DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DIDN'T READ MY VERSION OF HIM! After surviving the compound, Cameron Cade emerges exactly where the world always expected him to be: the NFL. A first-round pick. A franchise savior. A name that dominates headlines and highlight reels. But what the cameras don't capture is what followed him out of that place. Destiny stood beside Cameron through every step through the isolation, the invasive testing, the rumors, and the silence that came after. She put her own career on pause to support his ascent, believing that once the compound was behind them, life would finally begin. She was wrong. As Cameron adjusts to life as a professional athlete, whispers trail him everywhere he goes. Teammates talk. Analysts speculate. Online forums dissect every injury, every lapse, every moment of volatility. And at the center of every rumor is the same name Cameron has tried to bury: Isaiah White. What really happened between them at the compound? Why did Cameron leave changed? And why does Isaiah's shadow still seem to control the game? As Cameron is slowly pulled back into a system he thought he escaped one built on control, legacy, and unspoken debts Destiny begins to realize that survival didn't end when they left the compound. It only evolved. Fame tests Cameron's discipline. Power tests Destiny's patience. And love is forced to compete with ambition, trauma, and a past that refuses to stay quiet. Together, they must navigate a league that profits off silence, a marriage strained by secrets, and a truth that threatens to dismantle everything Cameron has worked for. Because sometimes the hardest part isn't making it out it's staying whole once the world decides you belong to it.

Before Destiny ever found herself caught between loyalty and love, there was just her and Cam Cade inseparable, reckless, and untouchable. He was the boy with bruised knuckles and a half-smile that dared her to follow him anywhere. She was the girl who swore she'd never lose herself in someone else's chaos. But chaos had a way of feeling like freedom when they were together. From late-night rides and secret fights to moments that lingered too long to be innocent, this is the story of how friendship turned into something neither of them saw coming and everything they were too scared to admit. Before the heartbreak, before the heat, before the lines blurred... They said every story has a beginning but ours started in the in-between. Between laughter that lingered too long, touches that meant too much, and words we never should've said. Cam Cade was never supposed to be mine. He was the chaos I should've run from, the heartbeat I couldn't silence. And me? I was the calm he couldn't stop chasing. We were just friends. Until we weren't. Until late nights turned into confessions, and confessions turned into something that felt like falling. Before the heartbreak. Before the heat. Before we lost control. This is where it started when love was just a dare we were both too proud to take back. There was them.

Iyonna Wright packed her whole life into two suitcases and left Georgia behind with one goal-make it in Hollywood. For two years, she's been hustling for background gigs, commercial cameos, anything that might get her noticed. Every casting call feels like another gamble, every rejection another reminder that dreams cost more than she ever imagined. But everything changes when she lands a background role in a brand-new blockbuster film-her first real shot at something big. The lead actor, Tyriq Withers, is Hollywood's next obsession: young, magnetic, and unpredictable. His rise is meteoric; hers hasn't even begun. Their chemistry on set is undeniable. Off camera, it's explosive. What starts as a casual connection-born from shared ambition and long nights under studio lights-quickly spirals into something deeper, messier, and harder to define. Tyriq's fame grows faster than either of them can handle, and Iyonna begins to question whether she's falling for the man or the myth the world is building around him. When rumors, secrets, and jealousy collide, Iyonna is forced to choose between her dream and her sanity.

Destiny never thought she'd end up tangled in Cam Cade's world. He was her best friend-the one who knew her laugh, her late-night secrets, her fears she never said out loud. But somewhere between sneaking into after-parties and helping him patch up his busted knuckles, the lines blurred. "Come on, Des," Cam grinned, leaning against the wall with that reckless confidence only he could pull off. His shirt clung to his chest, damp from the night's chaos. "Don't tell me you're scared." I rolled my eyes, but my heart wasn't listening. It hammered against my ribs, traitorous, every time his gaze locked with mine. Scared? Of him? Please. Okay... maybe a little. Because I wasn't scared of what he'd do. I was scared of what I wanted him to do. And he knew it. The thing about Cam Cade was, he never played fair. He leaned in close, his breath ghosting over my ear, sending shivers straight down my spine. "You trust me, right?" I hated the way my knees weakened at just two words. I hated the way my skin burned for more. We weren't supposed to be more. We weren't supposed to be anything but friends. But tell that to the way his lips lingered just a heartbeat too close to mine. Tell that to the way his hands brushed against me like a spark looking for gasoline. Tell that to my heart-because it already belonged to him.

Naomi never thought she would be the one obsessing over a boy but here she was writing about him in her journal. She swore she would never fall victim to love again but when she falls for the schools biggest playboy she finds herself in a fight between love and hate. Mateo, the most nonchalant person you could meet he did what he wanted when he wanted without a care. So when he used a nerdy girl for a bet he couldn't care less about how she felt. But when he loses her something inside of him went missing and he didn't know why. You never really realize you want something until it's gone.