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After a string of terrible days and a heartbreak Keirleigh Hans S. Vansio
refuses to talk about, he accidentally drags himself into Bloom Café, a small aesthetic shop that looks far too gentle for someone as closed-off as him. All he wants is silence, caffeine, and a corner to breathe in.
But fate has other plans-specifically, plans named Cedrian Flynn L. Florence the annoyingly bright barista with soft smiles, too much energy for 8 a.m., and a talent for seeing through people's walls like they're made of paper.
They weren't always strangers.
Not really.
Not entirely.
Before the distance, before the cold shoulders, before the quiet bitterness...
Hans and Ced used to be something real. Something warm. Something almost.
Mutual understanding.
Mutual feelings.
Mutual fear.
Then something shattered between them-something Hans refuses to face and Ced refuses to forget.
But Bloom Café has a way of pulling people back to what they're running from.
Because feelings don't disappear.
Until someone walks back into your life and wakes them up.
Something between them is beginning to bloom again.
And this time, it might hurt more than before.