A Love Hidden in Emails — Short Story

Aditi had never felt this nervous walking into a new office before.
New corporate job. New city. New people.
A heart still recovering from old wounds.

On her first day, her hands shivered so much she dropped her ID card twice.

But then the first email arrived.

From: AnonymousSender
Subject: You’re doing your best. That’s enough.

“The first day is never easy. But you survived it, and that’s the bravest thing.”

Aditi stared at the screen, surprised, comforted, almost emotional.
Someone had noticed her struggle.

But who?

---

☕ Day after day…

The emails continued.

Short. Encouraging.
Like someone was silently watching over her, making sure she didn’t break.

On days she felt overwhelmed with deadlines, she would find:

“Breathe, Aditi. The world isn’t falling apart.”

On days she felt lonely:

“You are not invisible.”

Nobody at work was that kind—not her colleagues, and definitely not her boss, Aditya Khanna.

Aditya: the coldest, most arrogant CEO she had ever met.
Sharp tongue. Sharp eyes.
The kind of man who dismissed emotions like they were weaknesses.

He terrified everyone.

Except…
sometimes Aditi caught him staring at her with something softer, something unreadable.

---

📩 One night, everything changed.

Aditi’s anxiety struck badly.
She sat alone in the empty office, trying to finish a presentation.
Her hands trembled, breath uneven.

Then—
another email popped up.

“You’re not alone. I’m here.”

Her tears finally spilled.

She typed back, for the first time ever:

“Who are you?”

No reply.

But footsteps echoed behind her.

She turned.

It was Aditya.

---

🌙 The Reveal

“Aditi,” he said quietly, a tone too gentle for the man everyone feared.

“You work so late…” she whispered, wiping her eyes.

He hesitated—something she had never seen him do.

“I sent the emails.”

Silence.
The kind that shakes a world.

“You…?” she breathed.

He nodded.
“For months.”

“Why hide your identity?”

His jaw tightened.
“This isn’t our first meeting.”

Her heart stopped.

“What?”

“You don’t remember,” he said softly. “But… two years ago, you had a panic attack outside a café. People walked past. I didn’t.”
He swallowed.
“You told me I saved your life that night.”

A blur of memory surfaced—
rain, breathlessness, a stranger’s warm voice telling her to hold on.

“You were that man?”

“Yes. And when I saw you join the company… when I saw you struggle—I couldn’t walk away again.”

“Why emails? Why not tell me directly?”

His eyes softened with vulnerability.

“Because you looked terrified of people. And I… I wasn’t sure you’d trust the man everyone calls heartless.”

The cold, arrogant boss wasn’t arrogant at all.
Just a man who didn’t know how to show care without scaring her away.

---

❤️ The Confession

Aditi stepped closer, her heart thundering.

“You helped me through the worst days of my life,” she whispered. “The emails… they felt like sunlight.”

He exhaled shakily.

“I thought if my identity scared you, at least my words wouldn’t.”

She looked into the eyes she once feared.

“I fell in love with those words,” she said softly. “With the soul behind them.”

He froze.
“...Aditi.”

She smiled gently.

“And now I know the soul was yours.”

For the first time, the cold CEO broke—
eyes glistening, walls crashing.

“Aditi… I—”

She touched his hand.

“You don’t have to be anonymous anymore.”

And under the soft glow of the office lights,
their story—once hidden in emails—
finally found its voice.