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Maeve Allen isn't the kind of girl you save.
She's the kind you stay away from.
Silent. Cold. Untouchable.
Everyone knows who she is. And more importantly-who she belongs to.
Stepdaughter to Mark Allen, raised in a family that destroys everything it touches, Maeve learned early that girls like her don't get happy endings. So she doesn't speak. Doesn't feel. Doesn't let anyone get close.
Because anyone who does... gets burned.
But Joe Gibson doesn't listen to warnings.
He sees past her silence. Past the walls she built just to survive. And instead of walking away... he stays.
Even when he knows exactly where she comes from.
Even when he knows she'll ruin him.
Because Maeve doesn't need saving.
She needs someone who stays when everything falls apart.
And Joe Gibson is willing to burn with her.