WICKED LOVE

They weren't strangers.
They just stopped meaning anything to each other.

Controlled. Detached. Unyielding.
Nikolai Salvatore learned early that loss makes you weak. When his father died, he let go of everything that could hurt him-including Adelle Dubois.
Years later, she's still there, best friends with his sister Nadya, never crossing the invisible line they drew between them. Until one decision forces them too close, too often, and ignoring her is no longer an option.
Because Adelle was never the problem. Feeling something for her was.
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Independent. Restless. Tired of pretending.
Adelle Dubois never needed closure-just a reason.
She spent years making peace with Nikolai's distance, with the way he shut her out like she never mattered. But now, the tension is impossible to ignore, the space between them closing faster than either of them wants to admit.
Because the past still lingers.
Because the wrong things still feel right.
And because some people were never meant to stay in the background.
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🔥 Tropes Included:
• Grumpy x Sunshine
• Forced Proximity
• Childhood Friends to Almost Strangers to Lovers
• Best friend's brother
• Slow burn