kind of a sequel to poetic pain but you don't HAVE to read it to understand what's going on. 🫶🏾

Veronica Calhoun is an assistant in a major design company for advertising who takes her job very seriously. Her main goal is to get the promotion in the upcoming month and she is not willing to let anyone get in her way. What she doesn't know is that she is going to face some challenges to get this promotion facing. What happens CEO of Gallington Ahmad Tate bumps into her life changing everything for her will she give him a chance or put her job first ending her chance of possibly finding someone? #Ranked 20 love #Ranked 2 promotion #Ranked 2 company

𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬| ❝𝖭𝗈𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝖽𝗇𝖾𝗌𝗌❞ • 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦:: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧:: 𝐨𝐧𝐞 (𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐭𝐬)

'So he wanted to have sex with me. My professor knows I'm an escort. And he wants to have sex with me.' Kyser "Desire" Moore was never supposed to be more than a statistic. With both parents gone and raised by her grandmother, she struggled not to fall victim to circumstance. She now finds herself in her second year of college, doing whatever she needs to succeed. Insert a professor who seems hellbent on failing her, and they enter an ill-advised relationship destined to fail from the start -started 5/3/19 -completed 6/18/19

𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 "𝐈 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮." 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐈, 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

"𝐵𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒹𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒸𝓉, 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉." "𝐼 𝒿𝓊𝓈𝓉...𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒶𝓃𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓇𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝓃𝑜𝓌." - It was as though the sun escorted her wherever she went; her entire self radiated a pleasing, envious aura. Her bubbly persona never ran dry. It had me intrigued, and admittedly a bit infatuated. It also made me feel guilty about being so attracted, being so drawn to a girl who was so young and acted so childishly. But dear oh dear, did I plan on making her mine. - In which a 20-year-old, childish girl encounters rough-around-the-edges, military man, Everest Simon, who couldn't seem to get her out of his head.

Miles has always been able to keep his professional and personal life separate. Then he met Gianna Graye.

ᴢᴀʀᴀ ᴍᴀʜɪɴᴀ ʜᴀꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪꜱʜᴇʀ'ꜱ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴀʀᴍꜱ. ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴜꜱɪɴ'ꜱ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ʙᴇʟʟʏ ᴄᴏɴᴋʟɪɴ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ᴅɪꜰꜰᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛɪᴇʀ, ᴛᴀʟʟᴇʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴀᴘᴘᴇᴀʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʙᴏʏꜱ ɴᴏᴡ. ᴢᴀʀᴀ'ꜱ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ᴄʀᴜꜱʜ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴇʟʟʏ'ꜱ ʙᴇꜱᴛ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴊᴇʀᴇᴍɪᴀʜ ꜱɪɴᴄᴇ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴏᴜʀ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴꜱ ᴏɴ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ᴍᴀɴʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴘᴏꜱꜱɪʙʟᴇ, ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪꜰ ɪᴛ ᴇɴᴅꜱ ɪɴ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴇᴀᴋ. -- *ʟᴏᴏꜱᴇʟʏ ʙᴀꜱᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ 'ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ɪ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ' ꜱᴇʀɪᴇꜱ (ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟꜱ). ᴊᴇʀᴇᴍɪᴀʜ ꜰɪꜱʜᴇʀ x ʜᴀᴡᴀɪɪᴀɴ ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ᴏᴄ x ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ɪ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ. -- *ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴊᴇɴɴʏ ʜᴀɴɴ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ "ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴇʀ ɪ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴘʀᴇᴛᴛʏ' ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇᴍ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ɪ ᴅᴏ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ ɪ.ᴇ ᴢᴀʀᴀ ᴍᴀʜɪɴᴀ, ᴀɪʟᴀɴɪ ᴍᴀʜɪɴᴀ, ᴢᴀʀᴀ'ꜱ ᴅᴀᴅ (ᴜɴɴᴀᴍᴇᴅ), ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴛᴇᴏ ʀᴏᴅʀÍɢᴜᴇᴢ. *ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴏᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛꜱɪᴛᴘ ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏ