Aleshiya Nicole David is an independent woman. She's already 20 years old. Before, she's a happy-go-lucky person, approachable, and kind but after the tragedy and nightmares came to Aleshiya's life, she became distant and cold to every person she's having an interaction with. Well, except to her friends Luis Matteo Vasquez and Lara Creigh Carreon.
Hindi siya masisisi dahil sa nangyari sa kaniya because the day when her boyfriend, Lexus Matthew Carson, broke up with her due to unknown reason, her parents died. Pinalayas siya ng mga gahaman nilang kamag-anak sa kanilang lupain at pamamahay. Kinuha lahat ng ari-arian nila at mga damit na lamang ang kaniyang nakuha pati na rin ang iilang damit ng kaniyang mga magulang.
She was mad. Halos isumpa na niya ang mga taong nagdulot ng matinding sakit at pasakit sa kaniyang buhay. Wala siyang matatakbuhan kaya naman she decided to go to Manila.
After five years, kahit papaano ay nakabangon siya sa pagkakalugmok. She have her own condo and car. She's also working in one of the prestigious company in the country which is the LMC Corporation. She works here as one of the manager under the Accounting Department.
Her life is peaceful and okay not until her ex-boyfriend, Lexus, wants her back.
What she will do then?
Will she allow him to enter and be part of her life again even he caused her so much pain for no exact and valid reason in the past?
Luke has been in love with his best friend, Taylor, for too long now and it's getting difficult to be around him. He knows it's time to move on and find someone who can make him happy, but he feels like that will never happen, not with the way Taylor has his heart...
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Being in love with your best friend is hard. Luke Peterson knows this better than anyone else, as he's agonized over his feelings for Taylor Schofield for the past five years. So when he meets the handsome and confident Will Carson who wants to help him get over Taylor, it seems like the perfect chance for him to move on. But can Luke truly give Will a chance? Or will his heart always belong to his best friend?
Content and trigger warning: This story contains descriptions of suicide and homophobia.
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Cover designed by Holly Thurston