Paid in Pain

Unique Meshell learned early that love don't come without pain.
At 18, she's on her own in Compton, raising a one-year-old daughter with no help and no guidance-just survival instincts and a heart she refuses to open. The foster system didn't save her... it taught her how to depend on nobody.
Now she makes her money the only way she knows how-fast, detached, and without feelings. In a world where everything comes with a price, Unique keeps it simple:
No love. No trust. Just business.
Until Sevyn walks in.
He's not like the rest.
He doesn't look at her the same.
And he definitely doesn't play by her rules.
What starts as just another transaction slowly turns into something neither of them planned... and something Unique doesn't know how to handle.
Because when you've spent your whole life preparing to be left...
what do you do when somebody stays?
🖤 WARNING:
This story contains mature themes, strong language, and real-life situations.