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The Unexpected

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She swore she'd never fall in love again. Not after everything she survived.

Danaia "Naia" Dolohov is a single mother piecing herself back together after years of being broken... by words, by hands, by silence. Love, for her, has always meant pain, and safety was something she had to build on her own.

Until Aziel "Flynn" Flynn walked into her life.

Gentle where others were cruel. Patient where others pushed. Flynn isn't like the rest; and that terrifies Naia more than anything. Because just when she promised to guard her heart forever, he's the one who makes her feel again.

This is a story about healing, about choosing softness after storms, and about the kind of love that arrives when you've stopped looking.

The most unexpected kind.All Rights Reserved

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What If I Was Nothing?

They loved hard, fought harder, and broke quietly. Ryan and Hannah were supposed to last - the kind of love that survives slammed doors, sleepless nights, and promises said in the dark. But love, as they learned, doesn't always fade in one clean motion. Sometimes it unravels, thread by thread, until you wake up beside someone you no longer recognize. After years of trying to fix what was already gone, Hannah walked away. Ryan stayed - until the silence between them became too heavy to bear. Years later, Ryan has rebuilt his world. A new home. A wife who makes him laugh. A baby boy who carries his smile. He's finally found peace in the wreckage. But when Hannah reappears one morning, holding all the words she never said, both are forced to face the truth: love doesn't die - it changes. And sometimes, the hardest part isn't losing each other. It's learning to live with what remains.