Courtney is a marketing executive with a big dream - to land a major brand deal and make a name for herself in the business world. But when she finds herself going up against the mysterious and powerful Dywane, she's not sure what to expect. At first, he seems like an adversary, but as they work together, she starts to see another side of him. And before she knows it, she's falling head over heels for him. But as their relationship grows, so does the danger. Will they be able to make it through the storm, or will their chance at love be.

The day dragged on like an unending siege, the afternoon sun bleeding through Courtney's window in a dull, merciless gray that mirrored the turmoil churning in her soul. The silence in her apartment was a suffocating shroud—not serene, but laden with the ghosts of unspoken regrets, each breath she took a labored defiance against the weight pressing on her chest. Dwayne's brief message from that morning lingered like a phantom touch, unanswered and unanswerable, his absence a void that echoed the passion of their night together. She hadn't replied. How could she, when her thoughts were a battlefield of guilt, confusion, and fear—tendrils of emotion twisting like vines around her heart, strangling any clarity?


Chapter 53 - Chapter 53— Public Deceptions