One Step Ahead or One Step Behind (Completed)
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Nealle is a powerful CEO who has spent her entire life chasing success.
Azi is a restaurant owner who has spent hers learning how to survive.
They come from different worlds, carry different scars, and live completely different lives.
Yet a simple encounter changes everything.
As friendship slowly turns into something deeper, Nealle and Azi begin healing wounds they never dared show anyone else. But with family secrets, painful memories, and a past neither of them fully remembers, love may not be enough to keep them together.
Sometimes the right person arrives at the wrong time.
And sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you're always one step ahead-or one step behind.
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