Meant To Be

Alaina Flores

•Age:Late 20s
•Profession: Brilliant surgeon with a schedule tighter than NYC traffic. Vibe: A head-turner with a no-nonsense attitude and a heart of gold. •Personality: A perfect mix of sharp wit and tender warmth, she's the glue holding her friend group together. Passionate about her work but constantly juggling her career and personal life, often to her own detriment. Has a playful side but hides deeper scars behind her dazzling smile.
•Backstory: Daddy issues? Check. Family drama? Check. Alaina's relationship with her father, Jack Flores, is like a never-ending soap opera she wishes would just get canceled.
•Strengths: Driven, dependable, and the friend you call at 3 a.m. (she'll actually answer).
•Weaknesses: Puts everyone else first, leaving her own emotional baggage unpacked.
•Defining Trait: That perfect blend of brains, beauty, and a no-BS attitude that makes her unforgettable.

Joshua Torres

•Age: 31
•Profession: NYC's restaurant kingpin with a past he doesn't talk about and a smirk that could melt glaciers.
•Vibe: Brooding bachelor meets silent romantic-think tall, dark, and distracted by 'her'.
•Personality: The ultimate skeptic in love but a closet romantic when it hits him like a truck (or a surgeon's smile). Calculated and cautious, he watches the world from the sidelines... until 'she' walks in. A wounded soul with a sharp mind-he trusts his gut but keeps his heart locked away.
•Backstory: One betrayal too many has made him allergic to "forever." Even Ryan, his so-called best friend, only scratches the surface of his trust. •Strengths: Business savvy, charismatic, and impossible to ignore. •Weaknesses: Overthinks everything and refuses to admit he's scared of getting hurt.
•Defining Trait: The man who didn't believe in love at first sight-until her laugh rewrote the rules.