Alani, a quiet 17-year-old stoner from Missouri, finds an unexpected connection with Zaire, a guarded boy from her neighborhood. Together, they navigate life, love, and the chaos of their world.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴-𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. "𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦, 𝘒𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘯." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘶𝘮. "𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵, 𝘛𝘎." (𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲😬)

"ℂ𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪 𝕙𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕤 𝔹𝕦𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕤 𝕤𝕔𝕒𝕣𝕪." All rights reserved. It shall not be reproduced or used, in any manner, without the written consent of the publisher. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. © Copyright © 2025 Rosemadeit444\

'𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋 𝐌𝐄 𝐃𝐎 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐌𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐀𝐘 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐃𝐎.

"You gon' let me fix your plate, or you gon' keep actin' shy?" Nyomi Williams moved to Rosenberg , Texas to heal-not to fall for the town's most eligible country bachelor. Kingston Ridgewood is tall, chocolate, and soft-spoken, but under that quiet charm is a man who knows exactly what he wants. And what he wants... is her. But with a two-year-old daughter, family drama, and a heart still bruised from her past, Nyomi's not sure she can handle a man like King. He's not sure he'll take no for an answer.

"Maybe it was a sign when we crossed paths"

Two childhood friends, separated by life, find their way back to each other years later. What's starts as something familiar quickly turns into something deeper-but growing up changes everything, and love isn't always easy the second time around.

She wasn't looking for love-especially not from an NBA star with the world at his feet. But when their paths collide, her guarded heart begins to crack. In this raw and emotional urban fiction story, a Black woman battles the shadows of her past while navigating the intensity of a love she never expected. Can she let go of what broke her to embrace what could finally make her whole? Ready for a rollercoaster of emotions?? This is HEALING✨

𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘪 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. © 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟨， 𝐊𝐈𝐂𝐊𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐎𝐑 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗏𝖾𝖽．

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