Still Yours

She's the life of every room… except her own.He built his world on control—and doesn't let anyone in.When their lives collide, everything they've been avoiding comes to the surface.Priya Basak knows how to make everything look effortless.At Bitter & Bright, she's the warmth behind the counter—the one who remembers your order, makes you laugh, and turns strangers into regulars. But when the community theater that gave her a place to shine suddenly shuts down, Priya is left with something she doesn't know how to fix:A life that feels smaller than it used to.And no idea who she is without the spotlight.Caleb Warwick doesn't do chaos.After leaving his family's prestigious tea business in London, he's poured everything into opening Steeped, a quiet, meticulously crafted tea shop in the heart of the Coffee Corridor. Precision. Control. Distance. That's how he keeps his world intact.But the neighborhood has other plans.And so does Priya—the relentless, impossible-to-ignore liaison who refuses to let him disappear into his carefully ordered life.As Priya pushes Caleb out of his comfort zone—and Caleb sees through the smile Priya shows everyone else—their connection deepens into something neither of them expected… and both of them might need.Because moving forward means facing what you've lost.And love?Love means letting someone see you without the performance.