Loyaltyvslove Stories

ɪɴ ꜱᴛ. ᴀɴɴ, ɪᴍᴀʀᴀ ʜɪɴᴇꜱ ɢʀᴏᴡꜱ ᴜᴘ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴀ ɴᴀᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ꜰᴜʟʟʏ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʜᴇʀꜱ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ɪᴍᴀɴɪ ᴅᴀᴠɪꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀʀɪᴏ "ᴘᴀʙʟᴏ ʏɢ" ʜɪɴᴇꜱ, ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ꜱᴇᴇ ʟᴇɢᴀᴄʏ, ᴍᴏɴᴇʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴘʟᴀɴɴᴇᴅ ꜰᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ. ʙᴜᴛ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Qᴜɪᴇᴛ ʟɪꜰᴇ, ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟʏ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪʟʟꜱ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴛ. ᴀɴɴ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪꜱ ᴀꜱ ɪᴛ ꜱᴇᴇᴍꜱ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʟʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ. ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ʟɪᴇꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ. ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴇꜱ ᴛᴏᴏ ʟᴀᴛᴇ.

*WILL CONTINUE THIS BOOK IF ANYONE WANTS IT TO* "I said I do to the man I hate the most... but why does my heart betray me every time he says my name?" Aria Lancaster never expected her freedom to be traded for a marriage contract. But when her family's empire teeters on the edge of collapse, she's forced to marry Leon Calderon-the cold, calculating heir of the very mafia dynasty that destroyed her world. Leon doesn't want a wife. He wants leverage. Aria is just another pawn in a decades-old game of power, secrets, and revenge. But neither of them expected the tension. The fire. The slow unraveling of hatred into something dangerous-something real. As hidden truths surface and enemies close in, Aria must decide: Will she destroy the Calderons from the inside like she swore... or fall for the man she was meant to ruin?

Verity has spent years perfecting the art of hiding her soul. A global pop sensation, an actress since childhood, a woman admired by millions - and truly known by no one. For eight years, she remained loyal to a relationship where she learned how to adapt instead of feel. When fate forces her to relocate to South Korea and live under the same roof as Joon-woo - a member of the biggest boy band of the decade - the carefully constructed calm she built around herself begins to crack. Joon-woo sees more than he should. He understands her without words. And for the first time in years, Verity feels safe enough to be herself. Between them, something unplanned begins to grow - quiet, intimate, and dangerously real. Verity finds herself torn between loyalty to her past and a love that no longer asks her to hide who she is. And when the media start linking their names together, the line between private and public disappears. This is a story about love born where pretending ends. About choices that hurt. And about what happens between your thoughts.

Malik "Loc" Carter, a respected hustler from South Central with a cold past and a hot temper, is used to calling the shots in the streets-but not in love. After surviving a near-fatal shooting that shakes his foundation, Malik finds himself caught between two powerful women who each hold a different piece of him. Tiana: A ride-or-die queen who's been down for Malik since day one. She knows his scars, strokes his ego, and showers him in the love he never knew he needed. She's loyal to a fault, but her love borders on obsession, and she refuses to let go-even if she has to burn everything down around him to keep her place. Renee: A quiet storm who just moved into the neighborhood. She's slick with her words, deep with her thoughts, and sees right through Malik's street mask. She doesn't beg, doesn't chase-but she understands him. She reads his pain, hears the words he doesn't speak, and holds a mirror to the man he's been running from. When the weight of his past threatens to destroy his future, Malik is forced to decide: 🔹 Will he stay with the woman who's loved him fiercely for years? 🔹 Or choose the woman who knows his soul-and could be his peace? But love in the hood comes with a price. And in the end, some hearts gotta break so others can beat free.