A LOVE WE LEFT BEHIND

A LOVE WE LEFT BEHIND A Second-Chance Romance by Mica Creations --- COPYRIGHT Copyright © 2026 by Mica Creations All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior written permission from the author, except for brief quotations used in reviews or other uses permitted by applicable copyright law. This is a work of fiction. All characters, names, organizations, businesses, events, and circumstances are either products of the author's imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, organizations, businesses, or events is purely coincidental. First Edition 2026 --- DEDICATION For every heart that has loved, lost, waited, and still found the courage to love again. For the people who believe that some goodbyes are not always the end. And for those who know that sometimes, love doesn't disappear— it simply waits for the right time to come home. --- EPIGRAPH “Some loves are not meant to be forgotten. Some are meant to be found again— after the distance, after the silence, and after both hearts are finally ready.” --- DESCRIPTION A Love We Left Behind Zielle Rivera built everything on her own. At twenty-nine, she is a respected lawyer and the owner of Zielle Rivera Law Chambers in Batangas. Independent, composed, and determined, she has learned how to protect other people's rights—even when protecting her own heart has always been much harder. Years ago, Zielle loved only one man. Clert Sebastian Del Rosso Inigo. He was her first love, her childhood best friend, and the boy who once promised that he would never leave her. Until he did. After their Senior High School graduation, Clert disappeared from her life without saying goodbye, leaving Zielle with questions she never received answers to and a heart she was forced to teach how to live without him. Years later, their paths cross again in a Batangas courtroom. But this time, they are standing on opposite sides. Zielle represents families whose homes and livelihoods have been affected by the construction of an Inigo Grand Hotels and Resorts development. And the man representing the company is none other than Clert. The boy who left is now a powerful CEO. The girl he left behind is now a lawyer who no longer needs him. Their reunion begins with legal negotiations, business meetings, family gatherings, and a relocation agreement that slowly brings their worlds together again. Clert doesn't ask Zielle to forgive him. He doesn't demand another chance. Instead, he waits. Flowers begin appearing at her office. Simple messages arrive at night. He remembers the coffee she likes. He remembers when she forgets to eat. He remembers every little thing about the girl he once called “Zai.” And despite every effort to keep her heart guarded, Zielle begins to wonder— What if the love she thought she left behind never really left at all? As their families reconnect, their companies become business partners, and the truth behind Clert's disappearance slowly comes to light, Zielle must decide whether the past is something she should finally let go of— or something worth giving a second chance. Because sometimes, the hardest part of loving someone isn't falling in love. It's deciding whether you are brave enough to love them again.