Here I am again... Different day, different hour, but trapped in the same haunting cycle, she thought. Tiara stood before the mirror, her reflection staring back like a stranger she couldn't escape. The hatred she felt wasn't loud it was quiet, cold, and relentless. Her eyes welled with tears as they traced the outline of her body, every curve now a battlefield. She despised what she saw. Not because she always had, but because somewhere along the way, the love she once had for herself faded... and she didn't know how to bring it back.

Some battles change your life. Some love stories begin when everything else falls apart. 50% AI generated. Enjoy!

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."

Zatima 💛🖤

Twenty-three-year-old Annette Grante attempts to navigate her way through life. She works in a daycare center where she makes decent money, but it pushes her away from her real dreams. Right now, Micah-her soon-to-be husband-seems to be the only positive thing in her life. Annette believes Micah is an example of what a man should be, seeing as he constantly keeps her on her toes. What happens when a small fight causes Annette to participate in cooking classes? What happens when she meets this charming, well-organized, serene person who is the exact opposite of her? Over time, Annette encounters challenges that put her loyalty to the test. August Sinclair, a twenty-seven year old professional chef who owns multiple restaurants, seems to have his life all planned out. He's doing what he loves and has pretty much nothing to worry about besides his businesses. For individuals who are unable to cook, he offers a website with cooking classes. He concentrates on his restaurants and food, leaving his staff members to run his website. Yet since his businesses are doing well, he chooses to have a one-on-one lesson with a random client, twice a week. What happens when this client is one of the worst cooks he's laid his eyes on? Despite the fact that she is the messiest and most clumsiest person he has ever encountered, why does he find her so fascinating? Even if she is taken, he feels compelled to pursue her.

Sin fell in love with a man whose charm swallowed her whole, pulling her into a world she never expected to survive. What she didn't know was that she was living on borrowed time... or maybe, just maybe, this was finally her time. After a storm of heartbreak, violence, and life-changing choices, nothing is the same for anyone-not Sin, not Diesel, and definitely not the people who thought they could tear them apart. Seven months after the night that changed everything, Sin is trying to rebuild her life, her heart, and the family growing inside her. But the past has a cruel habit of circling back... and this time, it's not coming alone. New enemies rise. Old wounds reopen. And love isn't a safe place-it's a battlefield. As danger tests their loyalty and secrets threaten their peace, Sin and Diesel learn that healing can be its own kind of war... but love? Love might just be stronger than all of it.

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?

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

Blind to his relentless gaze, Ciauna moves through her day, unaware of the noose tightening around her. It only took one glance-just one-for Obeye to decide she would be his. From that moment, he watched from the shadows, his patience unnervingly steady, biding his time and savoring the anticipation before he struck. By the time Ciauna feels the shift in the air, a chilling prickle at the back of her neck, it's far too late. He has her now, ensnared in his grip, forced to bend to his every dark whim-no escape, no turning back. But the worst part? A small, unyielding part of her doesn't want to resist him at all. ________________ As I reached the edge of his desk, his hands gripped my hips, the sudden contact making me gasp. His touch was firm, almost painful, as he spun me around to face the floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the city. "Look out there," he said, his breath hot against my ear. "See all of that?" I nodded, my eyes blurring with unshed tears as I took in the twinkling lights of the cityscape. "That's your world," he whispered, his grip tightening. "And I control it. Now, bend over the desk." 📚 Now Available on Amazon This story is officially published. You can now read the full, edited version on Amazon Kindle. (Link in bio)

Two opposites attract, per Charles-Augustin de Coulomb's law. The negative charge is that Talya doesn't believe in love, while the positive charge is that Solange does. These two opposites attract each other and pull them together, which, in due time, undeniably changed Talya's perspective, creating something special.