In a quiet Vienna library where afternoons glow like fading gold, he spends years loving a girl who does not know his name. Autumn enters the room each day with a calm that unsettles him, a stillness he begins to measure his life around. What begins as distant admiration becomes an unexpected bond when a dropped pen, a soft smile, and a single question draw her into his world.

As their days slowly entwine, shared silences turn into confessions, gentle laughter, and a tenderness that feels both fragile and impossible to let go of. But just as he begins to believe in the rhythm they are building, Autumn reveals a truth that tilts their world: she is leaving. Three months. Then the distance he has feared will become real.

Caught between newfound closeness and an approaching goodbye, the two must navigate a love that was never meant to survive time, circumstance, or its own quiet intensity. This is not a story of grand betrayal or dramatic endings. It is a story of almosts, of soft heartbreak, and of the invisible goodbyes we carry long after someone has gone.

How to Lose Someone Who Was Never Yours is a tender, atmospheric tale about longing, timing, and the ache of loving someone who was never truly yours. For readers who crave emotional depth, lyrical prose, and the bittersweet beauty of stories that linger long after the last page.