Her Hopeless Desire

Her Hopeless Desire

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Seraphine lived a life so ordinary it almost faded into the background-quiet mornings, crowded hallways, days that blended into one another without leaving a mark. She never believed fate had plans for someone like her. Until she met him. He appeared without warning, always at the right moment-when she was lost, when she was struggling, when she needed help the most. His presence felt warm, familiar... yet impossibly distant. Every time Seraphine tried to step closer, to ask his name, to turn fleeting encounters into something real, something went wrong. An interruption. An accident. A twist of cruel timing. As if the world itself was determined to keep them apart. All she was left with were fragments-his voice, his kindness, the way her heart raced whenever he was near.
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