ALEX

I love Elijah. I really do. But Noah… he’s everywhere I shouldn’t want him to be. Every look, every brush of skin, every touch—it pulls me closer to a temptation I can’t deny or rationalize. One puzzle piece on my wrist doesn’t fit, and I can’t shake the feeling that Noah holds the answer. I should walk away. Instead, I find myself needing to make sense of it all—but do I really want to open that door? Because once I do, there’s no going back—not from the truth, not from desire, and not from the damage it could cause. Loving Elijah is supposed to be enough… but is it?

NOAH

Some truths are too dangerous to speak. Loving Alex is a mistake I can’t afford to make. He’s taken, complicated, and dangerous to my carefully guarded secrets. Every time we’re together, the line between right and wrong blurs, and the past I’ve buried threatens to surface. If Alex ever learns who I truly am—who I was meant to be to him—it won’t just break his heart. It will break us both.

In a world of lingering exes, hidden desires, and forbidden attractions, love is never simple. Desire doesn’t ask permission, loyalty is tested, and hearts don’t come away unscathed. Secrets have a way of shattering everything we believe about love, family, and fate. Sometimes love is the storm… and sometimes it’s what’s left after the rain.

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Book Two of a duet. Cannot be read as a standalone.
This story continues the events of Awkward Silence (Book One), which must be read first.

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