The Sweetness We Couldn't Keep

At twenty-one, Ava Woodville knows exactly who she wants to be.

She bakes the best cakes in town - the kind that make strangers linger and regulars come back for more. By day, she works in a small bakery. By night, she takes custom orders, chasing a dream she's always dreamt about: opening her own bakery, built entirely on her own success.

Then Ava meets Elliot Hale.

He's cocky, effortlessly confident, and far too comfortable behind his camera - the kind of guy who asks too many questions and acts like he already knows the answers. From the moment he starts showing up at the bakery, he gets on Ava's nerves.

And Ava isn't the type to stay quiet.

She's outspoken, sharp-tongued when she needs to be, and unafraid to call him out - especially when his curiosity feels a little too intentional. Their conversations turn into arguments, their arguments into late-night baking sessions, and somewhere between flour-covered counters and unfinished dreams, irritation becomes something dangerously close to attraction.

Until the truth comes out...