NatzD13
When two lonely hearts reached out across the world, Alex and Eden became exactly what the other needed.
Strangers turned penpals, they built a secret haven through online letters, one place where nothing was off limits. Eden found comfort. Alex found peace. And without ever meeting, they became each other's safest home.
But Alex's life was carved in stone long before Eden arrived. Raised in a world where softness was seen as weakness and vulnerability was dangerous, he wasn't allowed to feel, let alone even care. The closer Eden got to his heart, the more she became the one thing he couldn't afford, a weakness.
Then silence...
A sudden break, four years without a single word.
Time didn't pause for either of them, but their worlds had shifted and their scars deepened. And Eden's trauma, born from a haunting incident stole away pieces of her memory, including most of the life she had shared with her mysterious penpal. The warmth, the trust, the connection was gone.
Until fate threw them into the same room.
Alex recognized the spark instantly. The familiarity, the pull, the sense that he'd finally found something he'd lost. Eden felt it too, but she couldn't explain why. All she knew was that this stranger made her feel safe.
But destiny wasn't feeling generous.
Eden wasn't just thriving in a new career, she was an architect at the firm owned by Alex's greatest childhood rival. And worse, she was dating him.
Now Alex stands torn between the ruthless path he was born into and the one person who once taught him how to feel. Eden, caught between a forgotten past and a complicated present, must decide if the echo in her heart is worth listening to.
Their worlds collided once before.
This time, they could burn..