I stayed when I shouldn't have. I stayed through half-listened conversations and promises that disappeared the moment someone else needed him more. I told myself I was overthinking. That things would change eventually. So I learned how to swallow my discomfort. My loneliness. My doubts. Until everything fell apart. Now I can't stop wondering why it took almost losing my life to finally understand what I already knew all along: I should've left him long ago. ............. Warning: This story uses mature language and scenes. © IcecreamSundae5. All rights reserved.

📚 NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON KINDLE, KU AND PAPERBACK! ___________ 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲. Nora is good at surviving. She has been doing it her whole life. She knows which silences are safe. She knows how to make herself small enough to go unnoticed. She knows how to hold a life together with nothing but routine and patience and the quiet, unshakeable belief that if she follows the rules, nothing will fall apart. She has never asked for more. She has never believed she deserved it. It isn't a big life. But it is hers. And it is stable. And stable is everything. 𝗨𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲... 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁. Suddenly, the life she carefully built begins to crack. Uneven. Unpredictable. Wrong. For someone who has always survived by knowing what comes next...that is the most dangerous thing of all. Because if she can't predict him-what comes after? And if she leaves... 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼? ___________ Read now: US: https://a.co/d/0bmGM6Gy UK: https://amzn.eu/d/0bgAYaPB CA: https://a.co/d/09CpG1Df AU: https://amzn.asia/d/0eoasoCN IN: https://amzn.in/d/0jjun1kc MX: https://a.co/d/0bEnUjYI BR: https://a.co/d/02cybMIk

Is it better to live in a beautiful lie or the ugly truth? I'm not so sure anymore. Not now after finding myself on the other side of beautiful lies. There was a time I thought I was the one - HIS one. Turns out, I'm only second . . . . . . to her. For readers: *I will update as I please. Don't be rude about it. Thank you. *I do my best to proofread before publishing, but some typos and errors will slip through. Feel free to point them out! *Comments, active engagement, and helpful critiques are welcomed. *Mean, unnecessary comments that attack me, personally, or other commenters will be ignored and deleted. *I'm not a spicey writer. I rather use my word count for plot, character development, and GROVEL!!! *Most importantly, I hope you enjoy the little world I'm creating.