Apr 4, 2025

Book Spotlight - Still With You

 
Still With You
by Mishel Zara 

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In a bustling Tokyo café, a secret admirer, a rose, a note, and a matcha latte... Met with a strange note from "Anonymous" at Nathan’s Café, her life takes an unexpected turn. Ayeza leans on her faith, discovering that hope can bloom even in the midst of pain. Will she find her place in the world, navigating faith, family, expectations and love? A sweet halal romance.

Water dripped from strands of his hair and his long eyelashes as I stared into his deep eyes. My blood was freezing. Neither of us said a thing, not a thing. We just stared. We stared and gazed, just gazed… and I hated it. I'd been wishing that this moment never came… but it came. It finally happened.


Excerpt
“This isn't a goodbye.” I heard him whisper.
I could only nod.
“You should go.” He whispered again this time.
I heard myself whisper, “I can't.” My voice broke.
“Please don't make it harder on yourself.” He whispered back.
I nodded, staring at his painfully pretty eyes. A sigh left my mouth, forming a cloud in front of my face.
I looked down. Tears grazed down my face.
“Look up at me and smile.”
“Okay.”
Gosh, I smiled so big. I smiled like an idiot, a moron, blinded by love. I smiled so painfully.
“That's my girl. Good job.”
Tears dripped down my chin.
“Until we meet again.” He said and I smiled through the tears.
And I felt my hands grab the umbrella, my body turned around and my feet began dragging me. 
 
Author Bio
Mishel Zara is a teen indie author with a huge obsession of reading and writing. She loves to write poetry and fiction and when she isn't reading or writing, she's daydreaming about her favorite characters. She's a Muslim student based in Pakistan, South Asia, who speaks Urdu, English, intermediate Korean and is learning Japanese. You can find her poetry and other works as well as connect with her through her social media.

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