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Lost in china

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Amara thought leaving home would free her. Haunted by heartbreak, buried guilt, and a past that refuses to let her go, she accepts a scholarship to study Business Management in China—hoping the distance will drown her mistakes. But Shanghai is nothing like she expected. The towering lights and crowded streets only deepen her loneliness… until she meets him. Kai. The boy she used to bully back in high school—the quiet one, the outcast—now a man she barely recognizes. He’s different now. Confident. Successful. And somehow, he’s the very person who holds the key to her survival in this foreign city. Protective. Supportive. Always there. Their paths entwine in ways neither of them could have predicted, and soon, Amara finds herself drawn to him… caught between guilt, attraction, and something darker she can’t quite name. But some connections come at a cost. And as Amara navigates a city filled with secrets, she begins to wonder: Is Kai really her refuge—or the storm she never saw coming?
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Chapter 1 - PROLOGUE

Prologue

It's funny how life has a way of circling back.

Amara never planned to run away—not to China, not anywhere. But some mistakes are too loud to silence, and some ghosts follow you no matter how far you go.

Shanghai was supposed to be her fresh start—a city where no one knew her name, her past, or her pain. A scholarship, a chance to study Business Management, a way out of everything that kept her trapped back home. She told herself it was just an opportunity. A new chapter. But deep down, she knew it was an escape.

Escape from heartbreak that still burned. Escape from the guilt that kept her awake at night. Escape from herself.

But fate has a strange way of weaving old faces into new places.

Kai.

The quiet, awkward boy she used to tease in high school. The boy she barely remembered, though he seemed to remember everything about her.

Except now… he wasn't the same. He was different—calmer, older, and strangely composed. He had become the one person she could rely on in this unfamiliar city. The one who helped her settle into her new life. The one who kept showing up when she needed saving.

So protective. So kind.

Almost too kind.

She didn't know whether to be grateful… or afraid. Sometimes, the people who protect you the most are the ones you should be watching closely.

And in a city this big, it's easy to get lost.

It is even easier to never be found.