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Two souls caught in their own solitary orbits until they inevitably clash...
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Following the rigid path of your own obligations, you find yourself at the University of Sina. Junior year is supposed to be a good one for you. No drama, no stress, and definitely no guys. In an instant, Jean Kirstein threatens all of that.
He is everything you try not to be. Cynical, arrogant, and kind of an asshole.
But sometimes the things you've been avoiding end up being the things you've been needing.
Caught in the delicate gap between shadows and incandescence, nothing is certain. And nothing will ever be the same again.
This is the story of two hearts trying to beat in synchronicity. Of two people desperately trying to exist in the space between each other amid the chaos within themselves.
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