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She built a life on her own terms.
He became everything the world wanted.
Alina Ramirez was only 18 when she got pregnant by rising NRL star Kotoni Staggs. They never became a couple. Never even really tried. Instead, Alina chose independence - raising their daughter while quietly building a powerhouse real estate career in Brisbane.
Years later, she's twenty, successful, and fiercely protective of the life she's created. Kotoni, now a celebrated team captain, is freshly out of a high-profile engagement - and suddenly the media is watching everything.
One kiss.
One photo.
And the story they buried years ago explodes into headlines.
As paparazzi close in and social media turns them into a spectacle, Alina and Kotoni are forced to confront the truth they've both avoided: the connection between them never faded. It only grew stronger - deeper, more complicated, and impossible to ignore.
At the centre of it all is Isabella, the daughter they both adore - the one thing they got right from the very beginning.
Between stadium lights and quiet mornings, public scrutiny and private vulnerability, MEDIA FRENZY is a slow-burn romance about second chances, choosing honesty over fear, and discovering that sometimes the family you never planned is the one that feels most like home.
Because love doesn't always start the right way - but it can still be real.