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The Habit of Us
"Some love stories begin with fireworks. Ours began with a forgotten notebook, shared cups of coffee, and a seat by the library window."
Aurelia Bell Valez has always lived a life planned to perfection. As the elegant heiress to one of the country's most influential families, everyone expects her to follow the path laid out for her. Yet beneath the polished smiles and designer clothes is a young woman who finds peace not in grand ballrooms, but among the quiet shelves of a university library. A third-year BLIS student and student assistant, Aurelia believes books are easier to understand than people-because books never leave.
Lucian Cael Landez has a different world to carry. The heir to a renowned medical dynasty, a top Medicine student, and the captain of the university basketball team, his days are filled with expectations, pressure, and responsibilities. To everyone else, he has the perfect life. But behind every victory is a young man quietly searching for a place where he can simply breathe.
One rainy afternoon, a forgotten notebook brings them together.
What starts as a simple act of kindness slowly turns into shared mornings, quiet conversations, late afternoons in the library, cups of vanilla iced coffee, and countless little moments that neither of them realizes are changing everything.
They never planned to fall in love.
It happened in the spaces between "Good morning" and "See you tomorrow."
But sometimes, the strongest love isn't built through grand confessions.
Sometimes, it's built through habits.
And when life begins to pull them in different directions, they'll have to discover whether love is enough to hold on...
...or if the hardest habit to break is loving someone you're destined to lose.
Because some people become your home so quietly... that you don't notice it until they're gone.