Our vows were spoken before our hearts had a chance to catch up. Formally, "ARRANGED HEARTS"

"I don't know this man, I don't know his friends, I don't know his type." No amount of love could replace the past. And they had a lot of that for one another-love that is. The two child hood friends had bonded early on, especially over their love of music. Where one lacked, one had. Mariah was the writer, Kentrell the performer. It's only until a high school talent show that Kentrell performs a song written by his beloved best friend, Mariah...that his career takes off. But it happens to take off without Mariah. And he had promised to take her. Promises were meant to be broken I suppose.

One night. One room. Everything changed.

Sessions & Secrets is a raw, emotional journey of grief, healing, temptation, and self-discovery. It explores the messy reality of caring for others while struggling to guard your own heart, and the complications that arise when two worlds-one controlled, one chaotic-collide in the most unexpected of ways.

She thought the debt was her father's. She didn't know it would cost her freedom. When India Royale returns home from a night out, she finds more than silence waiting-she finds him. The cartel's most feared leader, a man with ice in his veins and power in his every word. Her father's betrayal has left her chained to him... not in numbers, but in body and soul. She hates him. She fears him. But nothing terrifies her more than the fire he awakens inside her. Because once you're caught in his world, there's no walking away. Velvet chains don't break. They only tighten.

✩‧₊˚ ━━━ 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 : 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙮'𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚.

"𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎" 𝐍𝐁𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐇: 𝘒𝘢𝘻𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘰, 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢, 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘢, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘜𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘒𝘢𝘻𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘸𝘦, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪'𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯. cover by @-laysdiary

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