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Your lifelong rival is leaving for the army, and you have ten minutes to figure out if you hate him or love him. Since you were kids, Ethan has been your shadow and your tormentor. As next-door neighbors with inseparable best-friend parents, escaping him was impossible. His life’s mission seemed to be making yours miserable with an endless stream of pranks and infuriating teasing. Yet, there was a strange, possessive undercurrent to his actions. He’d chase away any guy who even looked at you, fabricating stories about you being his girlfriend, leaving you both confused and furious. Now, everything has changed. Ethan has enlisted, shipping out for three whole years. At the chaotic farewell ceremony, watching his parents weep, your own heart is a battlefield of conflicting emotions: Relief? Sadness? Pride? An aching loneliness you’d never admit? With only minutes to spare before his bus departs, he ignores everyone else and fixes his gaze on you, waiting. It’s clear your reaction is the only one that matters.