Strawberry & Cigarettes
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  • Parts 61
  • Time 6h 45m
Complete, First published Jul 15, 2023
Mature
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Xaliana Ali 

XALIANA is a married women. She's from Afghanistan. She was forced to marry AYAAN  because she was caught having a  relationship with a village boy. They have been married for 4 years, she was 17 then, now  she's 20. She's very bubbly without her narcissistic 48 year old husband. 

Xaliana went to her friend Isadora mansion but when Ayaan called her to come back she couldn't walk in the night of New York streets alone so isadora called her brother to get Xaliana home. But she didn't even know isadora has an older brother..

{slow burn} 

D'Angelo Ace   

He's an TSA ASSASSIN, (top secret assassin) he works for the government as a secret assassin. His brutal job made him have an empty heart for anyone. He has power because of his job and intense powerful demeanor.

He has a younger sister that he rarely sees because of his travels and missions, but he tries to come home at night so she feels safe.But one late night Isadora woke him up to drop her friend...he didn't even know she had friends..but he could care less about her friends. 

•••

"Show me" Angels eyes soften into mine

Why?" 

"I want to see how many times you needed me and I wasn't there." 
••
My breathing sightly stopped when I see the pregnancy test in Ayaans hand. Oh no.. 

"Who's child is this?" his eyes darken at me and stepped forward.

"Yours" I lied

"YOU never had sex with me!"
••
Angels sanpaku eyes stared sharply at mine and I returned it with my almond shaped eyes. He was leaned against his car staring at me. his friends stared at me too.

"You sure? My brother can drop you off" Dora said as all his friends whistled. 
HE doesn't know I'm married. "No my husband will"
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