He's a gorgeous model. She has severe acne scarring. It doesn't help when she hears him brutally disparage her looks. So she teaches him a verbal lesson in humanity. That should have been that. So why won't he stop calling her?

At our gender reveal, my husband joked about getting my sister pregnant with a boy. Everybody thought that was hilarious. Except me.

"Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband. Do you promise to love him, honour him, comfort and keep him in sickness and health, for rich or poor, forsaking all others, till death do you part?" The moment, it felt so serene. I was at peace. Giddy even. This was the right thing. I was in the right place with the right person. No regrets, no what if's, no pain. Just peace, love and comfort.. "I do." .... But nothing is ever so perfect. Journey with Jasarie as she walks along the edge of her life. Will she make it or will the stresses of life give way beneath her feet.

He left a mark I never asked for. Now he wants to finish the piece. Amina Westbrook didn't choose motherhood. But when her younger sister dropped a baby and disappeared, Amina stepped in, raised that little girl as her own, and never looked back. Seven years later, the past comes tatted, cocky, and fine as hell, standing in the grocery store with the same hypnotic eyes her daughter sees in the mirror. Santiago Vega. Zuri's father. The man who left before he ever knew she existed. Now he wants in. He wants time. Forgiveness. A chance to be a father. And every time he shows up with that deep voice and soft smirk, Amina hates how bad she wants to let him. He's not just showing up for Zuri-he's showing up for her. Fixing things she didn't ask him to fix. Dropping money in her hand like it's his right. Touching her like he already knows how she breaks. And Amina? She's been holding everything together for so long that she doesn't know how to let go. Doesn't know how to want someone who actually stays. But Santiago? He stays. Through the attitude. The boundaries. The sparks that keep catching fire. And when he finally gets his hands on her? There's nothing soft about it. Now she's spiraling in his sheets, fighting him in front of her family, and falling harder than she ever meant to. Because Santiago doesn't just want to play daddy. He wants the whole damn family. And this time, he's not leaving until he has them.

I fell in love with Glory the first time I saw her picture. After what she'd been through, I didn't think I stood a chance, but I was willing to take whatever she was willing to give me. Because I was going to love this woman the rest of my life and nothing would ever hurt her again.

I'm married to a cover model/tattoo artist who swore his ex was history. She wasn't, as I was about to discover.

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐣𝐨𝐛, 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐚. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐚'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐝. 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐄𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲. "𝐌𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮." "𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐥."

He left me.

Flashback to the 1950s. Veronica became pregnant by up-and-coming lawyer Paul. He did the right thing and married her. However, his plans weren't revolving around forever, and Veronica overheard him talking to his former? current? girlfriend. That's when Veronica started making her own plans.