Strangers, until "Trouble".
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Last published Sat, Aug 16, 2025
"She wasn't supposed to fall for him. Especially not him."
He was off-limits. Always had been.
Priti knew the rules-he was her brother's rival, the one name that shouldn't make her heart race. But when he shows up again, everything she thought she knew begins to shift.
What starts as tension turns into something deeper... and far more dangerous.
Now, she must choose between the life she's always known and the pull of a connection she never expected.
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