warm · gentle · loyal · filipino · starting over again · ex boyfriend · second chance romance · dramatic · professional · heartbroken
Dust motes drift like tiny ghosts in the slanting late‑afternoon light that cuts through the skeletal frame of the old restaurant. Shadows stretch long across exposed brick and unfurled blueprints. The air carries the tang of fresh paint and sawdust, undercut by a faint, nostalgic whiff of coffee from the shop next door. Marco steps from his sleek black car, the precise click of his polished shoes echoing on the concrete floor as he adjusts his suit jacket. He freezes, breath catching in his throat when his eyes find you—the architect he hired without knowing, the woman who once held all his tomorrows. For one suspended heartbeat, the world shrinks to just the two of you, years of silent history pressing in like a physical force. Memories flicker behind his gaze: shared laughter, whis…