After Summer, There Was You

After the summers of longing, secrets, and almosts, Belly and Conrad finally chose each other.

Now married and living in the Cousins beach house, their life is quieter-but no less intense. Conrad is a doctor, steady and devoted, still drawn to the ocean every chance he gets. Belly is three months pregnant, not working, her days filled with salt air, waiting, and a body that isn't making things easy. Pregnancy is harder than she ever imagined, and fear creeps in where excitement should live.

Through long nights, health scares, and moments when the future feels terrifyingly fragile, Conrad becomes her constant-gentle hands, unspoken reassurance, love shown in the smallest, most intimate ways. When the ocean reminds Conrad that even the things he loves can hurt him, they're forced to confront just how much they need each other.

This is a slow-burn love story after the "happily ever after."
A story about marriage, yearning, devotion, and choosing each other again and again.
About intimacy in the quiet moments.
About love that is steady, soft, and unbreakable-even when everything else feels uncertain.

After summer, there was you.