Chapter 221

Sometimes home finds us when we aren’t looking…

Devante Soles

Laurel Springs was nothing more than a dot on the map when I decided I needed a change from the fast pace of Atlanta.

I’m more surprised than anyone when I look around one day and realize I have friends who have become family, a city that’s become a home, and a girl who decided to make me believe in love.

Unlike me, her past follows her here.

A community that I once never thought I’d have comes together with me to save her.

Eden Murphy

Chicago wasn’t for me - the bright lights, the embezzlement, the gun shots. I never felt safe there. Little Laurel Springs, though? It’s everything I hoped it would be and more.

My coffee shop, A Whole Latte Love, isn’t doing well, but I’m close to turning a profit.

And Devante? Well, he’s more than I ever could have asked for.

But Mario? He’s the one I didn’t count on coming back and demanding what I stole…

Chapter 221

Devante

“I’m scared.”