❛𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆?❜ he asked, voice low like it wasn't meant for nobody but her. 𝒛𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐡 didn't speak, just tilted her head a little and stepped in close. she traced one of the tattoos on his arm, finger light like a whisper...when she finally looked up, slow and lazy, doe eyes glinting beneath her lashes--she kissed the corner of his mouth. once, twice--then pulled back. 𝒐𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢 smirked. ❛𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒔𝒐.❜ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ She doesn't speak-not out loud, not anymore. Zariah Hart's been quiet since the night she lost everything, and moving to The Palisade at Skyview Apartments was supposed to give her a fresh start. No expectations. No questions. Just peace. But peace gets complicated when a man like Omarion Jordan starts showing up in it. He's nothing like she expected. Tatted, quiet, with eyes that read people better than they speak. A mechanic with a past he doesn't explain-and a presence that says more than his mouth does. He doesn't ask about her silence. She doesn't flinch at his reputation. Somehow, that's enough. What starts as simple glances turns into shared space. What feels like comfort turns to something neither of them planned for. But Atlanta doesn't forget what people try to bury. And sometimes, the loudest truth is the one you never say out loud. 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝐉𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

-𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾'𝗌 𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 & 𝗁𝗍𝖾- © 𝖵𝖴𝖨𝖳𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭𝖨𝖭𝖢 {3-1-21}

"𝘾'𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨" 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘬 "𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙢𝙖"

"We been talkin', now we gettin' close. Her nigga a lame and he broke."

"𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐠 𝐝𝐨 𝐈'𝐈𝐈 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐨 (𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐧) 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐲𝐝𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐧 '𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡, 𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐇𝐮𝐡, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧' 𝐖𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧', 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧' 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐩, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮"

"𝓜𝓲𝓵𝓴 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓮, 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓽𝓽𝔂 𝓹**** 𝓒𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓽 𝓟𝓲𝓷𝓴 '𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓪 𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓰𝓪 𝓯𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓲𝓽 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓶𝓮, 𝓘 𝓰𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓝𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓶𝓮..."

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" I ain't never been in love but I swear to god I want to love again" All copy rights reserved©️ (June 4 2020- Feb 9 2021) Editing

He entered her life, not invasively but actually at just the right time. There was no denying that they were made for one another. He's in her life; she's in his. He's part of her group, and she's part of his. He's real dark, but she's his missing light. He's in her mind, and she's in his.