Finding Adelaide (Grumpy x Sunshine)
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He was never supposed to want her. Now he'll burn the world to keep her.
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Adelaide Ramos knows what it's like to be unwanted.
She's spent her whole life being ignored, torn down, and made to feel like she takes up too much space.
So when she's thrown out with nowhere to go, she doesn't expect a stranger on a park bench to become the person who changes everything.
Especially not Cassian Dunne.
Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.
A man everyone is afraid of-and a man who doesn't let people get close enough to matter.
Cassian has rules.
Don't get attached.
Don't let people in.
Don't save anyone.
Then Adelaide walks into his life.
She's loud when she should be quiet, curious when she should be afraid, and far too kind for the world Cassian lives in.
He tells himself she's a problem.
He tells himself she'll be gone soon.
He tells himself he doesn't care.
But somehow, Adelaide keeps ending up under his protection.
And the more Cassian tries to push her away, the more dangerous one simple truth becomes:
He cares.
And anyone who tries to hurt the girl he can't stop protecting is going to find out exactly why everyone is afraid of Cassian Dunne.
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