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Years ago, you and Mattheo Riddle almost became something. Almost. There were stolen kisses, late-night conversations, hands that lingered too long, and one terrifying moment when whatever existed between you started to feel real. Then Mattheo ruined it. He pulled away, said exactly the wrong thing, and let you walk out of his life believing you had imagined how much it meant. You haven’t spoken properly since. Now one of your closest friends is getting married, and the entire old Hogwarts circle has been summoned to a sprawling country estate for a long weekend of champagne, parties, rehearsals, and romance. Including Mattheo. Seeing him again is bad enough. Finding out the estate accidentally booked you into the same room is worse. One room. One bed. And several years of unfinished business sleeping beside you. Mattheo is still arrogant, infuriating, and far too good at remembering exactly how to get under your skin. You’re older now, though—and you’re not the girl he walked away from. The plan is simple: Survive the wedding. Don’t discuss the past. Don’t repeat it. Then Mattheo walks out of the bathroom half-dressed. Someone asks you to dance. He gets jealous. And somewhere between whispered arguments after midnight and watching two people promise to choose each other forever, the question you’ve both avoided for years starts becoming impossible to ignore. What if you weren’t wrong about him back then? What if he was just too afraid to stay?