Chapter 9: A Name to Remember

Chapter 9: A Name to Remember

It had been a few days since the incident with the difficult customer—the day Katherine had met the quiet, dark-hooded stranger who had stepped in like something out of a half-forgotten dream.

Since then, life had settled back into its usual pace. The café thrummed with its daily rhythms: the sharp hiss of steaming milk, the low murmur of conversations, the steady click of cups setting onto saucers. Yet, woven into the fabric of her routine, there was now something—or rather, someone—new.

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