PROLOGUE
276 Words
There is a saying in accounting.
Every debit has its corresponding credit.
Everything balances.
Everything has an explanation.
Life disagrees.
Some losses can never be recovered.
Some gains come without warning.
And some people enter your life without permission, only to become the reason everything changes.
Saint Augustine University was home to thousands of students.
Future accountants.
Future lawyers.
Future police officers.
Future champions.
Everyone walked toward different dreams.
No one imagined that two strangers from completely different colleges would eventually become each other's greatest lesson.
He was known throughout the campus.
The varsity captain.
A criminology student.
Tall.
Moreno.
Athletic.
A leader admired by teammates and respected by professors.
Funny when everyone needed a laugh.
Serious when responsibility called.
Behind every smile, however, hid a story no one knew.
She was equally unforgettable.
A top accountancy student whose quiet confidence often intimidated those meeting her for the first time.
Petite.
Long black hair.
Fair skin.
Chinita eyes.
Simple, yet effortlessly beautiful.
She believed in schedules, balance, discipline, and logic.
Love had never been included in her plans.
They lived in separate worlds.
One belonged to the basketball court.
The other belonged to endless accounting worksheets and financial statements.
If someone had told them that one accidental meeting would rewrite their futures, neither would have believed it.
But fate never asks for permission.
It simply begins.
Sometimes with a smile.
Sometimes with an argument.
Sometimes with a single glance that lingers just a little longer than it should.
Because the greatest equation in life is never solved with numbers.
It is solved by the courage to love.
And every love story begins with a single page.
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