Want You Still by Ce Ricci & Marley Valentine (Paperback)

Duty, honour, and sacrifice have always come first. Choosing a life shaped by responsibility leaves little space for anything personal, making fleeting moments of escape feel rare and necessary. That’s how it starts—one night with a stranger, no expectations, no future.

But one night doesn’t stay that way.

What was meant to be temporary stretches into something deeper, a connection formed at the worst possible time. With distance looming and responsibilities calling, neither of them plans for what comes next. Staying connected feels easy at first, but time and separation begin to take their toll, turning something real into something distant.

Until everything changes.

Months later, their paths cross again, but nothing is the same. Circumstances have shifted, and what once felt possible is now complicated by new boundaries that should not be crossed. Walking away would be the right choice. The sensible one.

Yet some connections refuse to fade.

As past feelings resurface, the struggle between what is right and what is wanted becomes impossible to ignore. Because no matter how much time has passed, or how much has changed, the heart does not always listen to reason.