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    Two rivals, raised on opposite versions of pressure, one starved of love and the other suffocated by it, find themselves entangled in something they were never meant to feel.

    What begins as a reckless, secret arrangement turns into years of almosts and maybes, stolen moments and unsaid truths. Ilya doesn’t believe love stays. Shane isn’t sure he’s allowed to have it. Still, they keep coming back to each other—through distance, mistakes, and the kind of silence that hurts more than words.

    It’s messy. It’s fragile. It’s inevitable.

    Because no matter how hard they try to let go, some things don’t end.

    Some things wait.

    Language:
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