The Broken-Hearted Girl

Rue
After meeting Levi Carrington, he pissed me off so badly, I punched him in the face. We were five.

The next time I saw him, we were seventeen, and he saved me from three racist vultures in his all-white neighborhood who thought a young black girl was easy prey.

He promised that he would always protect me. He didn't.

Twenty years later, I'm still traumatized by how our relationship ended with the loss of our baby.

Levi says he still loves me, and he wants me back.

Well, tough luck, Cookie.

I'll never let any man get that close to my heart. One time was more than enough. Levi will have to get over his feelings because the only thing I'm in love with is my multi-million dollar career. Money has never hurt me.

Levi
I was a little prick when Rue Roberts and I met. What can I say, I was five, repeating the racist words I heard in my family. By seventeen, I'd formed my own beliefs, and I believed Rue and I were made for each other.

Neither of our families wanted us together, but mine was the one that destroyed us.

Twenty years later, a medical scare reminded me what's important in life and Rue was high on my list.

But she's so broken. How can I get her to trust our love again when the first time literally almost killed her?
I had to find a way because I was determined to make her mine again.