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Beneath the Smoke

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Reads 8
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Parts 2
Time 11m

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Tessa never planned to stay long.
A small-town return was supposed to be temporary-a breather, a pause button. She works part-time with her mom, full time at her day job, keeps to herself, and blends back into the familiar rhythm of old streets and half-known faces. But things shift the night she catches the eye of a man she never imagined would look her way. He's older. Untouchable. Complicated. And yet, there's something in the way he lingers near her, something in the silence between them that speaks louder than words.

What begins as subtle glances and offhand comments quickly becomes a quiet storm-one she never saw coming. As Tessa walks the line between what she feels and what she knows, she finds herself on a raw, unfiltered journey of unexpected love, self-realization, and the awareness that some connections burn fast... but leave embers long after.All Rights Reserved

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