Parallel Heartbeats: Like sunflower after dark, some hearts continue carrying the light they once shared.

They were each other's first world. And their most beautiful ruin. Ash and Aaryan found each other too young. They loved through distance, ambition, and the unbearable weight of becoming adults before they were ready. They saved each other. They hurt each other. And somewhere between the leaving and the returning, they learned that love is not always measured by who stays. Sometimes, it is measured by who teaches you how to survive after everything falls apart. Spanning years, countries, and second chances, Parallel Heartbeats is a deeply emotional novel about first love, impossible timing, and the quiet ways people remain inside us long after life moves forward. Some hearts never stop loving. They simply learn to beat in parallel.