Love We Never Said

They were never meant to fall in love.

Ava White and Kevin Ashton were born into two empires at war-rivals in business, heirs to legacies built on competition and silence.
In college, they were just Kevin and Ava-two hearts laughing in shared secrets, two souls who fit too easily.
But timing was cruel.
And love doesn't always arrive when you're free to choose it.

Kevin fell for Stella Ross-sunshine, gentle love, soft promises.
And Ava hid her feelings behind smiles, jokes, pink dresses, and the name she whispered for him only in her diary:
Teddy.

One drunken night after graduation changed everything.
One wedding shattered what was left.
And one accident destroyed the world they thought was safe.

Now grief ties them closer than love ever did.

Ava is the only one who can pull Kevin out of the darkness.
Kevin is the only one who sees the pain Ava tries to bury.
They heal each other slowly-quiet mornings, shared breaths, wounds stitched with laughter and tears.

But the world still sees them as enemies.
And the media is already asking questions.

How long can two broken hearts hide the one thing they never stopped feeling?

This is not a love story that begins with falling.

It begins with waiting,
breaking,
returning-
and finally,
choosing.

Content/Trigger Warning: This story contains scenes of violence, and mentions death and suicide attempt