You, Me, and the Bread is a novelette of 15,400 words set in the rain-soaked streets of Tbilisi, Georgia—a mature autumnal romance for readers in the later stages of life. This contemporary straight romance features characters in their fifties who have already lived, loved, lost, and built something real with their own hands. The story explores the situationship trope with a slow-burn, mutual pining dynamic set against the warm, flour-dusted backdrop of a family bakery, where the scent of fresh bread mingles with the ache of seven years of unspoken love.

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Lia has spent seven years working side by side with Levan in her grandmother's crumbling Tbilisi bakery—seven years of stolen glances, shared coffee, and monthly outings that feel like a marriage without a name.

She has loved him since the day he offered to help her restore the old oven, but he rejected her once and she has never dared to ask again. Instead, she watches him knead the dough, load the loaves, and smile that slow, grey-eyed smile that makes her believe, against all reason, that he loves her too.

Levan has been courting her in the only way he knows how—through romantic songs, the careful attention of a man who remembers everything about her, and a thousand small gestures that say everything words cannot. From the Chardin Street Steps to the Georgian Jewish restaurant to the ancient Caravanserai, their monthly outings have become the anchor of her emotional life—a slow, sacred ritual that feels like a marriage no one has named. He has loved her for years, but his failed marriage has left him convinced he does not deserve happiness, and his fear of losing her friendship has kept him silent.

What will it take for them to finally admit the truth they have been carrying for seven years?

And if they do, will their love survive the gossip, the fear, and the weight of all the years they have already lost?

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For readers who have lived long enough to know that love is not a fairy tale but a daily choice, You, Me, and the Bread offers a simple story of second chances and the courage to speak what the heart has known all along. Set against the golden domes and rain-washed cobblestones of Tbilisi, this mature romance proves that love does not have an expiration date—and that the best bread is baked slowly, with patience, care, and the willingness to wait for something truly worth having.

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