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Playing With Fire [Short HIATUS]
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"The heart seeks what burns the soul."
Ian Mercer is a charming playboy and top engineering student at Kialan Polytechnic College-used to easy wins, fast flings, and walking away before things get complicated.
Then comes Zayne Alcott: wealthy, cold, composed, and impossibly sharp. A rival. A mystery. A man who starts showing up when Ian least expects it, asking questions he doesn't want to answer.
What begins as irritation turns into something far more dangerous: familiarity. Affection. Pull.
Ian tells himself it's just proximity. Just a shared project. Just a coincidence.
But in a story where emotions blur and motives unravel, Ian finds himself tangled in something deeper than rivalry-a game where every move could be a mask, and every glance might mean more than it should.
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