Second to Forever

Aelith Sorelle is the kind of girl who carries quiet storms within her-soft-spoken, observant, and far too brave for someone who's always on the verge of breaking. Transferring into a new university wasn't just a change of place for her-it was an attempt to rebuild a life she barely had control over. She keeps her distance, guards her heart, and tells herself she's only there to survive.

Then there's Caedryn Valez.

Brilliant. Composed. Unreachable in ways that make people admire him from afar but never truly understand him. A top medical student with a future already written for him-and a love story everyone believes in. The kind that started in childhood, the kind that feels permanent, the kind no one dares question.

He is steady where Aelith is fragile. Certain where she is lost.
And yet, somehow, they collide.

What begins as unnoticed glances and accidental encounters slowly turns into something deeper-something dangerous. Because Aelith, despite knowing there's a line she was never meant to cross, finds herself drawn to him in ways she cannot explain.

She was drowning in him.

In his presence.
In the way he listened.
In the moments that felt too intimate to be called nothing... but too wrong to be something.

And the worst part?

She knew he would never be hers.

But some feelings don't ask for permission.
And some hearts... don't know when to stop.