Found My Smile Again
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Last published Mon, Apr 13, 2026
NFL superstar Carson "Midnight" Mayers has it all; the promising career, supportive family and friends and more money than he could've ever imagined. He's on top of the world until a scandal threatens to derail everything that he's worked so hard for.
Acacia Thornton is a newly appointed third-year associate at one of New York's top black owned law firms. She's regarded as a shark defense lawyer in the making, but beneath the fierce career woman façade lies a bed of ugly secrets.
Find out what happens when the two cross paths in the unlikeliest of ways.
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𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧-Snake or someone who's fake. The world has rules but all Shy wanted to do was play by her own rules and finish her last quarter of college but unexpected shifts happen and she ends up moving from Saudi Arabia all the way to Brooklyn to be a Physical therapist for one of the rudest players on the Brooklyn nets. Not only does Shy have to deal with the disrespect but she has to deal with the constant disapproval from her parents and watch anyone who appears fake. Carter has been on the giants for three years his career had just started so when he learned the team was giving him some rookie he made it his mission to let her know she was unwelcome. He only wanted to play ball again he could care less about the Green teammates and hoes that lurked his way his eyes was on the money and he felt like Shy was in his way only way to get back on track in his book was to get a new therapist by any means necessary.
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