The Space Between Heartbeats
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The Space Between Heartbeats
Kylie Cantrall lives loud. Known on campus as Baddie Cantrall, she's bold, magnetic, and always at the center of the party - fearless on the outside, guarded where it matters most.
Malia Baker feels everything deeply. Quiet, thoughtful, and emotionally grounded, she's still learning how to move forward while carrying the weight of loss and love that never really leaves.
They start as strangers - a brief hallway collision, a forgotten moment... until fate throws them together again at a crowded party neither of them expected to matter.
One glance becomes curiosity.Curiosity becomes tension.And tension becomes something neither of them knows how to name.
Because sometimes love doesn't arrive all at once...Sometimes it grows slowly, in the silence between heartbeats.
⚠️CONTENT WARNING⚠️: Mature emotional themes, strong language, party settings, alcohol use, and romantic content. Reader discretion advised
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