VENOMOUS CURE

She hated him. His face, his voice, his smug smile, everything about him grated on her nerves. Every joke he cracked, every prank he pulled, made her blood boil. But, as they say, there is a thin line between LOVE & HATE.

Time passed, and something shifted. She felt something. She tried to stop the feelings creeping in, but they were relentless. And when their teacher paired them for a class project, she saw another side of him. The boy behind the smirk. The one who brought her coffee without asking how she liked it, yet got it right anyway. Despite her best efforts to stop her feelings, she began to fall. Hard.

Somewhere between late-night calls and quiet laughter, they became a couple. It was easy. Natural. For the first time, she felt like life made sense with him in it.

But their destiny is so playful.

He had been accepted to a prestigious program abroad, a silent threat. She couldn't imagine being apart. In a moment of panic, confusion, and pride, she broke it off.

Still, he made a promise: "I'll come back for you."

She clung to that hope like a lifeline. But when he returned, someone else was holding his hand.

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