Description
They had built empires together- mud castles in rainy backyards, mini circuits that sparked under desk lamps, lines of code written between tired yawns and untouched dinners. Ivanna - quiet, scrappy, always in oversized outfits and someone else's playlist. Arian - tall, teasing, dangerously composed, and loyal to the fault lines of her soul. They were childhood sweethearts turned college co-founders. Co-dependent in every way that didn't sound toxic... until you heard the way he said her name. Until you saw the way her hand paused at the base of his throat during late-night coding marathons. Until you understood that "debugging together" sometimes meant her bare leg brushing against his under the table, and neither of them moving an inch. They knew the world wouldn't hand them success. So they decided to build it- in code, in whispers, in the spaces between deadlines and desire. But love created under pressure can glitch. Especially when ambition starts to bite, and secrets begin to slip through the cracks they swore they'd never open again. Because in their apartment, everything was shared- especially the silence that followed after moans.
The Departure
