𝕽𝖔𝖘𝖊𝖘 𝕭𝖊𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕲𝖚𝖓 🥀 She lives beneath the spotlight. I live behind it. Valerie Voss has everything people dream about-fame, beauty, money, and a life where every mistake becomes tomorrow's headline. But fame comes with a price. Threats. Obsession. Strangers who know far too much about her. So when her world becomes dangerous, she's given a bodyguard. Sloane Mercer. Cold. Blunt. Unimpressed. And absolutely determined to keep Valerie alive. The problem? Valerie doesn't want a bodyguard. And Sloane doesn't want to babysit a celebrity. They clash at every turn. Every argument becomes a battle. Every glance lasts a second too long. What starts as resentment slowly becomes something neither of them is prepared for. Because sometimes the person standing between you and danger... becomes the person you're most afraid to lose. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒕... 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆.

𝓘𝓽 𝓐𝓵𝓵 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓦𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓐 𝓖𝓻𝓾𝓭𝓰𝓮 🖤 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓'𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. Before the anger. Before the betrayal. Before the years of silence. Veronica and Astrid were childhood best friends who thought nothing could ever come between them. They shared secrets, dreams, and promises that they would always be there for each other. Until one day, Astrid moved away. No explanation. No goodbye. Years later, Astrid returns-but she's no longer the girl Veronica remembers. Now, Veronica is an underground legend. A fearless illegal racer who lives for speed, danger, and the thrill of leaving everyone behind. She's reckless, stubborn, and carries a grudge that has only grown stronger with time. Astrid has become a fighter-tough, determined, and impossible to intimidate. With her motorcycle beneath her and her fists ready for anyone who challenges her, she's built a life where she doesn't need anyone. Especially not Veronica. When their paths collide again, the friendship they once had is replaced with rivalry. Every race becomes a battle. Every argument brings back old wounds. Every glance reminds them of what they lost. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚'𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘. But the more they try to destroy each other, the more they realize the feelings they buried never really disappeared. Because sometimes the strongest grudges are born from the deepest connections. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕... 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓸𝓹𝓹𝓮𝓭 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰. 🖤

𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝔀𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓢𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓴𝓮𝓹𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮. 𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓪 𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓶𝓾𝓻𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓲𝓽𝔂, 𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓮𝓭 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓫𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓼 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓮𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓫𝓸𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓬𝓵𝓾𝓮𝓼. 𝓦𝓪𝓻𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓼𝓬𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓻𝓲𝓯𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓽? 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓸𝓹𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓻. 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓷𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓭. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝔂. ༺🖤༻ 𝓑𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓴𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓷 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮. 𝓢𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓷𝓪𝓶𝓮. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓪 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓼𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓲𝓷𝓭.

Mali never planned on falling in love with her brothers best friend. Phoenix never planned on letting her get this close. But when emotions surface and defenses crumble, the truth becomes unavoidable: some connections are powerful enough to heal you, and dangerous enough to ruin you. Solace explores the fragile line between comfort and heartbreak, the fear of emotional intimacy, and the way loving someone can feel both like home and like standing on the edge of something you might not survive. © 2025 @talkfasterr. All rights reserved. This story is an original work and may not be copied, reposted, or adapted without permission.

Naomi Brooks is eighteen and just beginning to figure out who she wants to be. Between college, her friends, and her family, she's slowly building a life of her own. She isn't looking for love, and she definitely isn't looking for anything that could complicate the future she's only just starting to imagine. Then there's Elliot Kingsley. Twenty-one, confident, charming, and the son of a man who owns one of the city's biggest companies. Elliot grew up with wealth, expectations, and a family name that comes with its own rules. Naomi and Elliot have nothing in common. At least, that's what they think. Until one family dinner changes everything.

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Jakari and Devontae go from bestfriends to opps to...? Sequel to His Favorite

Rich means having a lot of money in a bank account. Wealth is owning the bank. Bella comes from a family who avoids feelings, empathy, emotions and all other issues. Their family is a business transaction and has been that way for many years before she was born. She's the sole heiress to the first Black owned global Airline, her life is a masterclass in untouchable, multigenerational luxury. As a senior at the illustrious Spelman College, she is carrying the unbearable weight of her father's sudden death. She is left alone to deal with her cold and distant mother and her older brother who is stepping into a new league of adulthood. Young, newly drafted Kairo Henderson is a self-made millionaire and a hometown hero who just signed a beautiful contract with the Atlanta Falcons. He represents the loud, celebratory and paparazzi filled life of 'modern' success. He has no clue what a multi billion dollar trust fund looks like and he's never had to sign an NDA just to enter a room. 2 sides of the same coin collide during one night of platonic passion and leaves the pair in a twist of fate and a turn of intense love. Bella decides if she can survive the public spotlight of Kairo's reality or if her family legacy will pull her back into the suffocating silence of old money. Book 2

Soul Maurielle is quiet, introverted and to herself. She's been spoiled her whole life and has had everything handed to her, whether it was from her father, a respected drug kingpin who passed when she was 18, or her twin brother Shilo who followed in the footsteps of his father. Soul isn't new to the 'street life' she hates it and all that it brings. That life did nothing but take from her family. Her brother on the other hand loved the fast life and the quick money that came with, so he followed in the footsteps of their father bringing drama to her door when and wherever. Trap has never been one for many words, he allowed his actions to speak through all that he did. And boy did his actions speak. Trap is a popular loner, so many have been around him but not many knows who he his. Even those closest to Trap barely get more than 5 words from him at a time. He handles his business and goes about his day. Trap is deep in the life, had been since he was 15. Virgil, the father figure Trap never had, was the man who took him in and introduced him to the life. His mom had been struggling with bills, his sister, who was on her school cheer team, had no way to get her gear and he had one option. Turn to the streets, one of his boys had been bragging about the fast money he was getting and Trap needed that, his boy introduced him to Virgil and it was off from there. The 2 are one and the same, both quiet, reserved and to themselves. But Soul isn't looking for love, let alone a man that's in the same life she lost her dad to. She hates the life and everything that comes with it, so why can't she just leave this man alone? Book 1 Started: February 12, 2026 Finished: August 11, 2026

When Selené Cortez told her crime boss fiancé that she would rather die than marry him, she meant every word- she just wasn't expecting him to call her bluff. Now, making his bodyguard, Anya, fall in love with her might just be the only thing that will save her life.