Paint Me In Love

After losing her brother in a tragic car accident, twenty-year-old Matilde Soleo has stopped knowing what to do with her life. She paints to cope with her grief, works at a grocery store, and spends her days secretly loving her best friend, Ricardo-the one person who has never seen her as anything more than a friend.Then everything changes.A new job at a design company gives Matilde a chance to finally pursue her art, and her relationship with her boss, Matthew Calen, quickly becomes something neither of them expected. Matthew is autistic, quietly struggles with social situations, and understands Matilde in a way no one else ever has.What begins with an unexpected escape to the beach becomes friendship, laughter, late-night conversations, and a connection that feels effortless.But just as Matilde begins building a new life, Ricardo finally realizes what he's lost-and confesses the love she's spent years waiting to hear.Only now, she's moved on.As Matilde learns to let go of the person she thought she wanted, heal from the brother she lost, and embrace the future she's afraid to imagine, she discovers that sometimes love doesn't arrive when you're waiting for it.Sometimes it finds you when you're finally ready to move forward.