Threefold Trouble

Celeste Nicole Ferrer never really looked for anything beyond the ordinary. She lived her days the way she liked them. Simple, steady, and uncomplicated. People came and went, and she never found a reason to hold on longer than she needed to.

Until Sebastian Royce Ashbourne Landford.

Sebastian is not loud, not obvious, but he has a way of existing that makes it hard to ignore him. He doesn't try to get close, yet somehow, he always ends up near her-like a presence she keeps noticing even when she tells herself not to.

It starts with small moments. Brief encounters. Unspoken glances that last a second too long. Silence that doesn't feel empty when they're in the same space.

Nicole doesn't understand why he lingers in her thoughts more than he should. She tells herself it means nothing. That it's just coincidence. Just passing interaction.

But Sebastian is never accidental.

And the more their paths keep crossing, the harder it becomes to pretend that what's forming between them is nothing at all.

Because some connections don't ask permission.

They simply happen.

And when they do... there's no going back.