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

The universe was created in seven days. My world was destroyed on the eighth.

While in D.C., Axel and I established a pattern. After he returned, showered and shaved from his early morning workouts in his gym room, we laid in his big four-poster bed until nine, discussing everything that was going on in the world—including our plans for the future.

Some of Axel’s talk, like transferring his law studies to UChicago Law instead of going to Harvard, made me pause. True, it would be the optimal solution for us as I had my business firmly entrenched in the Windy City, and there was Vee and Mom to consider. Axel didn’t say much about his dad, but from what I gathered he saw him for a few weeks in the summer and at Christmas, so I didn’t worry about taking him further away from that connection.

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