For the next month, they began "accidentally" meeting at the same café every morning. Leo found out Maya was an architect who drew intricate patterns in her sketchbook; Maya learned that Leo was a middle-school teacher who always had ink stains on his fingers. They didn't dive into deep secrets right away. Instead, they spoke in "coffee codes"—ordering for each other, saving seats, and leaving little sticky notes on napkins when one had to leave early.
