*UNDER CONSTRUCTION* | Sequel to The Dynasty We Built | I tuck Luna into bed for the first time. The kiss I place on her cold forehead sends a shock through me. "She's more like you than you think." I look over my shoulder to see Maya leaning against the door frame. "She has your looks though." I said. "But even after I left, I still saw you in her. Her personality, her attitude." She said, placing her hand on my shoulder. "She made me feel closer to you, no matter how far." ________________________________________ ~Maya Castillo~ Maya has spent the past 5 years with her daughter, Luna, and being the CEO of her family's company in California. When she has to return back to New York to work in person with her brother, she runs into her ex-boyfriend, Noah Slade. With tension growing between them and a new fire built inside herself, heaven is found where hell used to be. ~Noah Slade~ After losing his love, Noah has spent the past 5 years growing his businesses and mafia. When he runs into Maya one day, he finds out he has a secret daughter. Trying to reconnect their family, he sees Maya has a new side to her, and he falls harder than he did the first time. ~ H I G E S T R A N K S ~ #8- ongoing 8/25/22 #16- interesting 9/10/2022 #1- ongoing 10/31/2022 #7- maya 5/3/2025 #2- maya 5/4/2025 #6- noah 5/5/2025 #6- bad 5/5/2025 #1- maya 5/9/2025

"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞," 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫. 𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬; 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐟𝐨𝐲.

my dearest darling love,

"𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗜 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄, 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗮." 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵, 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁. "𝗜𝘀 𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱?" 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗜 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿. "𝗜𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗳𝗼𝘆. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗺𝗲 - 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝘂𝘀. 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮."