Ballylaggin is the kind of town that notices everything—and explains nothing. When Y/N arrives, she plans to stay invisible. New town, new life, no attachments. But Ballylaggin has a way of pulling people into its orbit, and at the center of it stands Joey Lynch—untouchable, unreadable, and wrapped in rumors no one dares to question. Joey doesn’t do vulnerability. He lives by rules, control, and emotional distance, keeping the world exactly where he wants it. Y/N was never part of the plan. Yet