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She arrived at the city, already dreading it.
After her parents' divorce Scarlett Hawthorne was pulled away from her ranch mornings, open fields, horses and usual routine. She was forced to trade everything she has ever loved for a loud, cramped city life that felt too polished, too temporary
Scarlett knew she was already counting down the days until graduation - until she could return home for good.
Then she saw him.
Cole Baxter was once ber older brother's best friend, the boy who lived on the other side of the ranch and disappeared without goodbye. Years later he barely recognises her. She wishes she did too.
Now a senior with university offers looming over him, Cole seems perfectly settled into city life - quietly admired, impossible to read, and hiding pieces of himself no one else gets to see: photography, art, and dreams his parents would never accept.
Falling for each other was never supposed to happen. Especially not in secret.
Because some unspoken rules should stay unbroken - like never dating your brother's best friend. And with Cole's graduation creeping closer, university decisions waiting, and old betrayals refusing to stay buried, Scarlett and Cole are forced to ask themselves one question:
Can love survive being exposed, with pressure, time and the inevitable just around the corner?