Lay'lani's life been hell behind closed doors-pretty smiles covering bruises, silent cries no one ever hears. Her boyfriend Man-Man? Ain't just abusive... he's obsessed. Controlling. Feared in the streets. And when she finally tries to leave, he makes one thing clear-if he can't have her, nobody can. Then Da'joun steps in. Lowkey but dangerous. The one who sees through her pain. He never asked to fall for her-but now that he has, he'll do anything to protect her... even if that means killing for her. Now with a baby on the way, enemies circling, and Man-Man hunting her like prey-every moment is borrowed time. This ain't just a love story... It's survival. How far would you go to protect the one you love... when love itself could get you killed?

This is not a romance. But along the way, they might find love.

"𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨... ...𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, ...𝘴𝘰, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳." BWWM Where two different people meet, and subsequently...fall in love. @n0tte_n3ra for the cover! No age requirement!!!

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 '𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 .."

For her son, she'll find the strength to let go, love again & rebuild.

"You taught me the real meaning of love again" 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿: @Dreamgirlmyaah

one text leads to another....

"𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦." In which she just wants to show him something different.

The saga of Benji and Karma continues... Completed

***THIS CONTENT CONTAINS MATURE SCENES IN IT, ALONG WITH VIOLENCE ***** Asia Carter is 18 and a senior in High School. Asia loves to sing and dance. Although she's captain of the dance team, nobody knows about her great voice. Asia has many friends and many enemies. The only thing she doesn't have is a boyfriend. Her past relationships were... annoying, drama filling, and heartbreaking, therefore, she decided that she was going to work on her self before she falls for another soul. She planned on achieving goals no one in her family ever achieved. She planned on getting out of the hood and having a struggle free life. She wanted to make something out of her life, which wasn't working at Walmart for the rest of her life. One day, things came about that made her begin to think she never will. Will Asia have the life she dreamed of ? Or will she end up in the same struggle she had always endured? Read to find out about the challenges that occurs on Asia's journey to happiness. **this story is completed and there will be a book 2 to this story***