As the water bounces off my skin, I imagine that hands are touching me, caressing my stomach, breasts, thighs...and lips. A pair of soft, thick lips, brushing against my neck. Stop! Rory! What is the pleasure of a man when compared to the safety of your heart? "What so now I can't pleasure myself?" I roll my eyes. This subconscious of mine sure knows how to ruin a good thing. A.N~The old tale of the bitter black woman is so...well, true, her name is Aurora Mirage and only time can tell if her ex's mistake will keep her from falling in love again. What is lonely to us, is solitude to Aurora. Bitter, bitchy, and emotionally closed off, she finds herself weighing her options of artificial insemination or making work her baby, never expecting love from anyone but her 81-year-old Grandma Gabe, Aurora must battle through some unexpected occurrences to find herself.

"Been about you, since I met you and imma keep it that way" You're special to me. You're the only one who I wouldn't mind losing sleep for, the only one who I can never get tired of talking to, and the only one who crosses my mind constantly throughout the day. You're the only one who can make me smile without trying, bring down my mood without the intention to and affect my emotions with every action of yours. I can't explain with just words how much you mean to me, but you're the only one I'm afraid of losing and the one I want to keep in my life. So, please don't leave me. ~April 18, 2021 ~July 21, 2021 Rankings: #4 in mentaldisorder 9/16/2021 #6 in highschoolsweethearts 9/16/2021 #38 in urban 9/16/2021 #14 in blacklove 9/16/2021 #5 in angerissues 9/16/2021 #12 in urbanromance 9/16/2021 #3 in bwbm 9/16/2021 #20 in contemporarylit 9/16/2021 #29 in urbanstory 9/16/2021 #2 in africanamerican 9/16/2021

"You could tell me you love me a million times over, but them words don't hold no weight in my heart till you show me. Show me you love me, and you can have all of me." cover by: @britxcvi

What happens when Landon, one of the University's most attractive men takes a bet to bed Aria, a lowkey girl who keeps her head in the books? What happens when it takes an unexpected turn? Will hearts be broken? Will love be found? All is not fair when gambling with hearts.

Virtue and Exodus are brought together by their loved ones. Virtue's best friend, Tarryn is getting married to the love of her life Ephraim. After three years, Ephraim finally proposed to the woman who had his heart from the very beginning. Now a wedding has to be planned! When the wedding plans starts to fall in place, will Virtue gets bitten by the love bug? Will Exodus find a woman he always dreamt of? Read to find out!!

𝙸 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚐𝚘 , 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚐𝚎.

I tried touching him, but he stiffened from my touch. I stepped away from him and now my back was facing him. "Why?," I questioned. "I have my reasons," he retorted. "Why won't you let me touch you?," I insisted turning around to face him. "It's just the way things are. You just can't," he stated stubbornly. He stared back at me with those cold, harsh eyes that I couldn't bare any longer. I could feel the tears starting to form and I didn't want to let them fall. I was not going to let him see how weak I was. "Do you even love me?," I countered. "Ashanti, I told you I can't love. I'm incapable of loving you or anyone else," he says staring me in my eyes. "I'm going to get my clothes and go," I said numbly. Before I could move an inch, my back was crushed against the cold, hard surface of a wall. I looked up into Lamonte's eyes as he whispered, "You're mine. You're not leaving you can't leave." "You can't love me. Why would I stay?," I breathed. A love story that is beyond different. What was it about about Lamonte King that keeps her with him? She is breaking him and what will happen when he finally cracks? She will become his ruin. As he will become hers. PLEASE BE ADVISED: Some topics covered in this story may be triggering for many different reasons. This will be the only warning given moving forward. Read at your own risk!

Four years into the future, about to graduate college, Aliyah and Marcus have both created new lives for themselves. Both being on the road to official adulthood, they both have came along way despite them not being in each other lives. Now after all this time, the one thing that brings them together again, is the same thing that changes their lives rapidly.They're both faced with their new realities, learning how to deal, telling lies and making mistakes along the way. Interception- The act of a defensive player catching a forward pass made by a opponent.. Intercept- To obstruct someone or something from continuing to a destination before it or they arrive. What do these two have in common? Time will only tell.

Since the age of ten, Beatrix Delaney has suffered from depression, negligence, and pain. Her parents aren't in her life and she is force to live with her abusive niece. Her family and others hated the reputation of her parents so much that they hated her. One day Beatrix was completely done with life. She felt like she had no purpose and was ready to end it all until........ READ TO FIND OUT WHAT SAVED HER FROM TAKING HER LIFE. Rest in paradise Brax🥺💜🕊

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