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Almost, Always

Feather_and_Fable

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Reads 84
Votes 11
Parts 3
Time 17m

Feather_and_Fable

Mature

She loved with feeling. He loved with thought. Somewhere in the silence between them... love tried to become language.

She was the architect who built walls around her heart.
He was the investor who knew exactly where the cracks were.

Five years ago, Aanya Raine believed in forever with Nahyan Malik-until his silence shattered everything. Now she's Delhi's rising architectural star with a successful podcast about spaces and emotions, building a life where vulnerability has no blueprint.

But ghosts don't respect boundaries.

When Nahyan returns as an anonymous investor in her dream project, Aanya finds herself trapped in the one space she never designed for: proximity to the man who made her believe in love, then taught her how it breaks.

Two brilliant minds. One unfinished love story.

INFJ meets ISTJ in a slow-burn that explores how differently we love, hurt, and heal.

Will they build something new from the ruins of almost?

Or are some blueprints too damaged to ever become home?

"He was logic wrapped in quiet observation. She was emotion disguised as architectural precision. Together, they were the perfect storm of everything that could be... if only they spoke the same language of love."

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For readers who crave:

• Slow-burn South Asian romance with real ache and emotional maturity
• Delhi's monsoons, streetlamps, and chai-stained hearAll Rights Reserved

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