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Chapters (58)
  1. Full Page Image
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Important Note:
  5. ~ Ground Zero ~
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. ~ Absolutely ~
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. ~ Someone To Feed It ~
  17. Chapter Ten
  18. Chapter Eleven
  19. Chapter Twelve
  20. Chapter Thirteen
  21. Chapter Fourteen
  22. Chapter Fifteen
  23. ~ I’ve Got You Now ~
  24. Chapter Sixteen
  25. Chapter Seventeen
  26. Chapter Eighteen
  27. Chapter Nineteen
  28. Chapter Twenty
  29. Chapter Twenty-One
  30. Chapter Twenty-Two
  31. ~ Him ~
  32. Chapter Twenty-Three
  33. Chapter Twenty-Four
  34. Chapter Twenty-Five
  35. Chapter Twenty-Six
  36. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  37. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  38. ~ As I Fall ~
  39. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  40. Chapter Thirty
  41. Chapter Thirty-One
  42. Chapter Thirty-Two
  43. Chapter Thirty-Three
  44. Chapter Thirty-Four
  45. Chapter Thirty-Five
  46. Chapter Thirty-Six
  47. ~ The Luckiest Girl In The World ~
  48. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  49. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  50. Two Months Later
  51. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  52. Chapter Forty
  53. Chapter Forty-One
  54. Chapter Forty-Two
  55. Six Months Later
  56. Chapter Forty-Three
  57. Acknowledgments
  58. Also by WS Greer

“Speak of the devil,” he says as he smiles and rises from the loveseat he was in. He asks two women to excuse him as he steps past them to get to me, and in front of everyone, Nas takes me by both hands and pulls me in for a kiss. The group of women swoon, releasing oohs and ahhs into the air, but the sound fades away as we kiss. When we pull away, I’m breathing hard.

“Hey,” I say, beaming like a kid on Christmas. He just did that in front of all of these women who are lusting after him.

“Hi. I’m so glad you could make it,” Nas says, before spinning around and addressing the group. “Everyone, this is the woman we’ve been talking about quite a bit today. She’s who Aria is based on. This is my girlfriend, Alina.”

My heart roars with elation as the group of women turns around and starts to clap. Most of them look at me with happiness in their eyes, and although I can see envy in some, I’m completely unbothered, because Nas just announced that I’m his girlfriend. He just told everyone that Aria is based on a real person, and has practically placed the billboard around my neck, telling everyone that I am his.

I look over at Keisha, and even she claps along with the group, smiling at me with an “I told you,” look on her face. All I can do is smile back and give a nervous wave to the group, before kissing Nas again. We smile at each other as he takes a step back and offers me his hand to take.

“Come with me,” he says, and I proudly and gladly obey. Nas takes my hand and leads me to the loveseat, where both of us sit down as the applause fades out. I can still feel my blood rushing through my veins like a firehose as Nas places a hand on my knee, and asks the group, “So, are there any more questions now that our leading lady has arrived?”

A hand goes up from a woman seated on a beanbag directly in front of us. She lights up when Nas points to her, but tames her smile so it’s not too obvious when I look at her.

“This question is for Aria—I mean Alina,” the woman says, and I could scream with excitement. “How does it feel being with someone as brilliant as Nasir? Oh, and does it bother you that he based Aria on you?”