When Was Love A Good Thing?
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Last published Wed, Oct 22, 2025
Lua Carvalho absolutely HATED men.
Stereotypical, right?
But it all comes crashing down when she starts falling for him. Her enemy.
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"Sometimes you make me think if I squint long enough at you, you'd disappear. I tried though. Should've worked." I said with a smirk.
"You drive me crazy, жена."
"I still don't know what that means."
"Good."
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When Lua starts falling for her sworn enemy, she's got to keep it a secret.
When Rodion never told Lua she was his dream girl, he's got to keep it a secret.
When both sharp-tongued people start thinking about love, that's rare. They insult each other until someone gets hurt.
Lua's dark past and Rodion's care when she needs it is all it takes for a flicker of love to unfold.
×WARNING! DEPRESSION, SH, PARENTIFING, AND MAY CONTAIN FOUL LANGUAGE!×
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"̶Y̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶l̶o̶v̶e̶ ̶h̶a̶s̶ ̶g̶o̶t̶ ̶m̶e̶ ̶g̶o̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶c̶o̶u̶l̶d̶n̶'̶t̶ ̶i̶m̶a̶g̶i̶n̶e̶.̶"̶ 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵'𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲, 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗛𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱. 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝘆𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗹𝘆, 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁. 𝙀𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀- 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡. 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡, 𝙍𝙤𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙣'𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙙. "̶B̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶l̶l̶e̶n̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶t̶e̶r̶r̶i̶b̶l̶y̶,̶ ̶I̶ ̶g̶u̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶'̶l̶l̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶r̶n̶.̶"̶
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