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=Sera’s POV=The wind outside whispered through the open glass doors, carrying with it the scent of salt, earth, and something warmer—like the memory of all the words we never had to say aloud.I sat on the edge of the bed, brushing my fingers across the old leather journal resting in my lap. The pages were frayed, soft from time, but inside were entries I never showed anyone. Letters I had written but never sent—some to my father, some to myself, and more recently… some to Damien.I flipped to the one that mattered most.Dear Damien,I don’t know when I started looking at you and thinking—maybe, just maybe, this doesn’t have to end in ruins. Maybe love doesn’t need a rescue mission. Maybe it just needs a little truth.I’m terrified of this feeling. But I want it anyway.Sera.I traced the last line with my fingers and then closed the journal.Behind me, I felt the shift of air, the soft creak of the wooden floor. Damien.“I didn’t know you kept a journal,” he murmured, his voice low,

=Sera’s POV=Hindi ko alam kung anong mas nakakakaba—ang kalaban sa korte, o ang press.Pero ngayong papunta kami sa unang public launch ng joint project ng ValeCorp at Navarro, ang kaba sa dibdib ko ay parang halong takot at pananabik. Para akong bumalik sa unang araw ko sa boardroom. Only this time, I wasn’t just proving something to them…Pinapatunayan ko rin 'to sa sarili ko.“Nervous?” Damien asked, looking at me from the passenger seat habang binabaybay namin ang daan papunta sa event venue.Huminga ako nang malalim. “Hindi naman. Pero parang may bumibilis lang sa tibok ng puso ko.”He chuckled. “That’s called adrenaline. It means you still care.”“Hindi ba pwedeng relax lang? Kahit ngayon lang?” I mumbled, checking my notes for the fifth time.“You’re going to do great,” he said calmly. “You always do. You just don’t see it as clearly as I do.”Tumingin ako sa kaniya. He is wearing a navy suit na bagay na bagay sa kaniya—crisp, powerful, composed. At ako? Naka-modern Filipinian