Burden of Denial
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IVY has spent her life guarded, broken, and numb, surrounded by lies she can't escape. Trust is dangerous, love is forbidden, and her heart feels like it's already dead.
Then he appears-mysterious, magnetic, impossible to resist. He awakens every emotion she buried, every longing she thought she had lost, and ignites a fire that consumes her from the inside.
As Ivy struggles to face her past, fight her demons, and navigate a world that keeps letting her down, she discovers that some connections can heal, destroy, and change everything in a single, devastating moment.
Love wasn't meant for her-but burden of denial proves that when it finds her, it leaves nothing untouched.
Started writing the story : July 25
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