Everything We Are Not
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Last published Mon, Jul 7, 2025
"You flirt like it's a limited-time offer."
Preston blinked. "I do not."
Benjamín smirked. "You said I was pretty."
"You are," Preston replied, automatic. Then paused. "...Statistically."
"Ah, yes. Statistically pretty."
Preston Aldridge lives in a mansion, wears a flawless smile, and follows every rule his father etched in stone. He's the guy everyone expects to impress-but he's starting to wonder if perfection's just another prison.
Benjamín Reyes keeps people at arm's length behind sarcasm and late-night snacks. He's used to being a footnote in other people's stories-until Preston writes him into the margins.
They weren't supposed to meet. They definitely weren't supposed to matter to each other. But one summer changes everything.
Secrets simmer. Expectations crack. And Preston and Benjamín find themselves tangled in something neither of them planned for-something real.
Perhaps love is found in everything they are not.
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