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Almost Us
Some people become a part of your life so quietly that you don't realize how much they mean to you—until they're gone.
Vihan Mehra believes life is something you build carefully. A career, a future, a five-year plan—and, somewhere in between, Akshara Sharma.
Akshara doesn't believe in five-year plans.
She believes in good coffee, spontaneous trips, terrible jokes, long conversations, sleeping in on Sundays, and enjoying life while it's happening. At Meridian Finserve, she and Vihan are colleagues. But somewhere between client meetings, lunch breaks, office gossip, late-night messages, and their almost-daily coffee, they become something much more complicated.
They become each other's person.
Vihan knows he loves her.
Akshara knows she cares about him.
But knowing what someone means to you isn't always the same as knowing what you want from them.
When Vihan's concern slowly turns into advice, and his love begins to feel like control, the easy friendship they've built starts to crack. Akshara wants the freedom to live life on her own terms. Vihan wants to protect her from regrets she doesn't believe she'll have.
Neither is entirely wrong.
Neither knows how to stop hurting the other.
Eventually, Vihan walks away—not because he has stopped loving Akshara, but because he hasn't.
Months later, distance brings them back into each other's lives in unexpected ways. A random message becomes a conversation. A conversation becomes a habit. And slowly, they rediscover the laughter, comfort, and effortless connection they once had.
But by then, life has moved on.
There is a new city. A new job. A new life.
And eventually, a wedding date.
Now Akshara has to face the question she spent so long
What exactly did she lose when she lost Vihan?
A love?
A friendship?
Or something that never quite had a name?
Almost Us is a warm, witty, bittersweet contemporary romance about friendship, timing, freedom, and the people who become unforgettable without ever becoming ours.
Because sometimes the most beautiful love stories aren't the ones that end with together.
Sometimes they're the ones that came incredibly close.
Almost.
Vihan Mehra believes life is something you build carefully. A career, a future, a five-year plan—and, somewhere in between, Akshara Sharma.
Akshara doesn't believe in five-year plans.
She believes in good coffee, spontaneous trips, terrible jokes, long conversations, sleeping in on Sundays, and enjoying life while it's happening. At Meridian Finserve, she and Vihan are colleagues. But somewhere between client meetings, lunch breaks, office gossip, late-night messages, and their almost-daily coffee, they become something much more complicated.
They become each other's person.
Vihan knows he loves her.
Akshara knows she cares about him.
But knowing what someone means to you isn't always the same as knowing what you want from them.
When Vihan's concern slowly turns into advice, and his love begins to feel like control, the easy friendship they've built starts to crack. Akshara wants the freedom to live life on her own terms. Vihan wants to protect her from regrets she doesn't believe she'll have.
Neither is entirely wrong.
Neither knows how to stop hurting the other.
Eventually, Vihan walks away—not because he has stopped loving Akshara, but because he hasn't.
Months later, distance brings them back into each other's lives in unexpected ways. A random message becomes a conversation. A conversation becomes a habit. And slowly, they rediscover the laughter, comfort, and effortless connection they once had.
But by then, life has moved on.
There is a new city. A new job. A new life.
And eventually, a wedding date.
Now Akshara has to face the question she spent so long
What exactly did she lose when she lost Vihan?
A love?
A friendship?
Or something that never quite had a name?
Almost Us is a warm, witty, bittersweet contemporary romance about friendship, timing, freedom, and the people who become unforgettable without ever becoming ours.
Because sometimes the most beautiful love stories aren't the ones that end with together.
Sometimes they're the ones that came incredibly close.
Almost.
348 pages, Paperback
Published September 17, 2026
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