𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙚, 𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙖 𝙛𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙁𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩 𝙢𝙚~𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙤𝙣

20-year-old university student Maliyah Tijjani is independent and fierce, yet damaged. She's been damaged for many years of her life and she is trying her best not to bring her past traumas into her new profound freedom. She avoids dating to maintain her focus on becoming successful however, life throws several obstacles (handsome obstacles too) her way. Everything changes when the not-so-new boy, Cameron Owens, who has a past of his own, moves in right next door. Secrets from their past are dug up, complicating their personal lives as they try to navigate through their new adulthood. Will they be able to keep their guard up and pull through or will they be vulnerable to the path made for them? Read to find out. FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY.

❝ 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙬. ❞ - short story. started: november 21, 2021. ended: august 19, 2022.

"𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗂𝗆 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗂 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖿𝖾𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖾𝗆 𝗂 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗆" - 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗏𝗈𝗇 ☠︎