Piyush came to Edinburgh hoping a new country would make it easier to live with the mistakes he left behind in India. But no matter how far he travels, he cannot forget the woman he once loved. The guilt still refuses to let him go.
Then he meets Vani.
She is organised, ambitious, and never afraid to tell him when he is wrong. Vani is everything Piyush doesn't need and everything he never knew he was looking for. What begins with constant arguments slowly turns into a friendship neither of them expected. It changes both of them in ways they never saw coming.
But just when Piyush begins to believe his past no longer controls him, one unexpected phone call opens a chapter he thought was finally over.

The Name I Spoke Instead is a heartfelt slow-burn romance about love, healing, forgiveness, and finding out that moving on is not about forgetting the past, but finding the courage to welcome the future.