Two men. Two women. Two couples. Too many secrets.
Axel
I can have any woman I want, except for the one who has broken my heart more than once.
Jameson
When I fall, I fall hard. The woman I yearn for can't be mine, and if even she could be, she would never accept my secret.
Shondra
Big girls don't find love easy and it takes a special man to handle what I dish out. Too bad my soulmate hates the sight of me.
Vegas
Love has alluded me for so long, until one night, I meet the perfect stranger who turns everything around. Trouble is, he's taken.
A story filled with humor, heartbreak and angst, follow these characters on a journey to discover if love can really be everlasting.

Paying For It

Shondra spotted me as soon as I stepped into the hallway and her beautiful green eyes, sharp with intelligence, watched me from over Jameson’s shoulder.

/"What’s going on?/" Tony whispered. He stood behind me, not daring to peek his head out of the doorway in case he got hit in the crossfire.

/"The day of reckoning is happening, dude./" I leaned against the doorjamb, arms crossed with a smile full of teeth. Shondra’s parlor grew ashy with worry, and she bit the plump bottom lip I’d kissed a thousand times.

Yeah, I ached for her still. But I’d crossed the thin line of love and hate that night in December when she played me for a fool. Bitch brought me low... lower than when she left me in DC six years ago. I hadn’t gotten over it. I doubt if I ever would.

/"I used the perfume on him, Vee. I wanted to make sure he was legit./"

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