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Beneath the Surface

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Reads 124
Votes 22
Parts 16
Time 52m

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Aurora Zahra never believed in fate-only in hard work and the quiet satisfaction of running her café, HaeBakes. But when a stranger walks through her doors one morning, something shifts. There's a familiarity in his gaze, a fleeting sense of recognition she can't shake.  

Will Poulter has spent years in the spotlight, but beneath the flashing cameras and red carpets, there's always been an emptiness he couldn't name. Then, one ordinary morning, he meets a woman who feels like a memory he should remember.  

Drawn to each other yet unable to place why, their lives intertwine in ways neither expected. But when the shadows of their pasts resurface-and an unseen danger begins to close in-Aurora and Will are forced to confront the truth that's been waiting beneath the surface all along.  

Some connections are impossible to ignore.  
Some fates refuse to be rewritten.

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