Description
Sienna Maxine Soriano paints sunsets because they never last. Elijah Soren Dominguez once promised her that they would. Sienna has always found solace in sunsets-painting skies in colors she can't put into words. For as long as she can remember, her rooftop has been her safe place, the one corner of the world that feels like hers alone. Until it wasn't. Because it was also his. As kids, they built their world on a rooftop-trading secrets, laughter, and forever vows whispered against golden skies. But dreams have a way of pulling people apart. Elijah left for the city to chase ambition. Sienna stayed behind, clinging to brushes and canvases that carried his shadow. Distance stretched thin what once felt unbreakable. Silence replaced words. And the rooftop, once their forever, was left waiting. Now Elijah has returned. The rooftop feels the same, but they aren't. Sienna has guarded her heart, afraid of breaking all over again. Elijah carries regrets and the quiet truth that no matter where he went, she was always home. Told in two timelines-Before, golden hours painted in laughter and unshakable promises, and After, a reunion wrapped in longing and what-ifs-their story unfolds with the ache of what was, and the fragile hope of what could be. At eighteen, they learned how to dream. At twenty-one, they must learn how to let go. And somewhere between those skies, they discover that some love stories don't really end- They just wait for their time. For readers who love: •Childhood friends to lovers •Slowburn romances that ache and heal •Bittersweet reunions + second chances •Rooftops, sunsets, and painted skies •Endings that aren't goodbye, but a quiet "not yet" "Some sunsets don't mean the end-just a promise to return."
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