Almost Twenty-one

At sixteen, Kaia made a choice that would haunt the next five years of her life.

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Staying at her sister's house for college, Kaia never expected to catch the attention of David--the kind, gorgeous, charming, older man, and completely out of her league from down the street who looked at her like she was the most fascinating woman he'd ever met. There was just one problem: he mistook her for a woman in her twenties. She didn't correct him. Instead, she let him fall for a lie. So when he began talking about flights to visit her and the promises of a future together, the weight of her deception became too much, and so Kaia made the cruellest choice of her life-she pushed him away without explanation to protect her secret and to save him from embarrassment.

Five years later, Kaia is twenty-one and miserable, trapped in a safe but loveless relationship she doesn't want. She's convinced herself she made the right choice. Until her sister's engagement party changes everything.

Kaia believed she would never see David again. David's best friend is getting married to her sister, which means David will be at the wedding and she will have to face the man whose heart she crushed to protect a secret that no longer matters. But the David she finds isn't the same one she left behind. He's successful now, confident. And completely in love with someone else. At the same time, Kaia is finally single, finally the age she pretended to be all those years ago-and finally ready to fight for what she wants.

But some chances don't come twice... or do they?

Started: Tuesday, July 15, 2025(3:32 a.m)

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Disclaimer: Doesn't contain smut! Just a pure fluffy romance book