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Caged in Paradise (2nd Draft)

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It's 1996, Maya and Koa live on an island.  In their wealthy community of rich families they find love and complications. They get involved in their family businesses, making quite the mess. Keeping their entangled relationships a secret becomes a challenging feat in the luxurious but gruesome world they call home.

Maya finds herself caught up in a romantic whirlwind involving Koa, the island's richest and most spoiled 18-year-old. As exes mix with best friends, things get even messier... when Koa's previous crush starts showing interest in Maya. It's a drama-packed situation that needs untangling.

( Disclaimer, I'm writing this story for practice purposes ONLY. So all feedback is welcome! This is the second draft of Caged in Paradise. I'm writing another version and taking my Tiktok audience along the way, learning about story structures, character arcs and so much more! I share everything on my Tiktok about the process. I'll think about publishing it officialy!)

(Also there are some other topics in this version that I haven't been able to adress properly, like the bisexuality/gay part of this story in 1996... just look over it HIHI!!!!)All Rights Reserved

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A delayed flight. A stranger at a hotel bar. A one night stand. Stranded in New York for an extra night than planned due to a delayed flight, I needed to find a way to keep myself occupied, and I soon found that something. It was easy enough when the handsome stranger introduced himself to me as Kade. It has been a while since I have had a hot one-night stand, and he reminds me how fun it can be. There are no questions, expectations or reasons to see one another again. What I don't expect is our night together to come around and bite me in the ass. When I arrive at a family dinner with my parents and two older sisters to celebrate my return home to Scotland, he is sitting right there with them. Not only is he my father's new business partner, but he is my sister's blind date set up by my parents. We pretend to be strangers because things would become complicated if we didn't. No one ever needs to know about what happened between us. My dad would freak out if he found out about us because he is overly protective of me as the youngest, and with the age gap between Kade and me, my father wouldn't approve. My relationship with my older sister is already strained; I don't need to make things worse between us. Even though he doesn't seem interested in her and he tries his best to show that it could still make all hell break lose. My sister hates losing. She always gets what she wants. I should stay away from him, but it is easier said than done with the tension and chemistry between us, and we struggle to fight against it. No matter what happens, it needs to be our secret to keep.