Sarah Costa has built her entire life on staying small. Small risks, small choices, small hopes. Working shifts at her uncle's bar , she learned nothing came the way it did without a price. Love, trust, stability. Those luxuries are for people who don't grow up dodging chaos. So she keeps herself guarded, grounded, and far away from anything that looks like it could hurt. The Ashleigh Rossi walks in. Sharp, elegant, and impossibly out of place, Ashleigh is everything Sarah never lets herself want. Wealthy, self-assured, and hiding a loneliness behind her polished smile that mirrors Sarah's own. Their worlds should collide and end there. But they don't. Instead, ine unexpected moment turns into another. Ashleighisn't like anyone Sarah has ever known. And Sarah; raw, stubborn, and honest--is everything Ashleigh never expected to want. As their connection gorws, Sarah's instinct is to run, convivnced she doesn't belong in Ashleigh's world of private drivers and whispered secrets. But running only reveals the truth she fears most. This strange, fragile thing between them feels likeescae. Like a way out. A way forward. A way to finally breathe. But escape comes with choices. And Sarah has never been good at choosing herself. Can Ashleigh help fix that?
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