When We Last Spoke, nothing was resolved. Years after walking away from the one relationship that mattered most, Claire has built a life defined by routine, responsibility, and quiet competence. She isn't unhappy-but she is careful. And careful, she has learned, can become a form of silence. When Michael returns to town, their reconnection isn't dramatic or impulsive. It is measured. Honest. Uncomfortable in the ways that matter. What unfolds between them is not an attempt to reclaim the past, but a negotiation with the present-one that asks whether two people can choose each other again without erasing who they've become. This is a story about second chances without shortcuts, intimacy without urgency, and the courage it takes to stay present when certainty is unavailable. Quiet, reflective, and emotionally precise, When We Last Spoke is a literary romance for readers who believe love isn't proven by intensity-but by consistency.