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Lila's got the picture-perfect life down to an art—until her carefully constructed world starts cracking under the weight of secrets she's been hiding. Ethan's the one constant in her spiral, the tattooed bad boy who keeps catching her when she falls, even though he's convinced himself they're just friends. But when Lila tumbles deeper than ever before, the lines between friendship and something far more dangerous start to blur for them both. Will Ethan risk the heartbreak he's spent years protecting himself from, or will he finally let her in?
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Indie pop and R&B for a slow-burn romance simmering with tension and vulnerability. Dreamy yet urgent—whispered confessions, heart-racing moments, the electric pull of forbidden attraction. Think stripped-down acoustics meeting sensual beats, artists like Khalid, SZA, and The 1975.
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