After Stars Fade
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They say love is patient. Love waits. Love finds its way back. But what if love never really chose you in the first place?
Akala ko kapag mahal mo, sapat na. Akala ko kapag may hint ng "what if," worth it pa rin ipaglaban. Pero minsan, kahit anong effort mo, kahit gaano mo siya kamahal-wala pa rin. Hindi ikaw ang pipiliin.
This is Amara Loraie Santos' story; of choosing him again and again, until she realized... she was losing herself in the process.
Before she found herself-there was him. An academic achiever, always excelling in school, but when it came to love, she was lost. She knew how to write an essay, and meet everyone's expectations, but love? That was a lesson she could never quite get right.
And just when she was learning to let go, someone else came along; Zephiro Sebastían Mariano. Someone who saw her, chose, and stayed for her.
But he came at the wrong time.
In the wrong season of my life.
Is he the one I've been waiting for, or just another lesson I have to learn the hard way?
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