The pain I still choose

Some pain doesn’t fade.
Some pain is chosen.

She believes the past is quiet, buried where it can no longer hurt her.
He is everything she was warned to stay away from.

When their paths cross, silence becomes heavy and distance turns dangerous. Every look, every pause, every moment of restraint pulls them closer to something neither is ready to face.

Surrounded by enemies who watch and friends who warn, desire grows slowly, burning beneath control and fear. This is not a story about being saved, but about choosing what hurts, confronting emotional darkness, and discovering that some connections leave marks that never fully disappear.

A dark romance of slow burn tension, forbidden attraction, and the cost of intimacy.