A Love that Never Was
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This is a beautifully heartbreaking love story of unspoken feelings, missed chances, and the quiet agony of waiting.
Manila, a woman so scarred and scared to be loved, is forced to confront the truth she never saw coming-the truth buried beneath a thousand rejections.
But love doesn't fade with rejection-it lingers, it aches, and sometimes, it waits. And when the truth finally comes to light, will it be too late? Or was love always meant to be found in the spaces between a thousand goodbyes?
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