authorcnecole
A Letter to the Readers Who Stayed
Hey, shugs.
I was looking at Only If You Stay and realized something.
11.3K reads.
338 stars.
Eighteen chapters.
Every one of those numbers represents someone who chose to spend a little time in a world I created.
Thank you.
Life has been life-ing, and while I haven't updated in a minute, I never want y'all to think I've forgotten this story.
I haven't.
I haven't forgotten Nahlej and Ziya.
And I definitely haven't forgotten the readers who stayed.
Lately, I've been building.
Building my craft.
Building my brand.
Building the life I've been praying for.
Every lesson. Every setback. Every prayer. Every page.
It all led me here.
I write the stories I needed to read.
Stories about healing.
Stories about Black love.
Stories that remind us that being loved doesn't have to hurt.
And knowing that some of y'all found pieces of yourselves in these pages means more than you'll ever know.
This isn't goodbye.
This isn't the end.
If anything, it's the beginning.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you for believing in me.
And thank you for staying.
With love,
C. Nécole
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