Even though I don't look up right away, I feel him. His presence shifts the air, makes it heavier, like the sky right before a storm. A shiver runs down my spine, but I shake it off. I can sense he's here to handle our unfinished business, and I know he won't hold his tongue this time, not without our audience from earlier to keep him in check. "Why yuh really come back Jodie?" He's blunt, as always, and I can tell he's revving up for a fight. Him lucky. "I love Ms. Iva and I respect her for what she does, but dem neva send yuh gah school fi sell yam dung a market...Why'd you leave Kingston?" "I told you already, I'm using my PTO Knox" I dispose of the water into the grass, setting the wash basin up against the tank. He scoffs. "Liad, yuh done tell dah one deh already, betta yuh come up wid a next one." His eyes are daring, challenging me to come clean, but I can't. "Why you cyaa juss believe me? What's so suspicious about me needing time away from work?" I push past him, not yet ready to dive so deep into the unknown. He grabs my wrist, pulling me into his chest and trapping me there. The warmth of him seeps into me, setting off a fire under my skin. He doesn't ease up, but the pressure does something to me that I can't shake. I tell myself to take a step back, create some space, but I don't. I won't. "Because me know yuh, Jodie. Better than I know myself. I know you..." He presses his index fingers to his heart, his breath shallow as it cascades across my collarbone. "I thought we were better than this, I thought we could tell each other anything" I shake my head, my eyes closing as I inhale his scent, it's uniquely him. It's dangerous how familiar it is, how it makes my chest ache. I hate him for making me feel like this, I hate myself for wanting to be even closer than we are now.

I was so out of it that I didn't even notice when the stoplight switched from yellow to red. Struggling to act on my fight or flight, I have no choice but to run straight into the car in front of me. Oh fuck. Just one of those fucking days... Thankfully, the impact isn't fatal, but it's far from pretty. I exit my vehicle, ensuring to put my car in park before hopping out, the person from the car in front jumps out at the same time. A tall man begins to storm towards me, his brows furrowed as he takes long strides in my direction. Boy look cute and neat eesi... Why did we have to meet like this? "A buy yuh buy yuh license?" he screams at me with rage. Well, that's not nice. Tek back everything me just seh. "It was clearly an accident, mi did distracted" I tell him, trying to defend myself. Mi shame. The road is active around us, drivers are blowing their horns or peeping their heads through their windows to take in the scene. "Distracted? Aye lady, a who teach yuh fi drive?" he asks, a humorous yet frustrated smirk on his lips. Clearly a blind man.

𝙇𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 4 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣', 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 '𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚.

Dayna-Kay ' Dayna' a pastor's daughter, who's only goal is to live up to her father's expectations, well, that and to get Prince the badman to notice her. Even though he lives next door Dayna she has never spoken to him. Yet still she still dreams of kissing his lips and even giving him consent to her body but Prince a badman and a fuck boy won't just fuck anything especially a church girl but will his mind change after seeing a side of her that he has never seen before ? Read to find out ‼️ Disclaimer ‼️ * This book is written in patois, so if you cannot understand the language, please don't read this book. * Every event in this book is fictional and should be read with that in mind. * The author does not own any of the following pictures, music and media in this book.

Desperate to escape the crushing weight of college debt, family finance struggles and the torturing expectations and threats from parents. De'Nayah, Gisselle and Jessianne teams up together to survive the grind of campus life and city nights. What begins as a way to make ends meet soon spirals into a dangerous game of money, power, and control. Armed with wit, beauty, and De'Nayah's knowledge of drugs, the girls learn how to turn men into prey and secrets into currency. But the higher they climb, the closer they get to Ghost, the most feared drug lord in Jamaica and the ruthless owner of the clubs that becomes their hunting ground. Ghost doesn't just want a cut of their hustle. He wants dominance. He wants obedience. And in the girls hustling tactics , he sees more than just profit, he sees fire, temptation, and a challenge he can't resist. As the stakes rises, De'Nayah, Giselle and Jessianne becomes trapped in a dangerous web of money, drugs and manipulation. Despite Ghost's ruthless business tactics, complicated presence evokes a fiery, toxic attraction that D'Nayah can't ignore. Torn between her desire for freedom and the temptations of Ghost's world, De'Nayah, Giselle and Jessiane must decide just how far they are willing to go to survive in a world where trust is fleeting and love is even more dangerous because in this love affair everything has a price. Read To find how this toxic love goes ‼️

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