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For all the right reasons

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Word Count: 1209    |    Released on: 05/08/2021

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by the wintry sun in shades of golden orange had always been a sort of visual p

very morning. He loved it, he loved to watch the sun, to breathe in the moist daybreak

tate of melancholy loomed around him and he supposed it had something

t was his way of healing, his way of dealing with the loss he'd felt. He pushed every

the two sets of twins that made his life mildly miserable and God must h

cook suddenly called, plungi

o see her poking her head in through the do

sir," she announced

the k

oom getting

he should've gone to at least kiss them good night (not that he ever did) but he didn't want t

in a minute, have the nanny bring

elf before climbing down the mahogany stairs to the breakfast table which was a

take the first bite, a scream erupted from somewhere around the house, prompting him to abruptly crane his n

she shrieked like she'd been beat

ng down and throwing herself i

s of a dress and frowned.

eyes that instantly reminded him of her mother. "Loui

unning down the stairs with hi

athing glare. "He di

d n

ed, pointing one fran

ot back, pushing

d t

d n

d t

d n

cob cut in, turning to gl

f this was actually his son or some dem

push your sister in

rying to look affronted but Ja

d. "So are you s

kwardly at him

is house, certainly, it wasn't Peggy or the

zing his not-so-thought-out plan had

ding him with a slight glar

ulders in defeat. "I did it but it w

wrong with b

friends at school always make fun of Theo

being black, okay, so just apologize to your sist

yes. "I'm sorry" he admitted, bu

uffed, folding her tiny arm i

r," he added and that seemed to do the trick becau

all

es

she had already pressed her little hands on his chest and pushed, l

that'

lled, getting up a

between them and trying to stop them both from running in

oui barked, almost at

il!" He snapped, managing to get a hold on his shirt bu

running in circles and when Loui stretche

d,

reached for her, and just like that, they went tumbling down

er horrified laugh as she watched the break

and wiping off the honey that dripped down his he

it," Lucile bellow

d n

mn who started it,

d, craning his neck to stare at the ch

groaned out i

throat awkwardly. "The

and turned to his kids wh

nto the seats or I'll personally throw yo

yelled, giggling as they

s face. "God,

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“Worlds collide when Nia Edwards; a struggling black woman - comes across Jacob Harvey; a widower and full-time father of two who returns from his journey of self-preservation and no doubt falters into her life without due warning. This causes a stir in the balance of both contrasting worlds and for the first time in a long while, Nia feels a glint of true happiness. However what she fails to realize is that nothing comes without a price, and sometimes, we aren't willing to pay the cost.”
1 Chapter 1 Prelude2 Chapter 2 The story they never tell3 Chapter 3 Pain4 Chapter 4 The choices we make5 Chapter 5 Home6 Chapter 6 Silent sufferer 7 Chapter 7 Dirt and dirt8 Chapter 8 The trouble with you 9 Chapter 9 Saved by you 10 Chapter 10 Not even God11 Chapter 11 Heart throb12 Chapter 12 Just how desperate13 Chapter 13 Bruised ego14 Chapter 14 Blame it on the vodka15 Chapter 15 Ding dong16 Chapter 16 Married