We Could've Been
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Last published Sat, Jun 28, 2025
Seven years.
That's how long A'mira Carter loved Tariq Banks faithfully, deeply, and without question.
And with one text, he ended it.
No explanation. No warning.
Left heartbroken and drowning in memories, A'mira spends months picking up the pieces of a love that felt unbreakable. But just when she finally starts to heal, glow, and breathe again...
She meets Tyree Ellis , a man who doesn't just want her body, he wants her whole soul.
Now a year later, with her peace restored and heart finally safe, guess who wants her back?
Tariq.
Ragged, regretful, and realizing way too late that what they could've been...
Was everything.
But A'mira?
She's not the same woman he left behind.
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