Kisses after Goodbye

“Kisses After Goodbye” is a second-chance romance wrapped in emotional depth, art, and the tension between past and present selves. It’s a story about how the people we once loved can still hold pieces of who we are now, and what happens when love resurfaces at the wrong—or maybe the right—time.

🔍 At its core, the story is about:

• Lost love and unfinished business: Isla and Noah had a once-in-a-lifetime summer romance in Florence that ended abruptly but never truly left them.
• Emotional growth and reckoning: Years later, fate throws them together again in a professional setting, forcing them to confront everything they left unsaid.
• Art as memory and confession: Their connection is expressed not only in words but in paintings, murals, and hidden art—especially Noah’s murals that trace their history.
• Choosing authenticity over safety: Isla is engaged to someone stable, but not someone who knows her soul the way Noah does. The story explores whether security can ever replace true emotional connection.
• Healing through truth: The turning point is when Noah finally reveals the grief he buried, explaining why he pushed her away. It’s not just a romance—it’s about two people healing through vulnerability.

🧭 The narrative arc follows:

1. Then – A bittersweet, romantic origin in Florence, ending in parting.
2. Now – A reunion filled with longing, suppressed emotions, and unresolved tension.
3. Reckoning – Letters, confessions, and emotional upheaval that forces them to be honest.
4. After Goodbye – Isla must choose between her safe life in Manhattan and the raw, unfinished love she left behind—symbolized by Noah’s viral mural and their return to Florence.

💔❤️ Ultimately, it’s about:

• Whether you can find your way back to someone after time, pain, and other people have changed you.
• And whether some goodbyes are really just pauses before the next hello.