Title: Hearts in the Crossfire
Chapter 1: A Shattered Routine
The air was thick with the scent of rain-soaked earth as Elara stepped off the train, her heart heavy with the weight of a decision she didn’t yet know she would have to make. Her life with Lucas had always been a comfortable one, full of familiar routines, warmth, and a quiet sense of security. For three years, she had called Lucas her home—stable, loving, predictable. But lately, she had found herself craving something more, something she couldn’t define.
And then, Adrian returned.
It had been five years since she’d last seen him, and the memory of their time together was like a dream—vivid but distant. He was her first love, the one who left without saying goodbye. But now he was back, claiming to have made a mistake by walking away.
Elara had always wondered what it would be like to see him again. She had imagined it happening in a hundred different ways. But she never imagined she’d be caught in the storm between the man who had stolen her heart long ago and the one who had kept it safe ever since.