Amanda Alana Perez
Amanda is a 24 years old lawyer, she's half Spanish and half Nigerian. She used to live in California before she had to move away. Amanda had friends in California, friends she couldn't say goodbye to. Amanda was still a young girl before they moved away, she was 15, so her parents didn't tell her why she had to leave her second family without even a last hug but she later found out , she was already too numb to even blink an eye
Amanda is currently working at a law firm in New York. Not wanting to go back to California so she doesn't run into the people she misses the most she choose to stay in New York after relocating back from Africa. Her first group of friends and her only real friends(except her current best friend) were her peace amongst all her troubles but she just left them, she abandoned her happiness. She couldn't bring her self to search for them because of the guilt eating her up, but what happens when an unexpected client enters her law firm cause his company is in need of New Yorks best lawyer and she just happens to be the one?
Abraham Luca Russo
Abraham is an oil and gas merchant, he's only 26 years old. He is a feared and known man in New York because he had what every man wanted the most; power, connections, wealth and everything you could think of. His support system were his 2 friends, his mom, his little sister, his twin and her old pictures. He hated her for leaving him but everyone knew he could never hate her, in fact he was in love but he was just angry.
After she left he changed, his joy and motivation was gone without even a goodbye or a hug. He never knew why she left, no one knew, he knew he could find her if he wanted and he did but did she want to be found? does she want to see him? Does she remember him? Was all he could think about.
His life crashed by just the disappearance of one person but she wasn't just anyone to him, she was his light, his strength and his breath, she was everything.
Layla Campbell • four years after her boyfriend dies she's left to raise her three year old by herself. Her job allows her to provide everything necessary they may need, but she won't allow herself one thing: love, which goes against the promise she made.
Lorenzo Romanoff • struggling with finding his reason to keep going and stop drinking. The day he meets his brothers lawyer and her little boy that changes. He finds his reason to resist temptation.
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"I don't want you to leave me." His fingers stop brushing my hair when my confession leaves my lips.
"I don't want to leave you, but I have to. I'm sorry, I'm so fucking sorry." I grip his hospital gown and let out my silent cries as my body shakes. His arms tightens around me trying to comfort me, he knows nothing can. He's dying, and nothing is going to stop that.
•••
"I do that a lot, you can't fool me." He says in a softer tone.
I clear my throat and look away, the way he's looking at me's making me feel like he can read me as clear as a book, "Do what?"
He gets closer to me making my eyes flicker to him, "You don't have to pretend Layla."
For some reason it feels though as if I should whisper, "Who said I was pretending?"
"Your smile," he murmurs, his eyes drop to my lips making a frown settle on his face. "It's so beautiful when you smile," his finger runs along my bottom lip, "but this one? Darling, this one is fake."