Invisible Ink
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Last published Tue, Sep 9, 2025
Some feelings are written in invisible ink hidden until the right person brings them to light...
Mary never expected her enrollment day at Digital Code Institute to change everything. Sleep deprived and clutching her dreams of becoming a National Geographic photographer, she was just another IT student trying to survive college.
Then she met Caleb the quiet boy with headphones perpetually around his neck, fellow IT student carrying secrets heavier than his textbooks.
What started as a simple question about an empty seat turned into stolen glances, shared coffees, and late-night conversations that neither of them saw coming. But as their friendship deepens, both Mary and Caleb discover that opening your heart means risking everything including the carefully constructed walls they've built around their past.
"...behind that confident voice was a façade of nervousness, like a secret written in invisible ink."
Can two broken souls find healing in each other's company? Or will their own fears and hidden traumas keep them from the love they never knew they needed?
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