Arielle Carter thought love was supposed to protect her. Instead, it buried the man she loved. When Jalen Cross is gunned down because of a case of mistaken identity, Ari is left standing in the cold-grieving, pregnant, and drowning in questions that no one seems willing to answer. The city moves on quickly, but Ari can't. Every night feels longer without Jalen's voice, and every memory hurts worse knowing he never made it home. As Ari struggles to prepare for motherhood alone, the truths Jalen kept hidden begin to surface-secrets that unravel everything she thought she knew about the man she loved and the life they were building. With each revelation, the line between grief and betrayal blurs. The only constant is Rome Lewis-Jalen's best friend. Loyal. Steady. And present in ways Jalen no longer can be. Rome steps in to help raise the child Jalen never got to meet, carrying his own guilt, his own grief, and feelings he's kept buried out of respect for a dead man. The Coldest Goodbye is a story about loss, hidden truths, single motherhood, and the dangerous beauty of loving again when your heart is still frozen in the past. Some goodbyes end love. Others give birth to it.

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"Ky'mere Saint Woods has never known peace-just pain, betrayal, and survival. Raised in the shadows of the hood with blood on his hands and trauma on his back, he's built walls no one dares to climb"

when the nerd messes with the popular girl "Baby would you fuck with me?" #6 BLACK READER

Malaysia crawled over to him. "Ba-Babe, listen, don't die on me, please-Zane. Pleasee." She cried, rubbing his cheek. ★ "Do... wat'... I... taught yu, ma." He winced, squeezing his eyes closed and falling back onto the road again, not able to bear the sharp burn moving through his stomach. ★ 5 𝘠𝘌𝘈𝘙𝘚 𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘙... 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐙𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐬-𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫-𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐳𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫. ..there was an immediate rush of burning heat flowing through her blood. Her heart sank low. Widening her eyes at one of her brother's opps- ★ "Don't I kno yu?" He licked his full pink lips, pointing out to her chest, squinting his eyes back. ★ A harsh lump of a gulp she made shaking her head "No-." "Yea." He clutched his piece that was tugging his gym shorts down for her to see his brief waistband. Fear grew in Laylay's heart-

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.

Will you remember me ?

Instead of responding, Mehki raised up a little bit and pulled his shirt up to reveal a tattoo in beautifully and graceful cursive right over his heart. Satori Kemoni Dolce metà "What does this mean?" Satori almost whispered, not being able to control herself as she reached out and brushed her fingertips over the ink embedded into his skin. "Sweet half, better half." Mehki responded immediately, his eyes never leaving hers as her gaze was fixed on his tattoo. "But we were broken up." Satori sat back on her knees as she continued brushing her fingers over the ink marking his skin, forgetting she was basically rubbing his chest right now. "I told you when we broke up that you my soulmate, my ride or die. That shit ain't change. I don't even look no other females way no more since I been with you. You the only woman for me, Kemoni. Whether you want me back or not." Mehki spoke and Satori pouted, feeling her eyes start to tear up. Rankings: #1 - blackcast (9/17/24) #3 - businessowner (9/17/24) #2 - businesscouple (9/17/24) #3 - standalone (10/20/24) #1 - blackcouple (12/5/24) #1 - blackauthot (2/12/25) #1 - blackpeople (2/12/25)

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It began with a wrong address-and a letter that shouldn't have been read. Kamaria's curiosity sparks a chain of letters that draw her and Zahir into a secret world of vulnerability and trust. Yet when they finally meet, they'll have to discover if reality can live up to the intimacy of their words.