She thought he abandoned her. He thought she left him. Two months after Khaza disappears and is sent to prison, four-month-pregnant Ayanna becomes a correctional officer only to come face-to-face with the man she never stopped loving. And he has no idea she's carrying his baby.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘦. 𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Lilah Bennett has always had an ear for the subtle notes-the crackle of a vintage record, the slight hesitation in a customer's voice, the hidden layers of a classic soul track. But she can't quite place the melody of the man who keeps appearing at her counter. He has a face that haunts her like a song on the tip of her tongue and a grace that feels inherited from a legend. When he suddenly stops coming in, leaving her with a vague promise and an empty shop, the silence is deafening until she sees his face on every screen in the country. Now that the world knows him as Jaafar Jackson, the lead in the new Michael biopic, Lilah is left wondering if the "different" girl he saw in the record shop can exist in the shadow of his new, global reality.

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

𝐅𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐓 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀❪ ©𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗌𝗆𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗋𝖾𝗇 ❫ ⠀━━━━━━━━⠀𝐉𝐀𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀" some people walk into your life ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀like a song you were always ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀meant to hear. " 𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐍𝐀 𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒, a music producer fresh out of university, finally gets her first big opportunity working on the soundtrack of one of the most anticipated films of the 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋. Between long studio nights and the pressure of proving herself in an 𝗇𝖾𝗐 industry that rarely takes newcomers seriously, she's determined not to lose 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝖼𝗎𝗌． 𝐉𝐀𝐀𝐅𝐀𝐑 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍 is stepping into the spotlight for the very first time, portraying his own uncle 𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐉𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒𝐎𝐍. Carrying the weight of a legacy everyone already has opinions about, he quickly learns that fame, pressure, and expectations are impossible to escape. 𝐎𝐑 𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 . . . a music producer trying to make a name for herself and an actor struggling beneath one already known by the world find comfort in each other when they least expect it. 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 status: ongoing. Started: 27-04-2026 Finished: ?