Olivia_ I didn’t have time to second-guess myself. Doubt was a luxury I couldn’t afford anymore. I remembered the moment I stepped out of Brew & Co., I felt a new energy. The subtle but undeniable feeling that something inside me had changed. Maybe it was the way Noah looked at me when I spoke about my vision, like I wasn’t just dreaming but building something real. Maybe it was the way I carried myself, no longer waiting for permission to chase what I wanted. Or maybe, just maybe, it was the realization that I no longer needed to be someone’s afterthought…. someone like Theo. I had spent too much of my life being cautious. Being careful. Making choices that felt safe, that made sense on paper, but what had that gotten me? A career I loved, sure, but a life that still felt incomple

