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For eight years, Jahanara Viorica De Guzman kept her feelings folded between the lines of her notebooks-
a quiet secret meant only for the boy who once made her believe in warmth again.
Cavero Ryland Chavez was everything she admired from afar-brilliant, gentle, and three years older, the kind of person who made dreams feel reachable. But just when she gathered the courage to say what she felt, he vanished from her world without a word.
Years later, fate leads them back to the same place-but not the same way.
He returns not as the boy she used to admire, but as Professor Chavez, her mentor in a special university program.
Between unspoken memories and forbidden glances, Vio finds herself torn between what once was and what could never be. And when a secret from the past threatens to surface-one that binds them more closely than either expected-
they both must choose: to protect the past they've built, or to risk it all for the love they've both tried to forget.
Because sometimes, the brightest lights... are the ones that fade the slowest.
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STORY STARTED: OCTOBER 10, 2025
STORY ENDED: NO SPECIFIC DATE