They say that no relationship survives the third year. Zara Mae Villareal never believed in that kind of nonsense. At sixteen, she was a hopeless romantic who believed that love could survive anything as long as two people continued choosing each other. Then she met Aziel Nathaniel Monteverde. He was the quiet, cold, and annoyingly handsome boy who became her seatmate. She was the bubbly girl who couldn’t seem to stop asking him questions. They were complete opposites, yet somehow, what started with awkward conversations and playful arguments slowly turned into something neither of them expected. Their first love was beautiful. There were late-night conversations, stolen glances, unexpected surprises, little arguments, and promises whispered with the confidence of two teenagers who believed they had their whole lives ahead of them. When they fell in love, they promised they would be different. They would make it past three years. But growing up isn’t as easy as they imagined. Somewhere between changing dreams, unanswered messages, silent arguments, and the arrival of another girl, the love they once protected begins to fall apart. And when Zara discovers the truth about the boy who promised never to hurt her, she faces the question she never thought she would ask: Was three years all their love was ever meant to last? They were sixteen when their forever began. They were nineteen when everything changed. And when the third year comes, Zara will learn that sometimes, the person who promises to stay forever is the very person who teaches you how to let go. Because perhaps the curse was never about three years. Perhaps it was about the people who stopped choosing each other.