****WARNING; THIS STORY CONTAINS MATURE SCENES***** "Do you ever think of me when you lie? Lie down in your bed, your bed of lies And I knew better than to look in your eyes They only pretend you would be mine " - Nicki Minaj ------- 21 year old Diamond Wilson is temporarily a stripper. She's a college student and she hustles to get through on her own after her mom passed away. She doesn't have many close friends and a boyfriend isn't even on her mind right now. One day she met this dude named Kendrick, and he's the first person to ever switch her focus from being serious all the time to letting loose. But what will happen when he finds out about her secrets and she finds out his.

BEAST /bēst/ noun: beast; plural noun: beasts. -an inhumanly, cruel, violent, or depraved person -an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing -a person's brutish or untamed characteristics He's been living in his own darkness. She's been running away from hers. Dave has been in the game for quite a long time. He does what he can to survive and protect the people he has left in his life. The more he goes deep into the underground, he finds himself becoming less human. He's never found a reason to quit until now... Veronica or Roni has always been the one to take care of everyone else but herself. But due to recent events, she blames herself more than anything. Running and forgetting seems to be her only solution. But what's deep inside will eventually came out and the damage is already done. Both of them have secrets and inner demons. But when they fall for each other, can they be each other's light at the end of the tunnel.

"𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒎𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆" 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2019.