We were something
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"If he ever finds out how fast my heart beats when he's near me... I'm doomed."
"If she gets any closer, I'm going to forget why I'm pretending not to care."
Claire never expected her quiet life to clash with Archer- the school's most unreadable mystery. What starts with playful pranks turns into late night thoughts, missed chances and a silence that grows too loud to ignore. One misunderstanding changes everything.
five years later, they meet again- older, colder and still unfinished.
They were something. But can They ever become something again?
one misunderstanding. 5 yrs apart. A love that never left.
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