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Sarah has spent two years convincing herself that love is about patience-that if she waits long enough, the boy Warren used to be will come back.
On paper, her life looks perfect: a business student at the University of Toronto, a glamorous downtown condo, and the kind of privileged life people assume must come with happiness. But behind closed doors, Sarah is stuck in a relationship built on manipulation, control, and the slow erosion of her self-worth. Warren McLarty is UofT's golden football star-charismatic, adored, and impossible for everyone except Sarah to see clearly.
When Warren's entitled inner circle pressures Sarah into funding his extravagant twenty-first birthday party, she begins to realize just how much of herself she's been giving away to people who see her as convenient, not valuable.
Then there's Elijah.
Her devastatingly attractive new neighbour is everything Warren isn't-kind, attentive, and effortlessly genuine. A chance elevator encounter leaves Sarah shaken in a way she hasn't felt in years, forcing her to confront a dangerous question:
What happens when the person you thought was your future is standing in the way of the person you're becoming?
On the night of Warren's birthday, dressed for a celebration she no longer wants to attend, Sarah makes a split-second decision that changes everything.
Because she was never meant to be someone's backup plan.
She was never meant to be the girl who pays the bill, keeps the peace, and stays quiet.
And she's definitely not your party favour.