Before You Loved Me

She's never been kissed. He's trying to forget someone he loved. But fate has a habit of showing up when you least expect it.

Amelia is twenty-five, a hopeless romantic whose life has been anything but a love story. No grand gestures, no whirlwind romances - just quiet days behind the counter of a cozy café, and nights spent reading about the kind of love she's never experienced.

Until Nikolai walks in.

Mysterious, charming, and carrying the shadows of a 7 years past heartbreak, Nikolai isn't looking for anything... until he finds something in Amelia he didn't know he needed.

What starts as small talk over coffee turns into something deeper - a slow, tender unraveling of hearts that have long been waiting for something real. But love is never simple, especially when ghosts of the past still linger.

In a world where timing is everything, can two people with completely different stories write a new one together?

A short story of quiet beginnings, second chances, and the kind of love that makes the world feel new again, this tale will make you believe in slow-burn romance, found moments, and the magic of being seen.