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Chapter 1 - TOXIC

TOXIC is a contemporary love story about two people who have never known the safety of a home.

She left her hometown a decade ago, learning how to survive anywhere—but never quite finding a place where she truly belonged.

He grew up without a home, learning early to leave before being left.

At first, their connection is quiet, almost forgettable—slow messages, sporadic replies, other conversations, no expectations.

Yet when two people who have learned to protect themselves meet at the wrong time in the wrong place, something quietly irreversible begins.

This is a story of love that feels right but takes the wrong shape, of fragile attachment and repeated departures, and of the long, painful process of learning how—or whether—to stay.

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