WIN ME, ATTORNEY: The Man I Should've Never Met
Attorney Yna Reyes has built her life on discipline, logic, and control. Shaped by loss at a young age, she learned to survive without relying on anyone, becoming a respected lawyer and prosecutor who keeps her heart carefully guarded. Love, to her, is a distraction something fragile she cannot afford.
Everything changes after a chance collision with Gabriel Valesquez.
What begins as an unexpected encounter slowly turns into something deeper, quieter, and far more dangerous than either of them anticipated. Gabriel does not pursue Yna with grand gestures or pressure. Instead, he offers patience, honesty, and a presence that challenges the walls she has spent years building.
As Yna navigates demanding cases, long nights at the firm, and the protective concern of her closest friends, she finds herself drawn into a connection she never planned to want. Meanwhile, Gabriel carries a past he has never fully confronted one that threatens to resurface just as Yna begins to open her heart.
Between ambition and vulnerability, silence and longing, The Man I Should’ve Never Met is a slow burn romance about healing, restraint, and the courage it takes to choose love after learning how to survive alone.
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Chapter: Chapter 13-Familiar Faces, Hidden CurrentsThe reply came almost immediately. Amarah: I’d like that. Yna locked her phone and stared at the ceiling. She didn’t know why her pulse had quickened. There was no evidence, no reason for doubt just instinct. And instincts, lately, had been screaming at her from every direction. --- Amarah Amarah smiled at the screen, setting her phone down beside her coffee. Yna hadn’t changed. Still cautious. Still measured. And yet, she’d replied. That was enough. She gazed out the café window, watching people pass by, unaware of how fragile connections truly were. Reconnecting with Yna wasn’t part of the original plan not precisely but it was useful. Familiarity bred comfort, and comfort lowered walls. Still, there was something else beneath her calm calculation. A quiet longing. They had shared years before life fractured into separate paths. Back then, everything had been simpler. Honest, even. Amarah wondered briefly what Yna saw now when she thought of her. A friend? A me
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Chapter: Chapter 12-Lines That Shouldn’t BlurYna didn’t sleep easily that night. The flowers sat on her kitchen counter, untouched, their scent faint but persistent. She had told herself she would throw them away. Evidence of distraction. Unnecessary sentiment. And yet, hours later, they were still there unmoved, uncut, silently present. She stood by the window, arms crossed, watching the street below. Gabriel’s car was long gone, but the awareness he left behind lingered like a fingerprint she couldn’t wipe clean. Too composed, she thought. Too deliberate. And worse too respectful. That unsettled her more than any overt manipulation ever could. --- By morning, Yna was back in her element. The office buzzed with low energy as she spread new files across her desk. Fresh coffee. Clean pages. Control restored. She re-read the witness statements from the past t
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Chapter: Chapter 10-Tangled PursuitsMorning light filtered through the blinds of Yna Reyes’s office, stripes of sun cutting across piles of scattered files. The city outside had begun its slow hum cars inching along streets, pedestrians moving with purpose completely oblivious to the threads of intrigue weaving through its midst. Yna sipped her coffee, eyes scanning yesterday’s notes, her mind picking apart inconsistencies that no one else might have noticed. “There’s something off here,” she murmured to herself, tracing a line between two documents. “Too neat… too convenient.” Her instincts flared, honed by years of chasing elusive truths. The timestamps, witness statements, even the phrasing in emails all seemed rehearsed, too perfectly aligned. Her pen hovered, connecting dots that weren’t supposed to connect. Someone was trying to guide her, but who? Her phone buzzed, a short message flashing on the screen: “Stay vigilant. Someone is closer than you think.” Her lips pressed together. “Interesting… and unnerving,
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Chapter: Chapter 11-A Table Between TruthsThe restaurant stood quietly beneath the glow of warm lights, its glass windows reflecting the movement of the city like a distant river of color. Yna Reyes slowed her steps as she approached, instincts already alert. She scanned the entrance, the valet stand, the shadows along the sidewalk.Then she saw him.Gabriel Valesquez stood just outside the doors, posture relaxed yet unmistakably composed. He wasn’t checking his phone. He wasn’t pacing. He was waiting.When his gaze met hers, something shifted subtle, restrained.“Ms. Reyes,” he said, straightening slightly. “Thank you for coming.”“You were confident I would,” Yna replied.“I was hopeful,” he corrected.Before she could respond, Gabriel reached to his side and lifted a small bouquet. White lilies, softened by pale blush roses elegant, understated, intentional.“These are for you.”Yna paused.“For someone who observes more than he speaks,” she said slowly, “you make a bold first gesture.”“Courtesy isn’t bold,” Gabriel repli
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Chapter: Chapter 9The morning air was crisp, the city streets bustling with life as if oblivious to the schemes unfolding in its shadows. Yna Reyes sat at her cluttered desk, files spread across the surface like a chaotic mosaic of leads and evidence. Her mind raced, parsing through every report, witness statement, and surveillance note she had collected over the past weeks. Something felt off, though she couldn’t yet place it.Her instincts, honed over years of navigating high stakes investigations, flared. Patterns that should have been clear were faint, almost imperceptible. And yet, the faint inconsistencies tugged at her curiosity. She had learned long ago that in a case like this, the truth often hid in the spaces between facts, in the pauses and silences no one noticed.Yna leaned back, rubbing her temple. The first so called “break” in the case had come yesterday: a witness whose testimony seemed too convenient, too perfectly timed. She’d been eager to speak, offering details that aligned exact
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Chapter: Chapter 8-The Shadow of DeceptionThe room smelled faintly of smoke and expensive wood polish, the dim light casting long shadows across the leather chairs. Amarah leaned against the edge of the massive conference table, arms crossed, eyes fixed on the man seated across from her.“You know what’s at stake,” the man said, voice low but commanding, each word deliberate. “If Yna Reyes figures this out, everything we’ve built collapses. You need to be precise.”Amarah’s lips curved slightly, a hint of excitement hidden behind her practiced calm. “I know. I’ve been following her patterns for weeks. She’s meticulous almost painfully so but predictable in how she handles evidence and witnesses. That’s where we exploit her.”The man tapped his fingers on the polished surface, his gaze sharp, calculating. “Remember, it’s not just about throwing her off. It’s about making her believe she’s getting closer, then guiding her back into a dead end. A false trail. If she suspects too soon, she’ll adjust. And adjustments are dangerous
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