The women in her world are given three choices. Be perfect. Keep secrets. Or run. At nineteen, Meerab Alarcón chose the third - leaving her family, Los Angeles, and Murtasim Khan behind. In that order. Eight years later, he walks back in like he belongs there. A man who notices everything, says nothing, and refuses to leave. She has two rules. Rule one: nobody gets close enough to hurt her. Rule two: Murtasim Khan is not an exception. She just can't figure out why rules are suddenly so hard to keep.
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