EPHEMERAL
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Last published Sat, Dec 13, 2025
"You hate me, remember?"
"I don't hate you, Rosalia. Hate's too easy."
"Then what is this?"
"This... is me losing control."
Rosalia Carson built walls out of words, chasing truth like it was her only lifeline. Cray Smith built walls out of steel, a man feared for all the right reasons - and for every wrong one. She exposes secrets. He buries them. They were never meant to collide.
But the more he pushes her away, the closer she gets. Every clash sparks fire, every secret pulls them deeper, until hate tastes a little too much like desire.
Enemies can't stay enemies forever.
Not when the slow burn turns into an inferno.
And in the end, both of them learn the cruelest truth of all - happiness is only ever ephemeral.
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