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In the heart of 📍𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐄𝐌 where everybody knows your name and secrets don't stay secret for long, Inaya moves different. Brownskin, quiet but not weak, smart enough to peep game before it's played on her. She doesn't chase boys, and she definitely doesn't fall in love easy.
Notti Osama doesn't lose.
At least that's what he tells himself.
When a bet is set between him and Inaya's older brother Kaylen, it starts as a joke - $200 to see if Notti can make Inaya fall in love with him. No feelings. No attachments. Just prove a point.
There's only one rule: she can never find out.
What was supposed to be a simple game turns complicated fast. Because the more time Notti spends with Inaya, the harder it becomes to remember why he started in the first place.
And the worst part?
She's the only one who might actually be telling the truth.
In a borough where loyalty means everything and betrayal spreads faster than rumors, one secret could ruin it all.
And love?
Love was never supposed to be part of the bet.