We Were Everything Once
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Last published Sun, May 25, 2025
I loved him before he knew what love was. Now he hates me for something I didn't do.
Zoe Kim has always been invisible-except to Jace Montgomery. Her childhood best friend. Her secret first love. Her safe place.
But everything changed sophomore year.
Now he doesn't speak to her.
Now he hurts her.
Now he makes sure she remembers every single day that she doesn't belong in his world anymore.
He thinks she betrayed him.
She thinks he broke her.
The truth? It's somewhere in the wreckage of everything they used to be.
When the boy who once swore he'd never hurt her becomes her worst nightmare, Zoe tries to disappear into the shadows. But Jace can't stop watching the girl he lost. And as their past unravels, so does the hate between them-twisting into something neither of them are ready for.
But love isn't always soft.
Sometimes it's bruised.
Sometimes it's broken.
And sometimes, it's buried under the rubble of who you used to be.
[Friends to Enemies to Lovers | Unrequited Love | Childhood Best Friends]
[Short Story | Quick Read]
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