Everyone has scars, pasts, and painful realities that they are fighting for deep down within themselves. But sometimes pain is never enough and there come moments when you just can't stand the universe. 

After six years of constant failure, consistent trying, and disappointment, Claire was hopeless when it came to finding Markus. Devoted her youth in just one task yet became one of the successful personality of the business world. Always void of emotions and only one person she ever had as a family, she never lived her life. But things started to get excited when Ryan came barging into her life with only being 20 minutes late. It's the story of two completely different souls, hunting through the stages of love, bickering, and painful pasts, only to crave for each other. 

A story that held two souls too close to each other yet so far from each other. But will Claire ever be able to love someone after Scarlett and Markus? Can she ever face Ryan with her truth? What that truth even was? But the real question was that how much could Ryan actually take? And what if someone endangers their lives when love becomes inevitable?

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Too Close to Be Yours

The sound of the ding echoed through the whole quiet house. I got up and brought the freshly baked lasagna out of the microwave. It smelled amazing. I took it out in a square dish, putting it on the dining table. I was about to go and call out dad for the dinner but he entered the kitchen. 


"It smells delicious. I was craving lasagna for so long. How did you know?" Dad said but I just laughed at his cute reaction. 


I cut the big slice of lasagna. It was super cheesy, falling out of the slice, just how dad liked it and put it on dad's plate. Then I took a slice for myself and we started eating. We just told each other about our days and then we're eating silently until I spoke; 


"I went to dinner last night... with Ryan." I started. Dad looked up at me with calm expressions, urging me to continue. "And...?" 


Chapter 12