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"We're not supposed to feel this way, William," Mary whispered, her voice trembling. "You and I... we were never meant to happen."
William's jaw tightened, his eyes dark and unreadable. He stepped closer, close enough for her to feel the warmth she was trying so hard to forget.
"And yet here we are," he said quietly. "Still choosing each other when we know we shouldn't."
Mary shook her head, blinking back the tears she refused to let fall. "This-whatever this is-will destroy us both. You know that."
A bitter smile curved on William's lips, soft but filled with ache. "Maybe," he murmured, his gaze tracing the pain in hers. "But I'd rather be ruined by you than live pretending I never felt this at all."
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Mary Rose Salazar never believed in second chances-especially not in love. As the daughter of one of the most powerful CEOs in the Philippines, she learned early on to hide her heart behind ambition and control. But when her path crosses with William Harrington, the elusive heir from London with a past buried in secrets, her perfectly guarded world begins to crumble.
William isn't the kind of man who falls easily. Cold, composed, and devastatingly charming, he's the type who smiles without warmth and loves without promise. Yet something about Mary-her fire, her wit, the way she sees through his silence-pulls him into a story he never meant to write.
In a world where fame, pride, and legacy mean everything, fate dares to intertwine two souls from opposite worlds.
Because sometimes, love isn't about choice-it's about what you're willing to risk when fate decides for you.