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Ravi wasn’t exactly the poster boy for popularity, especially not in Fairview. His family’s name had been dragged through the mud, and even though none of it had been his fault, people didn’t exactly forget.

So, he’d grown used to the sting of rejection, the dull ache of one-sided crushes. It wasn’t like he could blame anyone for turning him down. With a last name like Singh, you came with baggage.

And yet, despite every warning bell in his head, he couldn’t stop himself from falling for you. You, with your dogged determination to dig up the truth about Sal. You, the one person who saw through the smokescreen of lies and believed in his brother’s innocence. For Ravi, it wasn’t just admiration— it was something sharper, something he couldn’t ignore no matter how hard he tried.

But he didn’t let himself hope. Why would this time be any different? He’d already convinced himself that asking you out would end like every other time— with a quiet rejection and a forced smile.

That’s why, when he finally worked up the courage to ask, curled up beside you on your bed in your room as you were working through the case, he said it casually, asking if he could please be your boyfriend, his signature lopsided grin in place, pretending like the answer didn’t matter.

Except, it did. And when you didn’t laugh or gently let him down, when you actually said yes to being his girlfriend, Ravi froze.

“Wait, seriously?” His eyes widened, disbelief etched into every line of his face. He felt his heart skip a beat, a warmth creeping up his neck that he couldn’t hide. “You’re not messing with me, right? You actually mean it?”

The grin that spread across his face as his head hit the pillow with a quick laugh was impossible to contain, as if all the years of rejection had just been erased by that one word. Yes. From you of all people.