just read and find out (it might be a little bit rushed)

Nyomi is hired by a mutual friend to help Khaiem expand his art lounge into a lifestyle brand. She plans to keep things professional-especially since she's still healing from a controlling ex who almost ruined her career. But Khaiem's creative, confident energy disarms her, and he's intrigued by her quiet power. What starts as creative brainstorming sessions at midnight turns into heated arguments, laughter, and stolen touches. But when her ex reappears, and Khaiem's old trust issues resurface, they'll have to choose if love is worth risking their carefully rebuilt lives.

That's his bestfriends sister nothing else...

" nothing lasts forever , but at least we got all these memories "

A dangerous, obsessive stud with a dark past becomes infatuated with a soft, feminine woman trying to escape her toxic ex. What starts as protection turns into possession. The stud doesn't share. The femme doesn't know how to stop craving the chaos.

"They all told me this won't last, to let you go, to leave you in the past, But every time I'm out the door, then somethin' pulls me back. 'Cause they don't know the way you love, the things you understand So promise not to get this wrong should I give you the chance" -Mariah the scientist **** In which two ex cross paths in a peculiar way. **** Warning: Enemies to lovers (kinda) Mafia Sex Drugs Death (not the main leads) Short story

After killing her abusive ex in self-defense, Nia Carter, a quiet, emotionally scarred young woman from Atlanta, is sentenced to 7 years in a women's prison. Lost, afraid, and broken, she meets King, a dominant, charismatic stud serving 25 to life for a street murder. King runs the block and has the respect of guards and inmates alike. From the moment King sees Nia, she's drawn to her vulnerability, her beauty, and her silence. She becomes her protector, fighting off threats and making sure nobody touches her. Over time, they form a deep emotional bond that borders on obsession for King - though Nia sees her as a friend, possibly more, in a place where love is survival. When Nia is released early after 5 years, she promises to write. But life moves on. She reinvents herself, gets therapy, becomes a nurse, and even marries a kind man who doesn't know the full truth about her past. Ten years later, King is finally released on parole. She searches for Nia with one purpose: to reclaim what she believes is hers. But when she sees Nia with her husband, the jealousy eats her alive. King makes a deadly choice: she kills the husband in cold blood, thinking she's freeing Nia. Now Nia is caught between the new life she built... and the old protector who never let her go.

Astrid, 17, hopeless romantic, bad mental health, pot head meets Marcus, 18, nonchalant but goofy, weird. They both met each other through mutual friends. Both were in a relationship. Astrid in a toxic one and Marcus in one he could feel for anymore.Astrid just wanted to do something spontaneous something out the box. Sleep with Marcus. Astrid wanted Marcus..only for one night tho little did they know that was just the start of their story.

I never knew loving someone came with so much I had more pain then happiness and the happiness I did gained I lost in the matter of seconds and when I did I became unrecognizable and all that pain didn't go away so i reflected on the last girl I loved the most but i still wasn't satisfied i wanted revenge I wanted everyone too feel what i still feel and that feeling will never go away.

all that we did and went through I'm surprised we got our happy ending. But things isn't always what it seems and things don't EVER last you're past will always come back and bite you in the ass no matter how far you run from it the past always come back.