Where Logic Ends, Love Begins.

*The Girl Who Believed in Logic*

For as long as she could remember, **Florence Cleo Santos** believed in only one thing.

Logic.

Facts.

Science.

Numbers.

Because numbers never lied.

Equations always made sense.

For every action, there was a reaction.

For every cause, there was an effect.

Simple.

Predictable.

Safe.

People, however?

People were complicated.

Unpredictable.

Dangerous.

They said things they didn't mean.

They made promises they couldn't keep.

They loved today and left tomorrow.

That was why Cleo trusted logic more than emotions.

Because logic never broke hearts.

Love did.

And if there was one person who represented everything Cleo disliked-

it was **Travis Ryan Windsor**.

The campus golden boy.

Basketball captain.

Engineering genius.

Mr. Popular.

The kind of guy who smiled and everyone looked.

The kind of guy girls talked about.

The kind of guy Cleo avoided.

Because boys like Ryan didn't notice girls like her.

And even if they did-

it never meant anything serious.

So when Ryan Windsor suddenly stood in front of her one afternoon-

smiling like he had all the confidence in the world-

and said the most ridiculous thing she had ever heard-

Cleo genuinely thought he had lost his mind.

"Cleo," he said softly.

His eyes never leaving hers.

"Pwede ba kitang ligawan?"

Silence.

Then-

Cleo blinked.

Once.

Twice.

Then flatly answered-

"...May pustahan ba kayo?"

Ryan froze.

"...Aray."

And just like that-

the boy who never lost on the court

met the girl who refused to believe in love.

Neither of them knew-

their collision would change everything.

Because sometimes-

love begins exactly where logic ends.

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