Back Where It Started
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Last published Tue, Sep 23, 2025
She came home to heal.
He's been waiting to claim what his.
After a broken engagement, Sierra Williams swore up and down she was done with love, commitment, the whole relationship scene, Done with men who make promises they can't keep, done with the city her world was shattered in, just done. So she decided, when the going got tough, to pack it up and run.......Run back to familiarity- home.
What she didn't plan on was Malik Eric Beauchamp A.k.A "Bo".
Her childhood friend is all grown up, bigger, Broader, Bold and hotter than a July night in the countriest part of Louisiana. And the way he looks at her? Like nine years of quiet patience just snapped.
Malik 'Bo" Beauchamp has always respected her choices, even when it killed him. Now Sierra's single, and he's done watching from the sidelines. This time, he's making sure she knows he's an option. Setting the pace. Making her burn until she begs for something only he can give.
She swore she wouldn't fall again.
But when the slow turns to scorching, all bets are off .............Or is it?
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