31 parts Ongoing Iris Blu has never believed in happy endings. At eighteen, she carries the scars of a childhood shaped by her father's abuse - and his sudden disappearance has left questions she can't bring herself to ask. All she wants now is peace, a chance to heal while her mother, Lauren, finally finds love again. But peace is shattered the moment Iris meets her new stepbrother.
Mateo Cruz has learned to live with absence. His mother walked out of his life years ago, leaving him with nothing but a name and an ache he never talks about. At twenty-two, he's built walls of ambition and control, determined to prove he doesn't need anyone. Until Iris walks into his home - fragile but fierce, broken but unyielding.
Drawn together by pain, bound by secrets, and torn apart by loyalty, Iris and Mateo discover a love neither of them can resist, even as it risks tearing their families apart.
Some wounds never heal. Some bonds should never be broken. And some loves... you're never meant to survive.*