Before she became a bestselling author, Lucretia Salustiana Miranda was a scandal. A girl with too many journals. Too many observations. Too many pages dedicated to the same person. When her private writings were exposed, the world did not see a young writer documenting her emotions. They saw an obsession. They saw fixation. They saw a stalker. Suddenly, years of silent affection became evidence against her. Friends turned away. Classmates whispered behind her back. Strangers judged a story they had never bothered to understand. Unable to escape the accusations, Lucretia left. She crossed oceans with nothing but unfinished manuscripts and a heart that had already learned how to live with loneliness. Years later, she returned as a literary phenomenon. The girl they once mocked had become a name known around the world. Yet despite the fame, the awards, and the millions of copies sold, one secret remained hidden between the lines. Every novel she had ever written was still about him. The same boy. The same memories. The same love she never confessed. And now fate was about to place him back into her story.