La douleur exquise
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la douleur exquise
(n.) the heart-wrenching pain of wanting the affection of someone unattainable
"I've been a mess. I know it was wrong but I can't help my feelings for him, he made me feel like the happiest girl, but he hurt me the most. He's just so intoxicating, everything of him is. It just hurts knowing I won't ever be able to be with him."
Sixteen year old Kristie Tate never knew what love was. Although she had a pretty normal life, her life soon goes for a turn. She meets a friend of her eighteen year old cousin Jace whose name is Patrick, his friend seems to see interest in her. Unfortunately, things happened and Kristie was left with devastation and a heartbreak. Will Kristie move on? What happens with Patrick? or what happens to both of them?
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