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Jennie Kim had been part of my life for as long as I could remember. She was in my childhood memories, my favorite days, and the little moments I never knew I would grow up missing. Somewhere between growing up beside her and learning all the things that made her who she was, I fell for my best friend.
I never asked life for anything extraordinary. I only wanted to grow older beside her, to remain someone she could always count on, and to keep the little place I had in her world.
I thought that was all I would ever get.
Then, life surprised me.
The girl I had spent years trying not to love began making me question everything I thought I knew about us. Suddenly, the future I had always considered impossible didn't seem so far away, and the one thing I had never dared to ask for became something I could almost reach.
But what do you do when the life you've carefully learned to accept begins offering you something more?
How do you trust happiness when you've spent so long preparing yourself for disappointment? And how do you find the courage to reach for the one person you cannot bear to lose?
I was prepared to spend my life loving Jennie Kim from the safety of a friendship.
I never prepared myself for the possibility that she might choose me, too.
This is the story of Lisa Manoban, a girl who never expected life to give her the one thing she wanted most- and who must learn that sometimes, the hardest part of happiness is believing you deserve it.
Because I had spent years preparing myself for a future without the one person I wanted beside me.
I never thought I'd have to prepare for a future where she might choose to stay.