Whatwasnevermine Stories

When Eliana fell for Joel, her brother's best friend and hers, she believed she had found the kind of love that could weather anything, the kind that makes the world finally make sense. But love, she learns, is not always a two-way street. Joel's heart still beats for someone who left him behind- her twin sister, Kimberly, and Eliana becomes the comfort he reaches for when the silence feels too heavy. Kimberly, the perfect portrayed twin that takes each step with grace and beauty. Her aura turns heads and hearts especially Joel's. Eliana notices it but she quietly doubts it all, comforting herself with the fact that it's normal. With everything that goes on, a new guy walks into the twins' lives, taking Joel by surprise and jealousy. His obsession with Kimberly makes him emotionally blinded to his friendship with Eliana. To him, she's moved on already but all she wanted was to be seen. The new guy, with precision and calculation befriends Eliana but only her brother, Elijah, notices it all and vows to protect his sisters from his best friend and the stranger. Eliana on the other hand, gives everything she has, hoping time will make her enough, but time only deepens the space between them, turning affection into habit and passion into pity. When the truth can no longer hide behind Joel's eyes, Eliana must decide whether to keep fighting for a love built on borrowed moments, or to finally walk away from what was never hers. What Was Never Mine is a quiet, aching story of unreturned love, self-discovery, and the strength it takes to let go of someone who was never truly yours.