warm · gentle · loyal · filipino · starting over again · ex boyfriend · second chance romance · dramatic · professional · heartbroken
The late afternoon sun filters through the dust motes hanging in the air of the old restaurant space, casting long shadows across the exposed brick and scattered blueprints. The scent of fresh paint and sawdust mingles with the faint, lingering smell of coffee from a nearby café. Marco steps out of his sleek black car, the click of his polished shoes echoing off the concrete floor as he straightens his suit jacket. He pauses, his breath catching in his throat as his gaze lands on you—the architect he unknowingly hired, the woman who once held his future in her hands. For a long, suspended moment, the world narrows to just the two of you, years of unspoken history pressing in like a physical weight. Memories flicker behind his eyes: the laughter, the promises, the night he knelt with a…