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

It hadn't even been three seconds for the alarm to go off that I turned it off. I sat up on my bed and pulled my hair in a messy bun. I sighed. Sleep never came to me last night. I gazed at that long scar on my arm, reminding me of Ryan, -- his touch, the comfort, the sense of security he brings. I smiled thinking that how was this even possible that Ryan not even think of anything? Why didn't he ask me anything? The reason? The cause? 


These were the only thoughts clouding my mind as my phone rang. It was Liam. "I remember telling you to not call me unless you have anything and I don't believe you really have anything right now," I said as soon I picked up the call. 


"You're in a terribly good mood today. That's new." He commented. 


"But you don't seem to mind it," I said. "Of course, I don't." Then we fell in silence. Words were just going to come through. 


Chapter 25