Mariah is an aspiring author, currently working for an online dating company. She's happily married until she comes across Saint, one of the companies newest investors, who has her questioning her faith in her current relationship. Little does she know, the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

❝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙞𝙣'𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚. ❞ - short story. started: october 24, 2022. ended: n/a

𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 © 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 "𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲." 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐲𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐲𝐧'𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲. 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐲𝐧'𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭: 𝟏𝟑𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟗

Paris has always been the perfect student, athlete, and friend. He's got his whole life planned out, and nothing is going to stand in his way. But when he catches the eye of Aalijah Mashire, one of the most powerful men in Memphis, his life takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly, Paris finds himself caught up in a world of dirty money and criminal activity. He's tasked with laundering Aalijah's money through his small clothing business, or risk losing everything. But as Paris becomes more involved with Aalijah, he realizes that there's more to the kingpin than meets the eye. As the two men grow closer, they must navigate a dangerous world of secrets, lies, and betrayal. Paris is torn between his loyalty to Aalijah and his desire to protect himself and his business. And Aalijah must decide whether he's willing to risk everything for the man he's come to love. "Dirty Presidents" is a thrilling romance that explores the dark side of love. It's a story of two men from different worlds, brought together by circumstance, and the lengths they'll go to protect each other. And like always, there will be danger lurking around every corner.

❛𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. ❜ -𝖮𝖭𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝟿𝟿𝟿, ©. 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸. 𝐁𝐗𝐁. 𝐶𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑦 ＠𝑛𝑎𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑡．

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑚𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ. 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛! 𝑆𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝐹𝐶 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑀𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑛 😩🤎. 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠!

" 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐒 𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐋 " - 𝐑𝐨𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝘬𝘥𝘨 𝘹 𝘬𝘷.

| 𝐚𝐡 • 𝐠𝐚𝐡 • 𝐩𝐚𝐲 | 𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞; 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʏ 𝟾 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟸 ᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ | ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ 𝟸𝟺 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

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