After a mixture of heartbreak, tragedy, overwhelming love, life changing events and choices, nothing is the same for Delre' or A'layah... and definitely not for the people caught in the middle of it all. A'layah fell hard for Delre', and his charm swallowed her whole, pulling her into a world she was never meant to survive. Seven months after the night that changed everything, she's trying to rebuild her life, her heart, and the family growing inside her... alone. But the past has a cruel habit of circling back and this time, it's heavier, louder, and harder to outrun. New enemies rise. Old wounds reopen. And love? Love was never a safe place: it was a battlefield she barely made it out of. As loyalty gets tested and long buried secrets come to light, A'layah is forced to face the truth about everything she once believed in... him, herself, and the life she thought she wanted. Because healing don't always come with closure... and love don't always get a second chance. Time was borrowed once, This time, it cost her everything,.. But it could still be all hers. - 𝑺 𝑬 𝑽 𝑬 𝑵 𝑺 𝑬 𝑵 𝑺 𝑶 𝑹 𝑰 𝑮 𝑰 𝑵 𝑨 𝑳.

After everything they've survived and overcome, Solei and Basim knew that walking away from each other was never an option. In this second chapter of their love story, they step into their relationship with open hearts, leaving behind the shadows of their past and the forbidden nature of their relationship. They're learning to communicate, plan a future together, and to trust each other deeply. The chaos of their past is quieter now, but it's not completely gone. This time, it's not about hiding, sneaking around or being embarrassed. It's about waking up next to each other and still choosing each other, even if life gets complicated. Basim vowed to leave the streets behind, and Solei vowed to stop running from the consequences of loving him. Together, they're building a life that lasts, one step at a time. They wanted a happy ending. Now they had to earn it.

𝖡𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝟤 𝗈𝖿 𝖫𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇 & 𝖳𝗈𝗎𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗀𝗈 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖺 𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗂𝗋𝗌𝗍★ 𝖢𝖠𝖭𝖭𝖮𝖳 𝖡𝖤 𝖱𝖤𝖠𝖣 𝖠𝖲 𝖲𝖳𝖠𝖭𝖣𝖮𝖥𝖥. 𝖢𝗎𝗋𝗋𝖾𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗎𝗉𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾𝗌! 𝖲𝖧𝖮𝖱𝖳 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𖤐 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐱 𝐨𝐜

𝙇𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 4 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣', 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 '𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬"

>>𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲'𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐦'𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐩𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐦? 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟎𝟓/𝟎𝟗/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝: 𝟎𝟔/𝟏𝟖/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞: 𝟏𝟎/𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 ✯𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃✯

𝐂𝐡𝐲𝐧𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐣𝐢𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐉𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 ꨄ #𝟒 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝟏/𝟓/𝟐𝟓 #𝟑 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 - 𝟏/𝟕/𝟐𝟓

𝐍𝐨𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 "𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥. "𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭" 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 "𝐆𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭" 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬?? 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐱 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐝𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝: 𝟒/𝟐𝟖/𝟐𝟏

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮.

SEQUEL TO LIES YOU TELL After Graces world comes crashing down around her, she struggles to pick up the pieces of her broken heart and mend her shattered perception of life upon learning that the man she grew to love more than life itself was a cold and remorseless murderer. Landing the position as a criminologist on the NYPD homicide squad, she works hard to rebuild a new life for herself and leave the past in the past. After waiting four long years, Joseph finally gets put on a highly publicized trial and with the help of a well known criminal defense lawyer, the jury reaches a verdict that rocks the city of New York. During those four years being incarcerated, Joseph is forced to let go of the love of his life but upon his release their paths inevitably cross and now he has to fight for and work to earn her love and trust back. To do so, Joseph finally opens up to Grace about his dark past but opens up a can of worms in the process. Grace learns about history of her own family and uncovers dark secrets not even her mother knows which puts her in danger. In a dark twist of faith, Joseph learns who the true enemy is. Will Grace and Joseph finally get their happily ever after? Smoke and mirrors- the obscuring of the truth of a situation with misleading information. DISCLAIMER: This story is a work of pure fiction. Story has no association to photos in the story used to depict the characters in real life. Dec 2021