Seventeen years.For some people, seventeen years is an entire chapter of life. It is enough time to graduate, build a career, move to another country, make new friends, lose old ones, create a family, and watch the world change around them.But for two people in love, seventeen years can feel like both an eternity and a single heartbeat.This is not simply a story about distance.It is a story about waiting.A story about hope.A story about two hearts that refused to forget each other, even when life gave them every reason to move on.Seventeen years ago, two people met.They could never have imagined that a simple connection would become one of the longest journeys of their lives.At the beginning, everything seemed possible.Their conversations were effortless. They talked about dreams, fears, childhood memories, favorite songs, places they wanted to visit, and the lives they hoped to build someday.

Rose's life falls apart on the darkest and rainiest night she can remember. After the man she devoted years of her life to suddenly abandons her, she walks through the city with a broken heart, believing she has lost everything.Alone at a deserted bus stop, Rose finally allows herself to cry. She has no idea where her life will go from there—or whether her heart will ever heal.Then, in the middle of the storm, a mysterious stranger named Sherry appears.He doesn't know her story. He doesn't know her pain. Yet, instead of asking questions or judging her, he simply stays beside her when everyone else seems to have left.Their meeting lasts only a few hours.bBut sometimes, one stranger, one conversation, and one act of kindness can change an entire life.Rose believes Sherry only saved her from a lonely night.She doesn't know that he is about to become the person who will help her find herself—and perhaps, teach her heart how to love again