When success feels like suffocation, sometimes the bravest thing you can do is walk away.

Maya Chen had it all—a six-figure salary, a corner office, and a future mapped out in corporate milestones. But at thirty-two, she couldn't remember the last time she'd created something with her hands that wasn't a PowerPoint presentation. So she did the unthinkable: she quit.

Now, armed with nothing but a dwindling savings account and a wild dream, Maya is opening an art gallery in Tokyo's electric heart—Shibuya. The space is imperfect, the odds are impossible, and everyone she loves thinks she's making a catastrophic mistake.

Then she meets Ken Tanaka.

He's the devastatingly handsome owner of the traditional teahouse next door—a former law student who walked away from his own family's expectations to build something meaningful. He makes perfect tea, quotes philosophy she doesn't quite understand, and looks at her like she's brave instead of reckless.

As Maya struggles to turn an empty room into Neon Dharma—a gallery for artists the traditional art world has overlooked—Ken becomes her anchor. He shows up with terrible coffee at 2 AM. He helps patch ceilings after disasters. He reminds her that the right path isn't always the safe one.

But falling in love wasn't part of Maya's business plan. And letting someone in means risking everything she's fought so hard to build on her own.

Set against the neon-lit backdrop of modern Tokyo, Neon Dharma is a luminous story about finding the courage to become who you're meant to be—and discovering that the most meaningful journey is the one you don't take alone.