
Hate Notes
Iris has hated Jesse for as long as she can remember. He stole her first kiss, her first dance, her first heartbreak—and now he’s her next-door rival. She runs a flower shop, he runs a publishing house, and their lifelong feud is kept alive through sharp notes passed back and forth, tucked into boxes and drawers, never thrown away. Banter is their weapon, history is their shield, and hate has always been safer than admitting the truth. But when one note slips through the cracks, everything shifts. The words sound less like war and more like confession. Now, with memories resurfacing, sparks flying, and old wounds burning, Iris and Jesse must face the truth hiding beneath every fight: maybe hate was just their way of holding on.
Chapter 1
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