Evelyne's life is going down hill. Penniless, pregnant, alone and to top it off, the man who ruined her life thirteen years ago decides to come back to town and live in the house next door and work in the same hospital she's set her roots in for the past four years. Will the actual truth come out among all the secrets and misunderstandings of the past? Or will everything stay hidden and just out of reach from the truth? ❝𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗.❞ ❝𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗, '𝙸'𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚎'?❞ A slowburn, childhood rivals, to enemies, to friends, to lovers. Started- 10.08.23 Finished- 05.01.24

" I don't even like you like that." Her face scrunched up in disgust watching water drip from curls in his hair. " 'Cause you love me. Just like I love you." He retorted with a grin, disregarding the deflecting she was doing. --- They were two sides of the same city-until one move split them down the middle. Elijah and London were inseparable once, bonded by childhood summers, beat-up bikes, and secrets too deep for anyone else to know. Unfortunately, when Elijah's mom packed up and moved her family across Onyx to a rival neighborhood, everything changed. She always thought when she spoke to him again he would've changed like her. She was witty, sarcastic, and had a low tolerance, but he was still the same calm , sweet, cute boy with a heart the size of the sun. Some things haven't changed. Some things never change. The pull between them, the memories that still burn etched marks in their brain, and the words they never said out loud. In a world where loyalty can be life or death, and love isn't always enough to cross old lines, Elijah and London find themselves circling each other again. --- STARTED; MAY 26th, 2025 PUBLISHED JUNE 6th, 2025 FINISHED; SEPTEMBER 27th 2025