Carpe Diem
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Book 2 of The Carpe Saga
[This story is a sequel to Carpe Noctem. This is mainly canon-divergent and includes mature themes (e.g. relationships, sex, self-harm). Please proceed at your own discretion.]
A decade after they bade each other goodbye at the century-old lodging they once called 'home', a twist of fate brings Ri Jeong Hyeok and Yoon Se Ri together again in Zürich. They are ten years older than the last time they saw each other, and they learn how time has changed each of them.
With the irrevocable present holding both of them back, is it possible to let love bloom once more?
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