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The Girl He Never Chose
by Periwyn
Phaelin Amara Macaraig never meant to fall for him.
It just happened - like sunsets you don't plan to watch but end up memorizing anyway.
Khalian Zeg Vergara wasn't the kind of boy who promised forever. He was the kind who lived in half-answers and maybes, with a smile that made you forget every red flag waving behind it. To everyone else, he was effortless - confident, untouchable. But to her, he was home.
For a while, she believed being patient would make her worthy of his love - that waiting quietly in the background meant she'd be chosen in the end. But love, she would learn, isn't a prize for loyalty. It's a choice - and he never made it.
Now, as the echoes of what-could-have-been linger in every corner of her heart, Phaelin finally begins to see herself not as the girl who wasn't enough -
but the girl he never chose.
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