"𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙤𝙨, 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚."

Definitely wouldnt read, buttttttt .... Together they navigate through the treacherous shadows of love. -Liloandrice

She crosses paths with a man whose charm feels effortless and whose presence feels safe... until the shadows around him start to move. She falls for him quick unaware that he's carrying a life she's never seen - a life stitched together with danger, loyalty, and secrets heavy enough to break anyone who gets too close. As their worlds intertwine, the truth begins to surface in pieces, forcing her to question everything she thought she knew about love, trust, and herself. Their connection is real, undeniable even, but the double life he lives threatens to pull them under. In a story where loyalty twists, danger breathes, and love refuses to let go, one question lingers above all: Will the secrets he hides be the thing that destroys them... or the fire that binds them tighter than they ever imagined?

𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙧&𝙗 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙪𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙏𝙚𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙯𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙄𝘿𝙂𝘼𝙁 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 , 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙝'𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨'𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘....

Milan Ren Vaughn and Kairo Benton have spent months turning their apartment hallway into a silent warzone. She's convinced he's loud, messy, and allergic to respecting her peace, while he swears she was born to complain about anything he does. Their neighbors know the tension. Management knows the tension. And Christmas is the only thing keeping the building from falling apart. So when the manager assigns them to co-run the annual Christmas charity event, neither of them takes it well. Still, the holidays won't wait, the toy drive needs saving, and someone has to hang the lights - even if it means working side by side with the one person they can't stand. But as the season settles in, something unexpected begins slipping through the cracks. Late nights of planning feel calmer than they should. Their banter softens. The glow of the holiday lights makes everything seem a little less harsh, and a little more... possible. Moments that should've meant nothing start to feel like something they can't explain. They promised their truce would end after Christmas. But the holidays have a funny way of revealing gifts you never knew you needed - especially when they're wrapped in the person living right next door.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬"

𝙀𝙉𝘼𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀𝘿 ; 𝘼𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.

"She came at the right time....a walking miracle."

"The things that I would do to you with just a couple seconds I would color every moment, make you feel like it's forever, baby"