Monroe Clark & Donovan James were childhood best friends. He'd always been in love with her. She'd always been afraid to love him. She leaves in the middle of their senior year. Without explaining why. Without saying goodbye. They reunite in college. But gone is the sweet boy Monroe once knew. In his place is an arrogant and cocky football player with a bad attitude and an even worse reputation. She agrees to fake date him to clean up his image. But as old feelings start to resurface they start to fall for each other again. But is Monroe willing to open up and explain why she left? And even if she is, is Donovan willing to trust her again? Because like J.Cole once said: Fool me one time shame on you but fool me twice...

❝Mirror on the wall, tell me all the ways to stay away,❞

❝This is just my truth,❞

𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦, 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘺𝘯 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩.

❝ It's just that he know what I want. ❞ ©𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑.

❝𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴,𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 .❞ In which a young woman named Kasia Parrish comes to realize what goes on in the shadows with unknown help. What's bound to happen when the truth comes out? The cover was made by @theurbanroyalty.

"Hang up the chick habit. Hang it up, daddy. Or you'll be alone in a quick."

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"Many men wish death upon me. Blood in my eye, dog, and I can't see. I'm tryin' to be what I'm destined to be."