Chapter One
Before I Knew Your Name
Before Liam, I thought I understood love. I had seen it in movies,I had read about it in books.
I had watched couples hold hands and promise forever.
I had listened to songs about people who would rather die than live without each other.
But I didn't understand it.
Not really.
Love was just a word until Liam gave it a face.
Before him, my heart was cautious.
I had learned that people could make promises they didn't intend to keep.
I had learned that someone could say "I love you" and still hurt you.
So I built walls.
Not because I didn't want love.
Because I wanted something real.
Something safe.
Something that would not disappear the moment life became difficult.
Then Liam walked into my life.
And slowly, those walls began to fall.
I didn't know it at the time.
I didn't know that the person standing in front of me would eventually become the person my heart would search for in every crowd.
I didn't know that his name would become one of my favorite sounds.
I didn't know that one day I would look back and realize that meeting him had changed everything.
All I knew was that there was something different about him.
Something my heart noticed before my mind understood.








