Prologue

Iris's life was never the same after her mother's passing away. She had spent a month locked up in the only room in her house. She ate less and talked less. The loss was unbearable. She barely noticed her brother Graham's presence anymore. Graham would leave for work early in the morning and come back home late at night. He'd eat food outside since he knew Iris wasn't in a state to cook, and he was too busy to cook himself. Graham was dealing with the loss in his way.

The day Iris decided to come out of the room and finally move on, Graham gave her the news of him getting a better job in London. He was moving there in a week. Iris was shattered again. Graham was like a best friend to her, but now he was leaving her too. They already had dealt with the loss of their father together. Graham was always so strong. He helped her come out of the trauma. Now when Iris needed him again, he'd decided to abandon her.

"I promise I'll write to you," Graham said and kissed her forehead before stepping out of the house. He went to London and never looked back. He didn't keep his promise, but Iris kept writing him. Iris took up a job in a cafe and started working as a waitress because whatever money her mother had saved in the bank was getting all used up for housing, and Graham had borrowed some to settle in London.

Iris never had a man in her life and that she really missed. Her journey begins on a day before Christmas when she collides with a handsome stranger in a Christmas shop.