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The Ember Table

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Talia Hale is exhausted but determined. With graduation around the corner and the LSAT looming, she spends her days split between coursework and her role as personal assistant to Julian Ashcroft, the newly appointed managing partner of Ropes & Gray LLP-Boston's most prestigious law firm. Her path is paved, her future secure. Yet something quietly aches.

When her best friend Bianca Cruz, vibrant and full of flame, plans a weekend girls' trip to Mystic, Connecticut, Talia doesn't know she's stepping into a ritual. The destination: The Ember Table, a secluded new restaurant opened by legendary chef Zaine Grey, tucked inside the weathered charm of Olde Mistick Village.

Talia never meant to meet Zaine. She wasn't selected. She was brought there. And in the dim-lit silence of his kitchen, she finds herself part of a sacred trial-centered on his signature Wellington, a dish layered not only with pastry but emotional legacy.

Zaine, celebrated but emotionally withheld, senses something in her. Something tender and true. As flour turns to form and fire begins to rise, vulnerability flickers between them. They speak in glances, gestures, and the silence between bites.

By the end of the trial, no grand gesture is made. Just one quiet invitation. One date. One ember still glowing.

This isn't a public romance.
It's an emotional ritual remembered in flame.All Rights Reserved

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