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𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐔𝐒

At twenty-two, 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐲 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 has finally started building a life that belongs to her. Motherhood, school, brand deals, new opportunities-and most importantly, a sense of self that doesn't begin or end with the father of her daughter.

Unfortunately, 𝑬𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒎 𝑱𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 has never been particularly good at staying in her past.

To the rest of the world, he's 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐲𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐄-the young rapper whose rising career brought money, fame, women, and a life neither of them could've imagined when they first fell in love back home in Michigan. To Leoniee, he's still the boy who knows her better than anyone, the father of their two-year-old daughter, and the one person capable of getting underneath her skin without even trying.

They've been broken up long enough to know better.

𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕.

Between late-night calls, custody exchanges that last a little too long, old feelings disguised as arguments, wandering hands that have no business being familiar anymore, and a daughter who keeps their worlds permanently intertwined, the line between 𝐜𝐨-𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 gets thinner every time they're together.

Because there was never a question of whether Leoniee and Efrem loved each other.

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐔𝐒.