Books Like My Life Next Door の小説・ストーリー

As I perused the books, I could feel Aidan’s gaze on me. The shop, much like the one downstairs, boasted an impressive selection. These were books to be enjoyed in the coffee lounge, not purchased or taken home. A smile tugged at my lips as I reached the romance novel section. So, Well Thumbed had these too. I wondered if they had hidden gems, perhaps something I hadn’t read or that Uncle Alex’s book club, Bound To Please, hadn’t discovered yet.

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It is just before sunrise on what will be our last morning in this small little town close to the end of nowhere. Today I say goodbye to my life here. I might come back here someday when I come to see Matt, but in over a little than two hours, I shall get on a bus and leave this all behind. Next to me is my new life; she looks even more radiant than she did yesterday. If there were ever two things that I did right in my life, then it is Isabella and the Corps.

He told her and she nodded, taking it all in. “I would have thought that it was bookshop ping,” she muttered and a crease appeared on his face. “Books?” He asked. “I'm sorry but that was a one-time thing. I just wanted to do something nice for Fay, one of the people who works at the cafe. She is pregnant and she has been freaking out a lot. So, I opted to grab a few books she could read in her spare time to learn what she is about to embark on.” He explained and her lips formed into an ‘oh’.

And for most of the next few days, she succeeded. She focused on school. On Lila’s dramatic recaps of every hallway interaction. On Zara’s sarcastic commentary during lunch. On not looking toward Kai’s table. But life had a way of pushing her back toward him. Especially when they lived next door. It happened on a Thursday evening. Ruby came home late from the library, arms full of books, brain fried from studying. The street was quiet, lights glowing softly along the sidewalk. The Kingston house loomed beside hers—huge, modern, intimidating.

And why did it feel like she’d just brushed against something dangerous enough to destroy her? She unlocked her apartment with trembling fingers and stepped inside, leaning back against the door once it shut. Her chest rose and fell too fast as she tried to steady herself. This was ridiculous. He was just a neighbor. A rich, arrogant neighbor with an unsettling presence. Nothing more. Yet, even as she told herself that, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she had already been noticed in a way she couldn’t undo. Next door, Caeldrin Blackwood stood in silence as the door clicked shut behind him.

A small bookstore café sat tucked between two quiet streets, warm lights glowing through the windows. “This place feels like you,” he said as we walked in. I frowned. “What does that mean?” “Calm. Soft. Dangerous if underestimated.” I laughed. “That was dramatic.” “Accurate,” he corrected. We found a corner table. He sat close—too close to be polite, too comfortable to question. “So,” he said, “what are you reading these days?” I shrugged. “Nothing serious.” “Liar,” he said. “You always read something serious.”

"Go. Browse. Get lost." I did. I lost myself in the fiction section, running my fingers along spines, reading first lines, falling into the rhythm of book shopping that I'd forgotten I loved. Ronan never wanted to spend time in bookstores—he said they made him claustrophobic. But I could have lived in a place like this. I chose three books: a literary novel about a woman reinventing herself after divorce, a poetry collection, and a thick fantasy epic I'd been meaning to read for years.

I had spent too much time and poured too much of my heart into this relationship. I really, really hated to see it go to waste, and that feeling was suffocating me, then the sound coming from the room next door snapped me out of it. The main bedroom's door was ajar. Through the narrow gap, I saw what was happening inside. And my stomach turned cold.

"Yeah," We noticed someone as we were leaving the house. Aunt Meliza is sweeping the streets, which are strewn with dry red flowers from the fire tree. Even though it's July, the fire trees are still blooming. She isn't connected by blood or anything. But we simply referred to her as an aunt. She is our next-door neighbor who lives with us since my parents are still young adults. So our family is already quite close with her. "Good day, aunt!" Clara was thrilled