Half-Forgotten Flame
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When her beloved grandmother falls ill, Khalista is forced to step in as a live-in maid for a wealthy family. Only to find out the house belongs to Kean, her ex from a long-forgotten puppy love. Now schoolmates by day and strangers by night, they're forced to tiptoe around a secret that could shatter their carefully crafted worlds. Kean acts like he doesn't know her, and Khalista plays along because exposing the truth could mean losing the job she needs to protect the only family she has left.
Khalista has always lived in the quiet care of her lola, the only real parent she's ever known. Her father died before she was born, and her mother left her behind without a second glance. Torn between the desire to find her and the deep-rooted resentment she holds, Khalista hides behind her art and baking. Her personal havens of comfort and peace.
Kean, on the other hand, lives in a house filled with silence and riches. With absentee parents who try to buy his love with gifts and credit cards, he's learned to rely on the people who raised him. His trusted driver and two maids. Passionate about photography and fond of capturing fleeting moments, Kean masks his loneliness behind a golden smile and an insane talent at Mathematics. His weakness? A cold carton of chuckie and a memory he thought he'd buried; Khalista.
As secrets simmer beneath the surface and unresolved feelings start to resurface, the lines between past and present blur. In a house filled with rules, routines, and roles, will this half-forgotten flame burn out for good or ignite something neither of them expected?
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