When Kiki visits Chicago for her cousin's wedding, she never expects to get piped down by a man who talks with his hands and growls her name like he own it. Messiah ain't like these New York dudes she's used to-he move different. Ain't loud, ain't flashy, but got that hood alpha energy that make her melt. She was supposed to be there for five days max... not fall in love with a Chi-Town gangsta who flips bricks and lifts her like she weightless. But when her past follows her to Chicago and his street life bleeds into their sex-fueled situationship, the line between love and lust starts to blur. He never chased women-especially not loud, sex-crazy, no-nonsense New York ones. But Kiki? She got him talkin' about "what we is" and pressin' her spot like he tryna build a future. But love between two people who been hurt don't come easy. And in a city full of secrets, money, and murder? Somebody always gotta pay.

𝐄𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

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