Zachary Taylor and Fatima Wilson were never supposed to be anything more than friends. Seven and a half years later, nobody believes them. Not when he calls her first after every game. Not when she shows up to every practice like she belongs there. Not when his daughter cries for her before anyone else. And definitely not when they argue like a married couple who forgot to sign the papers. They swear it's nothing. Just friendship. Just loyalty. Just life. But life has a funny way of looking like love when you stop paying attention. Especially when you've already been living like a family without realizing it. And when outside relationships, old history, and unexpected truths start to blur the lines... One question becomes impossible to ignore: If they're just friends... why does it feel like they've already been married this whole time?

Grandpa Luther has always told Zachary that once he was no longer walking the earth that he would leave everything to his beloved grandson. Years after his passing, Zachary discovered his grandfather had way more than he expected. Despite his newfound wealth, Zachary stayed committed to his goals, continuing with Chain Breakers, where he worked toward earning both his business and realtor licenses. He kept the details of his inheritance from everyone, not wanting to be taken advantage of. Karen, who had her own hidden agenda, tried to manipulate Zachary by falsely implicating him in a situation that could affect his future. Though Zachary helped her when needed, he remained focused on his own path and the promises he made about securing a better life for his future children. His relationship with Fatima began to evolve as secrets unfolded, and Zachary showed sides of himself that no one expected.

Fatima Wilson has built a life rooted in responsibility, not passion. A dedicated Nurse Practitioner, a devoted mother to her three-year-old daughter Faith, and a woman trying to hold together a relationship that's been emotionally dead for years-she's doing what she believes is right, not what feels right. Zachary Taylor has returned home a successful business owner, disciplined, focused, and carrying the weight of a relationship that no longer fits the man he's become. His life looks solid on paper-but behind closed doors, it's draining him. When a chance encounter at a mall brings them face-to-face for the first time in fifteen years, everything shifts. Because before the broken relationships... Before the responsibilities... Before the distance... There was them. Best friends. First loves that never got the chance to be. And now? Old feelings don't just come back... They linger. But timing is complicated. Healing is messy. And love the second time around? It demands honesty. STILL US is a slow-burn, emotionally layered story about rediscovering love, choosing yourself, and realizing that sometimes... the right person was never lost-just delayed.

The Taylor's have it all, wealth, power, and legacy, but each member of that family is hiding something that threatens to destroy their picture perfect family they worked desperately to have. And it all starts with Fatima returning home after being away for over a year, what was she doing for an entire year? Who knows? But what we do know is, the Taylor family back home felt her absence more than ever. She faces the complication of returning home to find her kids moving on in her absence. Zac faces a decade long scandal that comes back to haunt him in the worst way. And their teenage kids? They are caught in their own web of lies, each more harmful than the next.

Imagine being lockup for a crime you didn't do.? Imagine being in love with a woman who turn around and married another dude.? That was Zac life when he finally walk outta prison early from his bid. Zac was a change man but the past keeps coming at him hard and all he ever wanted was his woman Fatima.! But she wasn't his anymore. Fatima who went through hell and hot water with Zac let him go as soon as the judge gave Zac, his sentence.! Harsh.? Maybe but you gotta go back in time to understand why Fatima moved on, but who got time for that when you dealing with marital problems and hanging on by the thread.? Even more so when you come face to face with your one and only true love because he gotten outta prison early. A Zatima Story

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One decision changed everything, and the silence that followed rewrote them both. Still, some stories are destined to return to the person they were always meant for.

Her family sees embarrassment. Her lawyer sees entitlement. The public sees a headline. But underneath all of that, she is somebody who keeps making reckless choices because she is starving for love, attention, freedom, and somebody to choose her over the family name.

It was just a late night. An empty office. And a conversation that lasted twenty minutes too long. ⚠️ Disclaimer This book contains adult, smutty, explicit, erotic content, strong language, and sexually charged themes intended strictly for mature readers (18+).