Shattered Walls

Two different worlds. Two broken souls. One thin wall between them.

Moving into the university dorms was supposed to be a fresh start for Tessa. After the tragic loss of her father and a haunting past that left her deeply traumatized, she wants nothing more than to blend into the background, survive her classes, and keep her secrets locked away. She is shy, quiet, and fighting a silent battle every single night.
Then, she meets Brian.

Brian is the university's ultimate paradox: ultra-wealthy, effortlessly popular, but wrapped in a dark, dangerous aura. To spite his billionaire father, he lives on the edge, running with a crowd he shouldn't trust and racing motorbikes in the dead of night.
They belong to completely different worlds. They should have been nothing but strangers.
But when a dangerous coincidence forces their paths to cross, Brian steps into Tessa's life, shattering her carefully built walls.

Turns out, they are next-door neighbors. What starts as a forced proximity behind closed doors quickly turns into late-night encounters, whispered confessions, and a fierce, unspoken need to protect one another. Brian is determined to shield her from the dangers lurking in his life, completely unaware that the darkest ghost Tessa is running from... is the one hidden in her own past.
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