Interlude

People run away, love doesn't.

The woeful life of Rose Barnes is showing no signs of improvement. She's alone in a new city, drowning in debt, with dwindling job prospects. It only gets worse when she finds herself right in front of the one person she has been terrified of meeting again.

Dev Malhotra, son and heir to an illustrious real estate family, is on his way to extravagant success. Memories of the only girl who could make him nervous, seem far behind. Then suddenly she appears. But she's changed. Her spirit is wounded.

Battling the chaos of her life isn't easy for Rose. But it's even harder to fight her feelings for Dev that are spiraling out of control. Not to mention, even eight years haven't made Dev any less protective of her.

The thing about fate is that when the story seems to end, a new chapter begins...

A standalone, friends to lovers, second chance romance.