Mira had always believed some places remembered people. The cafe on the corner of Ashwood Street was one of them. She didn’t know why her chest tightened every time she pushed open its wooden door, why the bell above it chimed like a warning instead of a welcome. The smell of coffee and old books wrapped around her, familiar in a way that didn’t make sense. As if she had been here before. As if she had lived an entire life between these tables and forgotten it.
The Universe Where I Let You Go - 1
Mira had always believed some places remembered people.The cafe on the corner of Ashwood Street was one of them.She know why her chest tightened every time she pushed open its wooden door, why the bell above it chimed like a warning instead of a welcome. The smell of coffee and old books wrapped around her, familiar in a way that didn’t make sense. As if she had been here before. As if she had lived an entire life between these tables and forgotten it.She chose the window seat. She always did.Outside, the city moved on cars passing, people laughing, ...Read More
The Universe Where I Let You Go - 2
Mira couldn’t focus for the rest of the day.It annoyed her how one stranger could rearrange the furniture of mind without even touching it. She sat at her desk, laptop open, emails unread, cursor blinking like it was mocking her inability to think straight.She kept seeing his back.Straight. Controlled. As if carrying something invisible but unbearably heavy.Aarav Vale.The name tasted unfamiliar, yet wrong in a way that felt personal. She didn’t remember hearing it before, but her heart reacted like it had known him for years and was offended by the lie of forgetting.Across the city, Aarav stood in ...Read More