"Your gun, Christian," I whispered breathlessly, the reality of who he was momentarily flashing in my mind. Even in bed, he was a dangerous man. He didn't stop. I felt the vibration of a low, dark smile against my skin before he spoke, his voice grazing my ear. "Gun's under the pillow," he whispered. ౨ৎ Lelani, 20 never asked for chaos. She wanted a quiet life, a clean future, and a chance to finally breathe. Christian, 24 was the kind of man she promised herself she would never get close to dangerous, secretive, and tied to a world she has no business stepping into. But fate doesn't care about warnings. And he's not good at letting go. Something about her pulls him in. Something about him keeps her from walking away. All she knows is this: The boy she shouldn't want is the only one who touches her right.

18 year old Seven is the pride of 12th Street. With a 4.0 GPA, a clean record, and a future that stretches far beyond the projects, she's the "good girl" everyone points to. She lives her life by the book, tucked safely behind the protection of her brother, Serge, and the iron gate of her porch. She's a goldfish in a shark tank, and she knows it. But the walls Serge built are starting to feel thin. Ghost is the first crack in her foundation. He's Serge's right hand, a man who has known Seven since she was in pigtails. He's respectful, steady, and moves through their house with a silent, predatory grace. He knows the "don't touch" policy better than anyone, but the way he watches her from the kitchen door tells a different story. He's the familiar danger, the one who's always there, whispering that he sees the woman she's becoming. Then there is Lucky. If Ghost is the fire, Lucky is the cold, dark eclipse. As the man who runs the neighborhood, he doesn't come inside, and he doesn't play by anyone's rules, not even Serge's. He doesn't talk much. He doesn't have to, his presence is a loud enough statement. Seven is caught in the crosshairs of two different kinds of power. One man is her brother's best friend who respects the house, the other is the street legend who intends to own it. On 12th Street, loyalty is everything... but some temptations are worth the war.

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....

She's calm. He's chaos. She stutters when she's nervous. He makes her nervous on purpose. She swore she'd never fall for someone like him. But with every glance, every teasing comment, every time he says her name just to hear her stumble, she starts to wonder if maybe love was never meant to sound perfect. Just honest.

@𝟰𝟰𝟰𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀𝗹𝘃𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ©

"𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 , 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶." - 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘦𝘳 a street romance ❤️

When famous boxer, Khalil James suffers a scandal after being exposed on social media. He is forced into a fake marriage to fix his reputation with a woman whose father is a famous boxer from back in the day. Montana Frost is forced at her hand, with trying to save her families family gym that is on the verge of being sold and trying to spend her last moments with her dying father. Two broken people are forced to be together and survive together. But what happens when through all the hate they have for each other, they find comfort in one another? Follow Khalil and Montana as they navigate through what is real and fake. What happens when people try to tear down what they built?

𝘚𝘗𝘐𝘕 𝘖𝘍𝘍 𝘖𝘍 𝘍𝘙𝘖𝘔 "𝘉𝘓𝘐𝘕𝘋"

"ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴍʏ ʙɪɢɢᴇꜱᴛ ʜᴇᴀᴅᴀᴄʜᴇ... ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴍʏ ꜰᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ. ꜱɪɴᴄᴇʀᴇʟʏ ʏᴏᴜʀꜱ, ᴋᴇɴɴᴇᴅɪɪ." #2 Atlanta 08 | 07 | 25 🏆

" 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚝 𝚎𝚖 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚖." PSA: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.