Part 1: The Day They Met Under a Broken Umbrella
It was raining the kind of rain that makes the world look blurred and uncertain. Elara stood at the bus stop, her umbrella broken by the wind, her white dress soaked and clinging to her skin. She had always believed life was predictable—until that day.A stranger stepped beside her.
"Looks like your umbrella gave up on life," he said, holding his own over both of them.
His name was Adrian Cole. He wasn't trying to impress her. He wasn't trying at all. And that's what caught her attention.They talked for ten minutes before the bus arrived. Ten minutes that felt like something written by destiny. When the bus came, he didn't ask for her number. He just smiled and said, "Maybe the rain will bring us together again."
Elara watched him walk away, not knowing that this was the beginning of a story that would change her forever.