Whispered Love, Heard Too Late

She was starving.
She was exhausted.
She was invisible in a city that never looked twice at people like her.

Winter Kim had nothing-no home, no money, no hope. But what she did have was her pride. And when Karina Yu, a woman as breathtaking as she was ruthless, tore into her with words as sharp as knives, Winter refused to crumble.

Their first encounter was laced with venom, an unspoken challenge simmering between them. Winter loathed everything Karina stood for-wealth, arrogance, privilege. And Karina? She barely considered Winter worth a second glance.

Until fate threw them together again.

A single moment. A single mistake. A single golden bracelet that could change everything.

In a world where love and hate are divided by a razor-thin line, Winter and Karina will push each other to the edge-until one of them falls.

But by the time the truth is spoken, will it really be too late?

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Cover art credit goes to my best friend.

Original Story.