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Heartbeat of the Thames  by dear_maicakes
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In the high-pressure world of nursing school, where every heartbeat is monitored and every clinical grade counts, one resilient dreamer, named Lumiere "Lumi" Evangeline S. Reyes, is fighting a silent battle between her past and her future. Having survived a journey through deep depression and the weight of harsh criticism, she has finally found the strength to let go of a six-year unrequited crush and the courage to confess her feelings to someone new. However, her path to happiness is cluttered by a web of her own making: a three-year "fake relationship" she invented just to satisfy the relentless pressure of her peers. ​As she balances the grueling demands of her studies under the watchful eye of an aunt who views a nursing license as a one-way ticket to London, she finds herself caught in a whirlwind of emotional confusion. With her heart firmly set on the horizons of Europe and a vision of a life far beyond her current struggles, she must now decide if she can untangle her lies and embrace a new love without losing sight of the ambitious dream she has sacrificed everything to achieve.