Nora Walsh has one rule: don't want things you can't have quietly. Then she messages Jake Callahan under her middle name, and for the first time in years someone sees her exactly where she feels most herself: in her words. Jake thinks Ellie is a stranger. Nora knows he is the breathtaking client sitting eleven feet away from her desk. When the truth lands, it hurts. But the best love stories are not about being chosen by someone perfect. They are about being known by someone brave enough to come back, say the hard thing, and see the girl who was there all along.