So Close But Yet So Far Novels & Stories

-S I hope you’re right… I really do. I just can’t shake this feeling that something bad is coming. It’s like a storm brewing on the horizon, and no one else can see it. What if they’re already closer than we think? What if we’re too late by the time we notice? -L

And if we keep reaching like this, just slightly off, just slightly late… I don’t know if we’re getting closer. Or slowly learning how to miss each other again.

Bare walls, just a bed, a basin for water, flames leaping in the hearth. Here, closeness isn’t something snatched in quiet moments - it settles like dust after a long journey. One glance, then another, and the act begins to fade. Roads stretch ahead, just us inside this car, no audience left. Distance strips things down, layer by layer, until there’s nothing to hide behind.

"What a clown. Parading around about winning me back, only to go running when another woman waved a pregnancy test." For him, admitting the truth would ruin his reputation. That was more than anything he could ever tolerate. Shelley listened to my rant, then grinned. "Finally. You’ve grown up. No more lovesick fool. We can be friends again." I flushed, embarrassed. To prove I meant it, I acted fast. Before Ethan could reshuffle the company, I sold my half of the shares at a low price. Then, I bought a ticket and left, traveling across the country, enjoying every corner of its beauty.

Close enough that every move mattered. Close enough that the next one would decide how this ended.

The place his palm touched was where their child had once been. Slowly, he drew back. He sat at the edge of the bed, guilt and tenderness warring in his expression. Abigail pulled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around herself as if to hold all the pieces together. Edward’s voice came low, rough with regret. “I’m sorry,” he said. “I was impatient.” Abigail shook her head. “You don’t have to apologize. I just…” She faltered, searching for the right words. “I just don’t know how to be close again.”

⸻ Not correctly. But close enough. ⸻ Too close.

We were too close to say anythingSo close that I couldn't see anything else We were so close that my breath caughtThere were so close that today it's just you and me I told you, I can't resist him. I seize his mouth with an urgent kiss. The urgency of someone who has spent three days so close, and yet so far away. [...]

Isabella de Valois's smile deepened, glancing triumphantly at Lily Parker from the corner of her eye, and nodded, "Sure, I'll love anything you pick." Their intimate display, oblivious to others, was like honey to one and poison to another. What is the meaning of 'so close, yet so far'? Lily Parker and Ethan Hart were the very embodiment of this phrase. If it weren't for holding Eleanor Brown's hand for support, Lily felt she wouldn't even have the strength to stand. She couldn't bear to see him being kind to someone else, yet she couldn't tear her gaze away. It had been so long since she last saw him... She missed him terribly, almost to the point of madness. But what could she do? She had

Not even close. ***********