Piyush Patil left India to bury his past — the explosive anger, the guilt, and the girl whose name still haunted him. Edinburgh was meant to be a clean slate. A place where he could finally breathe without remembering.
Then he met Vani Rathi.
Calm, guarded, and completely off-limits, Vani was never part of his plan. But slowly, carefully, she became the only person who made him want to stay. For the first time in years, he felt something real. Until one phone call changed everything. One voice. One name. One mistake that tore open every wound he thought he’d left behind.

The Name I Spoke Instead is a story of love found at the wrong time, of moments that change everything, and of how some goodbyes never really end.