Letters to the One That Got Away
A Contemporary Romance
Chapter 1: The Letters She Never Sent
For five years, Mia wrote him letters.
Letters she never sent.
Letters to the man who had once been her whole world.
Ethan.
The boy she loved.
The boy she lost.
The boy who moved away and never looked back.
She told herself she was over him.
But every time she wrote his name—
Her heart still ached.
Chapter 2: A Letter That Found Its Way Home
One day, in a rush to clean out her apartment, Mia accidentally slipped one of her letters into a stack of outgoing mail.
She didn’t realize it until it was too late.
By then—
It was gone.
And worse?
It had been addressed to Ethan Carter.
Her hands shook.
Because if he got that letter…
He would know everything.
Chapter 3: The Unexpected Reply
A week later, her phone buzzed.
Unknown Number: "Mia… I got your letter."
She froze.
Ethan.
Her pulse raced.
What had she even written?
Did he hate her for it?
Before she could respond, another message appeared—
"Can we talk?"
Chapter 4: The Meeting She Never Expected
The coffee shop was too quiet.
Or maybe it was just her heartbeat—pounding so loudly she could barely breathe.
Then—
The bell chimed.
And there he was.
Ethan.
Older. Different.
Yet still the boy she once loved.
Still the boy she might never have stopped loving.
Chapter 5: The Truth Between Them
He sat down.
Eyes searching hers.
“I never stopped thinking about you,” he admitted. “But I thought you moved on.”
She swallowed.
“I tried.”
A beat of silence.
Then—
Ethan reached into his pocket.
And placed a folded, worn-out letter on the table.
Her breath hitched.
It wasn’t hers.
It was his.
A letter he had written to her.
A letter he had never sent.
Epilogue: A Love That Was Meant to Be
Mia smiled through her tears.
Maybe they had lost each other once.
But this time—
They were ready to find their way back.
Together.