<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/">  <channel>    <title>Wattpad - by DraftsofTwinkle    </title>    <link>https://www.wattpad.com?mode=1&amp;language=1&amp;lim=&amp;search=&amp;utm_source=rss    </link>    <description>Wattpad - Discover a World of Unlimited Stories</description>    <image>      <title>Wattpad - by DraftsofTwinkle      </title>      <url>https://static.wattpad.com/be/image/logo.gif?v=1783967886</url>      <link>https://www.wattpad.com?mode=1&amp;language=1&amp;lim=&amp;search=&amp;utm_source=rss      </link>    </image><item><title>The Distance Between Us</title><link>https://www.wattpad.com/1531951357-the-distance-between-us-prologue?utm_source=rss</link><description>&lt;b&gt;DraftsofTwinkle / 44 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Some people meet at the right time.

Ayaan Kapoor and Meera Deshmukh don&apos;t.

Ayaan was born into privilege, carrying the weight of a surname that opened every door but never allowed him to choose his own path. To the world, he is successful, confi...</description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some people meet at the right time.

Ayaan Kapoor and Meera Deshmukh don&apos;t.

Ayaan was born into privilege, carrying the weight of a surname that opened every door but never allowed him to choose his own path. To the world, he is successful, confident, and untouchable. Yet beneath the polished image is a man searching for something money has never been able to buy-freedom.

Meera has spent her entire life earning everything she has. After losing her father at a young age, she learned that survival comes before dreams. Practical, ambitious, and fiercely independent, she has no interest in wealth, status, or fairy-tale romances. Her only goal is to build a secure future for herself and her family.

When their paths cross at a growing education startup, neither expects the other to matter.

What begins as professional disagreements slowly turns into friendship. Friendship becomes understanding. Understanding becomes love.

For the first time, Ayaan finds someone who sees him beyond his surname.

For the first time, Meera finds someone who makes her believe she deserves more than just survival.

But love is not always enough.

When Meera receives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue her dreams abroad, they are forced to confront a painful question:

Can two people truly love each other if their futures are leading them in different directions?

As ambition clashes with commitment and fear disguises itself as love, Ayaan and Meera must decide whether holding on is worth the risk of losing themselves.

Told through quiet moments, difficult choices, and the kind of heartbreak that comes from loving someone deeply but imperfectly, The Distance Between Us is a story about timing, growth, and the courage to choose both love and yourself.

Because sometimes the greatest distance between two people is not measured in miles-

but in the dreams they are afraid to sacrifice.</p><a href='https://www.wattpad.com/1531951357-the-distance-between-us-prologue?utm_source=rss'>Start Reading</a><figure><img src="https://img.wattpad.com/cover/392598056-256-k349180.jpg" width="256" height="400" /><figcaption>The Distance Between Us</figcaption></figure>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>