and people scattering for cover. What was chaos was frozen as Soriyah and Mekhi find each other, sparking old feelings and rekindling a forgotten friendship. Love doesn't come easy for them, as their stories were written for completely different paths. Together they face twisted tragedy, tests of loyalty, plenty of temptation, and a lesson that sometimes the heart wants what the heart wants and first loves never die.

(𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠) 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 - 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐨

She never meant to fall for someone like him. He reminded her too much of her brother - too deep in the streets, too lost in the life she promised she'd stay out of. But between the silence of her private school halls and the chaos of her block, he was the only one who made her feel seen. Two worlds, one heart... and a love that could cost her everything.

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐊𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧? 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞

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hurtin' deeply inside.

"I trusted you, Nevan. I thought... I thought you cared. But you were just playing with me," Celix whispered, tears streaming down his face as his voice cracked. "You used me... and I'll never forgive you for that,you destroyed my life." I'll never forgive you."......... (this line always haunting him) (Completed 💯)

"𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝖾, she isn't half of me" - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁

He entered her life, not invasively but actually at just the right time. There was no denying that they were made for one another. He's in her life; she's in his. He's part of her group, and she's part of his. He's real dark, but she's his missing light. He's in her mind, and she's in his.

in Oak Cliff, love doesn't grow quietly. It collides. Love Me follows two teenagers chasing escape in different ways one through money, one through music while pretending they don't need what the other represents. sometimes love isn't enough. sometimes it's everything.