The Weight on Skin: Duet Novel to The Name of Red

She saw him first. She loved him first, but he never noticed her... his best friend.An Amazon Top 15 Asian Fiction & Top 50 in Medical Romance.Eight months have gone by, and Kabir still hasn’t moved on from the woman he loves.He brings home women who are like her every night, but the next morning, he wakes up empty.He has the list of “Things To do” that she left for him, but he doesn't know how to complete them.Because some secrets are too big to bury.Ghosts from his past come forward forcing him to confront himself and his lifestyle.His childhood best friend Nadia had left him and cut off all contact because he fell in love with someone else.But now she returns to his life.She was right in front of him, but he never saw her.Now he's looking.

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"What do you want, Kabir?" she asked,He gave her a small smile that meltedher heart. She only wished he could melt her cold soul at the moment too. Then,he said. "I miss you. I miss my friend, my childhood friend, my best friend,and my other half."Nadia looked away, embarrassed by hiswords.Kabir gulped and continued, "Youweren't simply a good friend. You're part of my soul, Nadia. Every storm that Ihave been through, you were the boat that helped me survive. You were myharbor. How can you abandon me when I needed you the most?"Nadia looked him dead in the eye andsaid, "Because I was tired of being your boat. Because I didn't want to be yourharbor anymore. I wanted to be your storm."

About the Author

Beena Khan is a literary fiction novelist and poetess. She writes literary fiction with edgy, contemporary romance, and women's fiction. She lives in a suburb in Queens, New York in her apartment. She's 27 years old from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. She's an immigrant who moved to New York when she was five years old. She currently holds a Masters Degree in Developmental Psychology from Cuny School of Professional Sciences. She enjoys reading, writing, and netflixing. This is her second novel.

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