Mute, abused, hood, Chicago, saved, kidnapped

Anaiah Carter is off-limits - the daughter of Ohio State's head football coach and fiercely protected on campus. Jeremiah Smith is the team's star wide receiver with a smile that turns heads and a reputation that keeps her guard up. But when stolen glances turn into late-night study sessions and secret coffee dates, they find themselves risking everything for a love neither of them planned. With her father's rules, the media's eyes, and Jeremiah's rising fame threatening to pull them apart, Anaiah must decide: is love worth breaking every rule?

When a self-made beauty boss tries to leave her toxic past behind, she crosses paths with New York's most feared kingpin who's already decided she'll be his, whether she's ready or not.

A young mother rebuilds her life after heartbreak, only to fall for a quiet street dude who teaches her love all over again but they struggle to deal with the reality of his lifestyle. Started: 4/13/25 Second time writing this as it was deleted the first time.

They beat the odds-jail calls, broken trust, a complicated past. Now Saint and Milan are building the life they never thought they'd have: a baby, a business, and peace. But peace don't mean perfect. Love is still being tested-just in different ways. New baby, new money, new people... and old habits that don't stay buried forever. It's not about where they came from anymore. It's about where they're going.

Riani, feeling eyes on her Iooked over seeing Kiari staring at her. "Why are you staring." Riani chuckled playing in Kiaris hair. "You're just beautiful." He shrugs still not looking away. "Oh for real." She asked breaking out into a smile and he hummed in response. Riani stares back into Kiari's low redish eyes before smiling and pecking his lips. He grabbed her neck kissing her back, then backing away and running his tongue across his bottom lip as he stared at her some more. "I love you, Riani." He finally got it off his chest. Something that he has been waiting to tell her for the longest.

❛ 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐭𝐚' 𝐩𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨' 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲. ❜ - 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 - 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 -

She runs a luxury beauty lounge. He runs routes in the NFL. When soleia Carter and Jeremiah smith cross paths, neither is looking for love - but the chemistry? Instant. She's not impressed by status. He's tired of women chasing his name. But the more they collide, the harder it gets to stay in their own lanes. Because some games aren't played on the field... and hearts don't always follow the rules. 🥇#1 in athlete 🥇#1 in latto 🥇#1 in black fiction 🥇#1 in Atlanta 🥇#1 in entrepreneur 🥇#1 in Jeremiah smith 🥈#2 in romance fiction #4 in urban fiction

-𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲, 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗼. 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱'𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂.-𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭

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