21 parts Ongoing MatureMy name is Alexa Fernandez.
I used to believe in love-the kind that feels safe, predictable, warm.
That's what I had with Steven Cruz.
He was perfect. Too perfect.
But perfection has a way of hiding its cracks.
Behind Steven's gentle smile was a darkness I never saw coming-
a truth that would turn my world inside out.
Then came Samantha.
His cousin. His opposite.
She was everything Steven wasn't-wild, unpredictable, and painfully real.
With her, I felt things I shouldn't have felt.
Things I tried to bury... until they consumed me.
Now I'm trapped between two versions of love:
One that promises safety,
and one that feels like danger-but also, freedom.
Because love has consequences.
And sometimes, the butterflies that lead you into the light...
are the same ones that guide you into the shadows.
But in those shadows, I found something else-
a truth that was never meant to stay hidden,
and a love that refused to die quietly.