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    My schedule’s packed. Every minute’s accounted for. Oxford’s the dream, and I don’t exactly have time for gossip, or scandals, or spoiled rich kids with too many secrets. Honestly, I just want to do my work, keep my promise, and go home.

    …But somehow, I keep ending up in the middle of everything I swore I’d avoid.

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    An AU where Ruby’s a bit more awkward, a touch cynical, but her heart’s still in the right place.

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  2. Public Bookmark 15

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    What if Ruby never walked in on Lydia and Sutton?
    What if there was a different meeting??
    would they have found their way to eachother?

    What if...
    Ruby Bell, brilliant scholarship student is paired with James Beaufort for Maxton Hall’s prestigious Oxford Bridge Program. James, heir to the Beaufort family’s legendary suit empire, is used to people bending around him—Ruby is the first who never does.

    Their forced partnership sparks immediate friction, relentless banter, and a lot of tension.

    As Ruby and James clash, collaborate, and slowly begin to understand each other, a quiet connection forms—one neither of them wants to acknowledge

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    19 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 25

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    Chapter 98 - January 29

    Chapter 97 - January 23

    Chapter 96 - January 22

    Chapter 95 - January 8

    Chapter 94 - January 5

    Chapter 93 - December 28

    Chapter 92 - December 24

    Ruby Bell just started her second year at Oxford. Tutoring the new first years is part of her obligations for her scholarship. Alistair Ellington and James Beaufort are among her students.
    They’ve never met before - in this universe Ruby never set a foot into Maxton Hall. So she and James are both 20 when they meet.

    This story follows them through 7 years of life, loss and love.

     

    Thank you for that prompt, @windowshopper!

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    13 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    Chapter 122 — May 8

    Chapter 121 — May 5

    Chapter 120 — May 3

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    13 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 18

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    Chapter 101 — June 28

    Chapter 100 — June 21

    Chapter 99 — June 16

    Chapter 98 — June 10

    Chapter 97 — June 6

    Chapter 96 — June 4

    Chapter 95 — June 2

    Chapter 94 — May 31

    Chapter 93 — May 29

    Chapter 92— May 26

    Chapter 91 — May 21

    Chapter 90 — May 17

    Chapter 89 — May 12

    Chapter 88 — May 9

    Chapter 87 — May 7

    Chapter 86 — May 1

     

    There’s so much that Season 2 only briefly touches on — or doesn’t address at all. I can’t imagine the accident is never talked about. That Ophelia wouldn’t reach out again to her sister’s children after what happened. That no one tells Ruby about the crash. That James has just one therapy session and suddenly understands everything.

    This is my attempt to take a different path starting from the accident.

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    09 Jun 2026