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The Echo of Us by Stella2Moon
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The end of Elena and Julian's marriage wasn't a sudden explosion; it was a slow, bittersweet fading of the light. She walked away to find stillness, settling into the West Village to build a life where her success was her own. She found something more: a positive pregnancy test and a heartbeat that tethered her to the man she had just left.
the thread that binds the bones by obeetaybeebaby
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Camden Edson never believed in happily ever after. Men were fine for a good time, but love? Commitment? Marriage? Those belonged in fairy tales, not real life. After watching her father walk away from her family for another woman, Camden built her life around one simple rule: never depend on anyone. Then she met Theo Sullivan. Somehow, the brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon slipped past every defense she had. He became the one person who made forever feel possible. Two years into their marriage, Camden is thriving as a clinical psychologist while Theo begins an intense cardiovascular fellowship at the same hospital. Long hours and opposite schedules leave little time for each other, but every stolen moment reminds Camden why she took the chance. Until one weekend changes everything. When Camden receives an emergency call that her estranged father is being rushed into open-heart surgery, she desperately tries to reach Theo. His phone goes straight to voicemail. Then she calls his best friend. Only to discover Theo was never where he claimed he would be. As old wounds rip open, Camden is forced to confront more than the possibility of her husband's betrayal. She's suddenly responsible for saving the life of the man whose own infidelity destroyed her family, while questioning whether the marriage she fought to believe in was built on the very lie she swore she'd never survive twice. Some hearts can be repaired. Others never heal the same way.
Hudson and Fiadh by GroveltoHEA
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We'd fallen for each other hard and fast and things were perfect. Until his ex showed up with Hudson's ten-month-old son. Hudson, afraid his ex would take off with his son, bent over backwards to accommodate her. He ignored my advice to get a paternity test and set some boundaries with her. He didn't, and she kept taking more and more of his time. He swore things would settle, but I overheard him with her on the phone one night and that was it for me. I was out of there.
Claimed by the Scalpel ( Full Story now available on Selar and Gumroad )  by BenjaminVelvet
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Dr. Sloane Reid had it all-a thriving surgical career, a respected husband, and a life built on precision and trust. Until she walked in on him with a nurse in his office. Divorce should be clean. But Dr. Vaughn Reid refuses to sign the papers and will burn her world down to keep her. Enter Dr. Kieran Ashford, Chief of Surgery and Vaughn's ruthless rival. Powerful, dangerous, and undeniably magnetic, Kieran sees Sloane as more than a prize he wants her soul. As the war between the two men escalates, Sloane discovers she's not just surviving the fallout. She's rewriting the rules. Revenge never felt this sharp... or this intoxicating.
Unfaithful Promise ( sequel to Unfaithful Heart) by Gunj40
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I was the woman he loved. She was the woman he could never refuse. I stopped competing with Veronica the day I understood the truth: Adrian hadn't just let her into our lives, he'd built her a home inside the spaces meant for me. For two years, I was Claire Monroe. The safe and steady one. The woman Adrian Cole never had to worry about because she never made a scene, raised her voice, or asked for more than he was willing to give. Understanding. Patient. Reliable. I wore those words like armor, never realizing they were the very reasons he felt free to look away. And while I stayed quiet, Veronica Steele, the grieving family friend, the woman who wielded her sorrow like a blade, quietly took everything that should have been mine. Not his heart. No. Something worse. His presence. His attention. Every late-night conversation, every cancelled dinner, every moment he chose to be somewhere I wasn't. I learned the cost of that choice on the kitchen floor of our apartment, my body folding in on itself, my appendix rupturing as I whispered his name into a voicemail he wouldn't hear until it was too late. Adrian. Please. I need you. He was with her. Of course he was with her. I survived the surgery. But lying in that hospital bed, staring at the empty chair beside me, I finally understood something I should have known all along: There was no reason left to stay. So I stopped waiting. And only then, only when the door had already closed, did Adrian finally see the truth. But seeing and losing never happen in the right order. "Unfaithful Promise" is the story of a man who realized what he had only after he had nothing left to hold, and a woman who finally decided she would never again be someone's second choice. Some people don't recognize love until they're standing in the ruins of it.
After The Storm by EbbyWritings
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‎Two years of marriage. Zero children. And a family that never wanted her there. ‎Nicole Henderson has loved Stephen Duncan quietly and faithfully - through whispered insults at the dinner table, through Vivian's cold stares and Stephanie's cutting words, through the ache of empty nurseries and unanswered prayers. She tells herself it will pass. That love is enough. That patience is a virtue. ‎It isn't. ‎When the man she married stops defending her - and starts becoming the weapon pointed at her - Nicole walks away with nothing but the clothes on her back and the number of her best friend, Catherine. ‎What she doesn't know is that Catherine's brother has been watching. Quietly. Carefully. ‎Anderson Whitfield doesn't do complicated. But Nicole Henderson, proud even in her ruin, is the most interesting woman he's ever met. ‎And he's just bought the one thing Stephen tried to use to finish her off. ‎After the Storm is a story about what happens when a woman stops surviving and starts living - and the man patient enough to wait for her to find out who she really is. ‎
Love Interrupted by SinS30
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After having a miscarriage and being asked for a divorce by her husband. Elizabeth builds her life from scratch. She disappears to a new country where she builds a new life and flourish in her career. Now three years later she returns to her home town with a bag full of surprises for everyone. But truth be told Elizabeth is not the only one with surprises. When Dilton her ex husband notices she is back all truth is revealed and her life takes unexpected turn. Join Elizabeth on her journey and find out what life holds for her.
The Story Of Us by writtenbyyv
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One impulsive kiss. One unexpected man. One love story neither of them saw coming. After catching her boyfriend cheating, Claire Marie Sarniento swore she'd never let another man break her heart again. So when she comes face-to-face with her ex at their college reunion, she does the only thing she can think of. She kisses the handsome stranger standing beside her. Unfortunately, that stranger turns out to be Harris Manuel Bautista-an accomplished lawyer, a former schoolmate, and a man who suddenly seems determined to stay in her life. From pretending to be her boyfriend to becoming the person she can't stop thinking about, Harris slowly breaks down the walls Claire worked so hard to build. But just when she's ready to believe in forever again, the ghosts of Harris's past come knocking on their door. Can Claire learn to trust the man she loves? Or will fear, jealousy, and old wounds destroy the future they both dream of?
The Echoes of Us by salvusanima11
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There was a time when Althea Isabelle Reyes believed love could survive anything. She gave him her heart. She carried his child. She dreamed of growing old beside the man she thought would never let her go. Instead, he became the reason she learned how heartbreak could feel like mourning someone who was still alive. So she left. Not because she stopped loving him, but because loving him was slowly destroying the woman she used to be. For two years, she built a life from the ruins he left behind. She learned to become both mother and father to their little girl. She buried every dream they once shared and convinced herself that some loves are never meant to be found again. Then fate-cruel, relentless fate-placed him in front of her once more. Only this time, the man standing before her was no longer the man who shattered her heart. Lance Gabrielle Villanueva had spent two years searching for the woman he lost. Two years carrying the weight of his regrets. Two years becoming the man he should have been from the very beginning. But apologies cannot erase betrayal. Regret cannot return stolen years. And some scars don't disappear simply because the person who caused them has changed. Now, he is willing to spend the rest of his life proving that love isn't spoken through promises. It's proven through patience. Through sacrifice. Through showing up every single day. But how do you trust the same hands that once let you fall? How do you believe in forever when forever was the very thing that broke you? Perhaps some loves never truly die. Perhaps they simply become echoes-lingering in the quiet corners of our hearts, waiting for the day we find the courage to listen again. This is a heart-wrenching story of love, betrayal, redemption, forgiveness, and the impossible journey of learning to trust the person who once taught you how to live without them.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖡𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖴𝗇𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗅𝖽 by BATESVILLE
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"Abort it." "Excuse me ?" "Abort that thing inside of you!" He shouts in my face. I put my hands on his chest, trying to put some space between us. The man didn't even budge. "I'm not aborting my baby!" I feel strong hands wrap around my throat, and the next thing I know, I'm being lifted off the floor, fighting for air. "Listen here, you bitch you will abort that child, and if you don't, I'll personally kill you both myself. I'm a man of my word. Do not test me." He spat dead calm. Elora finds herself in a sticky position when her brother was in a terrible car accident, leading to an expensive medical bill that neither of them could afford. Her parents died when she was young, leaving her brother as her sole guardian. The two had been incredibly close over the years, and she had to find a way to help him in his current position. She had no choice but to sleep with a man she knew nothing about for money to cover the hospital bill, but later found out she was pregnant. The worst-case scenario is that the father wants nothing to do with her and the unborn child. After three years of guilt, pain, and regret, the two cross paths once more, and Elora struggles to make the right decisions as he was determined to be in their little girl's life. It's gonna be a bumpy ride!! #1-rejection 18.01.2025 #1-conflict 18.01.2025 #1-mistakes 22.07.2025 •Published: Oct 5, 2021