Rules of the Game (Hearts in Bloom, #1)

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝙄'𝙢 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘵." 𝘑𝘢𝘬𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥. "𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜? 𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭?"
𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. "𝘍𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦."
"𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘦," 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳. "𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘮𝘦."
"𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵."
"𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥," 𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘳𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. "𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥."
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What begins as a staged romance to reshape their public personas unravels into something achingly real. But love, like the night sky, is never simple. Misunderstandings rise like storm clouds, and ambition threatens to pull them apart. Until one daring confession under the stars forces them to ask: can love and dreams coexist?
Their story is one of constellations--moments of courage, longing, and discovery, woven into a romance that dares to defy the gravity of expectations.
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