Ebony Taylor has always heard the phrase 'Your pretty for a dark skin girl' Why do I have to be pretty for a dark skin girl? Why can't I just be pretty. Why should my color matter? Ebony has always had friends that were mixed with something they'd get all the attention from males but when they notice her, she doesn't get 'Oh my god your gorgeous.' She gets 'She's pretty for a dark skin girl.'

Aja and Kyrie have been happily married for three years and have two beautiful children, living in their Ohio residence. Though things may appear to be good between the two, it hasn't. Aja has been withholding a secret that Kyrie has yet to discover. He too has secrets of his own. These secrets are so deep it could break up their happy home. Will Aja and Kyrie find the courage to tell one another about the dark secrets they've both kept from each other or keep them hidden? Turn the lights on so I can see the truth in your eyes. - Unknown DISCLAIMER: All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All locations are also purely coincidental, but in no way being promoted through this story. © All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.

I suddenly felt the need to explain. "I did not say that I hated you! I said that I didn't like you! It's totally different! Besides I didn't even mean it, I had been embarrassed. It was so obvious that I was in love with you, even a stranger would have realized it!" He stared at me and I stared back. "You were in love with me?" I blushed. I just ratted myself out. I looked down at my hands and started to bit my bottom lip. This was getting out of hand. -------------------------------------------- Danielle Williams once had a crush on mr. Smooth a.k.a Damion Thompson when she was in high school but due to unfriendly circumstances she decided to give up on her feelings. But now she's twenty two and an aspiring business woman whose never had the touch of a man, that is, until he suddenly pops up into her life again. Now she has to read between the lines and navigate through old feelings. Highest Ranking in Chic lit #310