Love is supposed to be beautiful… it’s the things we accept in the name of love that makes it extremely painful.Brothers Chance and Cortez are opposite as night and day. Chance is ruthless, while Cortez is calm. Still, they are tight as brothers can be and nothing could ever come between them … except a woman.Phoenix and Cortez have been together for years. They go from being high school sweethearts to married with children and building businesses. Their family is picture perfect, but there are certain grudges that Phoenix can’t get over. Tired of running to her friends and family about her relationship, she turns to Chance for comfort instead.Chance has never had the time to settle down with a woman. Building an empire was the only thing that ever mattered to him. After Phoenix married Chance, he vowed to never care for another woman again. Jordan enters his life at the perfect time. Smart and beautiful, she helps Chance to reach his full potential outside of the streets. Yet she is also fighting her own battles. With Chance’s help, she tries her best to overcome them, but it proves to be harder than she ever imagined.Honoring his marriage vows to Phoenix meant everything to Cortez. After making her his wife, he went out of his way to prove his love to her. Once he discovers just how close she was with his brother, he is destroyed. With the help of Gabrielle, his childhood best friend, he starts to piece his life back together.Take a journey with these characters as they try to find peace after love has dealt each one of them a painful hand.