Selene Suarez had everything: critical acclaim, high society admiration, and a name whispered with awe in every gallery. But that life ended the day she was wrongfully convicted, stripped of her freedom, her future, and the brushstrokes that once made her soul visible. Now released but still imprisoned by trauma, Selene lives like a ghost—hidden away in a dim apartment, avoiding the world that cheered her fall and never questioned the truth. She wants nothing to do with pity, redemption arcs, or second chances. Then Haven Mondragón shows up. Radiant. Reckless. Relentlessly kind. Everything Selene is not and everything Selene cannot afford to feel. Haven is straight. Haven is stubborn. And worst of all? She doesn't know when to leave. She shows up with messy hope and maddening warmth, brushing past Selene's defenses like they were never built at all. She should walk away. Selene's made sure of it. But Haven keeps coming back—drawn by a silence that speaks louder than Selene's protests. And maybe—just maybe—Selene doesn't hate it as much as she pretends to. As lines blur between curiosity and longing, trust and fear, both women find themselves caught in something neither of them expected. But while Haven searches for answers Selene won't give, Selene is still trying to outrun a world that already erased her once. What happens when the person you've been pushing away becomes the only one who sees you clearly