Da'Leah knows better than to fall for someone like Maeson-charming, wealthy, and dangerously confident. But when the enigmatic Jamaican music producer and businessman slides into her DMs, she finds herself drawn into his world: secrets, mystery, and undeniable attraction. Their online connection leads to a real-life encounter that changes everything.
Maeson has built his success from the ground up, but beneath the surface, there are things that could threaten everything between them and shake the foundation of any relationship. Da'Leah, fueled by her shares of challenges, ambitions, successes, and the desire for a softer life, challenges him at every turn in ways no one else has, refusing to be another conquest in his story.
With a shared history neither of them realizes, and tensions rising between love, ambition, and the hidden truths they both carry, they must decide whether their connection is a spark worth nurturing or a fire destined to burn them both. In a world where trust is hard to come by and emotions run deep, can they truly give in to their guilty pleasures or will things tear them apart?
"You're wonderful." I whispered.
"And you're lovely." He whispered back, voice equally as quiet. Harry leaned over and kissed my cheek, so light that I almost didn't feel it.
"Why lovely?" I asked.
For a while, he was silent like he tended to be when he was thinking.
"To be lovely means to be exquisitely beautiful. The word itself seems rather basic to me. But its definition tries to make it more, and that's what reminds me of you. You are exquisitely beautiful, but you're so much more than that. We need more words to describe you, June, but for now, lovely will work."
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alternate universe
Content Warnings: mentions of death, occasional alcohol use, and strong language
**this story is very soft. sorry, no smut!