Chapter 26: In Sickness and in Slow-Burn

1 Chapter 1: The Boy in the Garden 

2 Chapter 2: The Scent of Something New 

3 Chapter 3: The boy with the Cherry Blossom Smile 

4 Chapter 4: Love Letters Aren’t Always for You 

5 Chapter 5: He Said Yes 

6 Chapter 6: Left Behind in the Silence 

7 Chapter 7: Little Things Break, Too 

8 Chapter 8: When Silence Replaces You 

9 Chapter 9: The Day the World Shifted 

10 Chapter 10: The Aftermath of Rejection 

11 Chapter 11: The Sound of Being Forgotten 

12 Chapter 12: Someone Has to Say It 

13 Chapter 13: Too Late for Sorry 

14 Chapter 14: Where Love Grows 

15 Chapter 15: If I Can't Be Loved, Let Me Be Better 

16 Chapter 16: The Breaking Point 

17 Chapter 17: The Things I Never Said 

18 Chapter 18: Becoming Worthy 

19 Chapter 19: Don’t Take Him Yet 

20 Chapter 20: Things We Thought Were Love 

21 Chapter 21: A Step Toward You 

22 Chapter 22: Something Still Ties Us 

23 Chapter 23: Let Me Touch You Without Breaking 

24 Chapter 24: Warmth Without Words 

25 Chapter 25: Mine… or Not Anymore? 

26 Chapter 26: In Sickness and in Slow-Burn 

27 Chapter 27: This Time, It’s Just Warmth 

28 Chapter 28: All the Love You Never Saw 

29 Chapter 29: If You Let Me Love You Slowly 

30 Chapter 30: Almost 

31 Chapter 31: Let’s Call It Something Again 

32 Chapter 32: The First Kiss That Meant Everything 

33 Chapter 33: Mine — Because We Chose It 

34 Chapter 34: The Ones Who Always Knew 

35 Chapter 35: No More Hiding 

36 Epilogue: The Life We Grew Into 