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Just From Afar

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𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘵, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦. 

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳.
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A childhood crush doesn't go very far and everyone knows that.

But fate has something else in store for Ray Adams, when she finds herself face-to-face with Caiden Hale, her supposedly unreciprocated childhood crush again.

Blessed with a second chance, what will become of Ray's feelings. Will she confront them, or bury them away like always. 


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