𝓘 𝓜𝓘𝓢𝓢 𝓨𝓞𝓤 𝓢𝓞 𝓑𝓐𝓓, jj maybank

time changes everything,
but some things never really fade,
𝓢𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝗪𝐀𝐘 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊.

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𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 . . .

𝐉𝐉 𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐊 had never been the kind of guy to dwell on the past-until
evelyn covey disappeared without a word, leaving nothing but questions
and a hollow space he never learned how to fill.
for five years, he convinced himself it didn't matter, that she was just another
person who left, just another thing he couldn't hold onto.
but when she shows up again, looking different yet somehow exactly the
same, everything he buried comes rushing back.
resentment. curiosity. something deeper he refuses to name.
because if there's one thing jj knows for sure, it's that evelyn never left without
a reason-he just doesn't know if he's ready to hear it.

𝐎𝐑 . . .

𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐘𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐘 spent her childhood with jj maybank, always the quiet
observer to his wild antics, always the one who kept him grounded.
at 11, everything shifted. she disappeared from the Outer Banks without
a trace, leaving behind unanswered questions and a broken heart.
five years later, evelyn returns, determined to build a life for herself outside
of the shadows of her past. but the island-along with jj-has a way of pulling her back in.
as she reenters the world of treasure hunts, family secrets, and the undeniable
pull between her and jj, evelyn must face the truth about why she left in the first
place and whether she's ready to rewrite her story with him.

© 𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐬, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝.