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

/"Hold on a minute./" Tony, who had no business in the conversation, interrupted my tirade. He inserted his lanky ass between Shondra and me, shielding her like some white knight. /"Whatever she’s done, she seems sorry for it./"

I let out a derisive snort. /"Sorry doesn’t even cover what she is./" I turned to Jameson and physically pulled him away from another damn mistake. /"Jameson, any friend of Shondra’s has to be tainted as well. They’re in it together./"

The woman—Vegas—snapped her head up, scorching me with burning eyes. /"I knew nothing about her using the perfume./" Her countenance softened as she turned to Jameson. /"I didn’t Jae, please believe me./"

Jameson shook his head. He looked like he’d just walked through hot coals and his feet had blistered. /"I always wondered why I fell for you so quickly. I-I knew there had to be something.../"

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