The Weight of Almost

By shafia begum

He was the boy who never looked back. She was the girl who finally made him flinch. Yasmin doesn't mean to ruin things -- not at first. Zayn doesn't mean to let his guard down -- but he does. And one night changes everything. Now, silence hangs heavier than words, and memory lingers where it shouldn't. In a classroom full of strangers, there are only two people who remember the weight of what wasn't said -- and what should've never happened. Zayn is still kind. Still composed. Still painfully out of reach. Yasmin is spiralling. Quietly. Loudly. All at once. Between passing glances, shared prayers, awkward group projects and lingering regret, two souls learn what it means to lose something that was never quite theirs. A story about stillness, guilt, slow forgiveness, and the kind of love that teaches you what not to do with it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6D4S2PT
• ISBN13: 9798280362321
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 476 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 5.5"