Wilted Petals

(This is the sequel of Blooming Flower and CAN be read as a stand alone)

9 years after her best friend, Manish, left for a new job in Seattle, Ashwini Balakrishnan tries not to dwell on the past. With her job working as a doctor and helping her best friend plan her wedding, she's juggling enough at that moment to even focus on the regret that pains occasionally when thinking about how she realized too late that she was in love with him. Now, almost a decade later, Ashwini has accepted that Manish has likely moved on.

However, when Manish returns to the Bay Area and they reunite, Ashwini's personal plans are suddenly thrown off. As they grow closer than they were before, she starts to doubt whether or not her love for him truly died out. However, as it's been almost a decade, she fears that he won't reciprocate and their newfound friendship will suffer. With this, Ashwini has to decide whether to keep her love to herself for the sake of the reignited friendship or be honest with him, but at the risk of losing him once again.

Cover by the INCREDIBLE @redflowers-