Novel Web Romance & Cerita Lawyer Love-Triangle Third-Person POV

Anna and Dalton, two childhood best friends, were forced to an arranged marriage. Dalton, already in love with another girl, Lara, strongly opposed the engagement. While Anna, trying to save her family's bankruptcy, pushes through with the wedding, much to Dalton's dismay. Emotionally and physically estranged from each other, the couple went their separate ways, only being married on paper. Five years later, the couple reunited, finally accepting their role as husband and wife. But their newfound happiness threaten to break when figures from their past emerge. Will the couple be able to keep their marriage intact or will outside pressure force them to break apart?

At thirty years old, Alara doesn't need dreams. She has no use for it. Work, love, and family are all she needs—Until her boyfriend cheats on her. Five years later, her ex-boyfriend’s younger stepbrother sets his pretty playboy eyes on her, her work is threatened, and the balance in her life is upended. All Alara can do now is dream about desires she can't satisfy, yearn for glory beyond her reach, and hope she makes it with her life and her heart.

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.