**Synopsis:**

Thea has loved Ryder, her childhood best friend, for as long as she can remember, but she buried her feelings to safeguard their unbreakable bond. 

~Excerpt~

 “Ryder, p..please listen.” Thea pleads, but he recoils, his voice cold: “You’re nothing to me now.” Her desperate cries—“You’re believing her over me?”—only deepen his resolve. “I don’t want to see your face again..” he snaps, leaving Thea broken and sobbing in the dust.

Later on, Thea, now a struggling waitress, faces a cruel twist of fate when Ryder walks into her restaurant, his fiancée at his side. “I told you to stay away.” 

“Ry...Mr. Thompson.” she stammers, “I never thought we’d cross paths again.” His reply cuts deep: “I meant it when I said I never wanted to see you.” Locking eyes, she whispers, “I didn’t mean to hurt you..” but he scoffs, “Hurt? I hate you for what you did to her.” 

The boy she once knew is gone, replaced by a man consumed by bitterness.

As their past unravels, whispers of the truth begin to surface, threatening to expose the rival’s long-buried deception. Will Ryder confront the betrayal he’s clung to for years? Can Thea and Ryder reclaim the bond they lost, or will the lies that tore them apart leave their hearts irreparably fractured?

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This Novel is not translated but an original work written by author Audenzia_16.

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