"Warmth in the Pour"
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Last published Fri, Mar 20, 2026
June has built walls high enough to keep anyone out-including herself. Sharp-tongued, fiercely independent, and emotionally unavailable by choice, she's mastered the art of being unreadable.
Then one rainy afternoon, a small coffee shop offers her warmth in more ways than one.
There's tea she didn't ask for, a barista with disarmingly soft eyes, and a tiny Chihuahua named Jotaro who guards the counter like her life depends on it.
Milo is everything June isn't-gentle, quiet, steady. The kind of person who offers kindness with no strings attached. The kind of person who sees right through her, and that's the problem.
She never meant to go back.
But maybe-just maybe-she wants to be seen.
A slow-burn romance about rainy days, guarded hearts, and the people who slip past our armor when we're not looking.
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