Was it always an Illusion

I leaned forward, his gaze locking with mine, those dark brown eyes pulling me in like gravity. For a moment, everything else faded-everything except him. My heart raced, the world around us melting away. Was this it? Were we really about to kiss? The anticipation was electric, each second dragging out the tension.

Then, I felt a hand gripping my side, pulling me closer, the pressure tightening with every inch. A shiver ran down my spine as the heat of his body neared mine, and I held my breath, the moment teetering on the edge of something... unforgettable.

Just as the warmth of his proximity reached its peak, a gentle breeze brushed against my face-barely a whisper, but enough to make me wonder: Was this *really* it?

And then, suddenly-*Bzzzzt*.

The bells I had imagined ringing in celebration of my wedding day? They weren't church bells. No, it was the harsh, insistent tone of my alarm. My stupid, soul-crushing alarm.

Aria's life is about to get complicated. When she meets someone new, someone who makes her feel things she never thought possible, she's swept away by a love that feels like it could last forever. But just as she starts to open her heart, a ghost from her past reappears-first in her letters, then in her thoughts, and eventually... in person.

Now Aria is torn between a love that's grown in the shadows of time and a connection that promises to be something more. With the past pulling her in one direction and the present in another, she's forced to face a choice that could change everything.

Who will she choose? And what happens when love isn't as simple as it seems?