6 parts Ongoing Mature♥ ♥ ♥
ELINA LANEY, known for her walls. Ice queen, they called her, with her perfectly curated exterior and calculated smiles that never quite reached her storm-grey eyes. As Los Angeles' rising marketing executive, she built her life on control and precision, never letting anyone close enough to see the cracks beneath her carefully constructed facade.
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Until she met him.
NOAH FARABEE wasn't supposed to be anything more than the owner of her best friend's coffee shop. With his perceptive gaze and infuriating ability to see right through her defenses, he became the variable she couldn't control. The way he crafted specialized drinks just for her, naming them after the seasons she tried so hard to hide inside herself, made her wonder if some winters were meant to thaw.
He had his own story - the kind written in coffee grounds and midnight musings. Three years of owning Farabee's taught him to read people like books, but she was a novel he couldn't put down. Despite her resistance, he found himself creating new blends just to see that rare smile break through her frost.
When past shadows threaten to freeze her heart completely, Noah becomes determined to show her that not all warmth burns. But Elina knows better than anyone that trust, like coffee, is best served cold. As their worlds collide in a dance of seasonal changes, both must decide if some risks are worth taking, and if perhaps the best stories are written in the spaces between winter and spring.
With undeniable chemistry, healing hearts, and a coffee shop that seems to hold more magic than merely caffeine, "Dearest, You Said" explores how sometimes the most profound connections bloom in the most unexpected places, and that maybe, just maybe, the perfect blend isn't found in coffee at all.
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