Bruised
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Last published Fri, Apr 25, 2025
Rei Tanaka is a legend inside the cage-undefeated, untouchable, and unbreakable. Wealth, fame, and fear follow him like shadows. But beneath the surface of his carefully built empire lies a past he never speaks of... and a name he's never forgotten.
Sora Hayashi once promised she'd never leave him. She was his light in a world full of violence. But when her abusive father died, she vanished, leaving Rei alone with only silence-and a heart that learned to grow cold.
Five years later, Sora is barely holding her world together. Struggling to pay off her father's crushing debts while raising her younger brother, she's forced into a job that brings her face-to-face with the man she thought she'd never see again.
But Rei isn't the boy she left behind. And forgiveness doesn't come easy for the bruised.
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