Lena had always been a dreamer. She believed in love at first sight, in serendipitous encounters, in the kind of magic that only happens when you least expect it. But she had never truly believed it would happen to her. At twenty-five, she had grown skeptical of the fairy tales she once adored. Life, she had learned, was far from perfect.
That all changed the day she met Ethan.
It was an ordinary Tuesday, one of those days when the world seemed to move a little slower. Lena had just finished a long day of work at the café and was walking home, her mind distracted by the mundane things that filled her life. The city’s evening air felt refreshing, and the fading sunlight cast a golden glow over the streets. She pulled her cardigan tighter around her shoulders as she walked, unaware that her life was about to change.
She almost bumped into him.
A stranger, his warm brown eyes locking onto hers as he reached out to steady her.