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Chardonnay Johnson spent her whole life being the perfect preacher's daughter - quiet, obedient, and hidden from the world her father called "sin." Fresh out of beauty school and ready to build a life of her own, she finally feels like she's stepping into her future.
Until Khalil Carter steps into her life first.
He's everything she was raised to fear: a smooth‑talking Ninth Ward hustler with a reputation that makes grown men nervous. Cold eyes. Sharp tongue. A presence that fills a room before he even speaks.
And for reasons she can't explain, he's everywhere she turns.
What Chardonnay doesn't know is that Khalil didn't find her by accident.
Her father owes him a debt - a dangerous one - and Khalil plans to collect by using the one thing Pastor Johnson loves most.
Her.
But the more time he spends with her, the more his plan starts to unravel.
Chardonnay's softness gets under his skin. Her smile disarms him. Her innocence becomes an addiction he can't shake.
Possessive turns into protective.
Obsession turns into something he can't control.
She was supposed to be leverage.
She becomes the one thing he can't let go.
And when the truth comes out, both of them will have to choose:
loyalty to the life they knew... or the dangerous pull of the one they found in each other.