Rekindled Chapter 7: “A Waste of Time… Trust me”

Sometimes, home isn’t a place you return to. Sometimes, home is a feeling—a warmth, a comfort, a light you lean into when you’re near the right person.

For Maven and Kai, home had long been disrupted, fractured by timing, ambition, and pain. After learning in Chapter 6 that they’d be stuck under the same roof for Christmas, the tension was sky-high. But in Chapter 7, something unexpected happens: the reminder that their story once felt like forever. That their chemistry, when left to simmer, was more of a slow burn than a clean break. And that their almost kiss? Felt more like returning home than making a mistake.

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