𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧

"She never asked to be chosen second. He never asked to love soft."

Ka'Lani Simone Harris spent her whole life watching boys pick her brownskin twin, Imani, first. Every text, every glance, every "you cute but..." - it all ended the same.

But when Juelz Amir Thompson steps into her world - quiet, tattooed, hood-smart, and realer than any man she's known - he flips her entire mindset. Only... Ka'Lani ain't sure if he really sees her, or just another shadow of her sister.

Juelz got demons. A past that moves quiet but dangerous. And love? That shit was never part of the plan. But Ka'Lani pulls something out of him nobody's ever touched - not his exes, not his block, not even his blood.

Now the city watching.
Girls throwing shade.
Secrets resurfacing.
And his enemies? They don't like seeing him soft.

But love like this? Ain't soft.
It's bold. It's bruised.
And it refuses to be background.

This ain't no fairytale. This is hood love