Lilah Bennett has always had an ear for the subtle notes-the crackle of a vintage record, the slight hesitation in a customer's voice, the hidden layers of a classic soul track. But she can't quite place the melody of the man who keeps appearing at her counter. He has a face that haunts her like a song on the tip of her tongue and a grace that feels inherited from a legend. When he suddenly stops coming in, leaving her with a vague promise and an empty shop, the silence is deafening until she sees his face on every screen in the country. Now that the world knows him as Jaafar Jackson, the lead in the new Michael biopic, Lilah is left wondering if the "different" girl he saw in the record shop can exist in the shadow of his new, global reality.

𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐰𝐨 Jaafar found Angel across the room, laughing with a group of celebrities like he wasn't there. He stepped in beside her, forcing a calm smile. ❝Hey.❞ She barely glanced at him, continuing the conversation. He leaned in slightly, voice low. ❝Why do you keep wandering off from me? We came here together...as each other's date.❞ A beat of silence passed, she kept talking. His jaw clenched, frustration flickering under the surface. ❝Why are you avoiding me?❞ »»-----　♡　-----«« After a year apart, rising actress Angel McClellan is cast alongside her ex-boyfriend, Jaafar Jackson, playing love interests in a high-profile film. While he sees it as a second chance, she sees it as a risk she promised herself she wouldn't take again. As forced closeness blurs the line between acting and reality, he tries to pull her back in... while she tries to leave before history repeats itself.

What happens when you work on the most iconic biopic of the century with the nephew of the King of Pop? "Solana, may I introduce you to Jaafar Jackson!"