Sofia owned a tiny bakery.
Every morning, a young man named Leo came to buy bread.
They slowly fell in love.
But Leo was poor and wanted to build a better life before asking Sofia to marry him.
He left the town to work in a distant city.
Sofia waited.
Years passed.
One morning, a letter arrived.
Leo had become successful.
He was returning.
Sofia prepared his favorite bread.
That evening, Leo entered the bakery.
But he wasn’t alone.
He had brought his elderly mother, who was sick.
“I came back because I realized something,” he said.
“What?”
“I thought I needed money to deserve you.”
Sofia smiled.
“You never needed it.”
They married the following spring.
They kept the bakery.
And every morning, Leo still bought one loaf of bread from Sofia.
She always charged him full price.
He always complained.
She always laughed.
Their love had survived distance because neither had stopped believing in the person they first met.
