Hostage
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Last published Sun, May 3, 2026
Two years: that was all it took for Lauren and William's marriage to fall apart. It had never really been alive to begin with. Brought together by their families, they shared a life that lacked warmth, connection, or anything real. So it ended the same way it started...quietly, formally, with a signature on divorce papers.
They both try to move on. William walks away from his company, ready to build something new on his own terms, while Lauren heads to New York, hoping for a fresh start far from everything they once were. But moving on isn't always that simple.
Because somehow, in a city as vast as New York, they find each other again. This time, things are messier, secrets, complicated relationships, feelings neither of them fully understands. And as much as they try to leave the past behind, it lingers between them, unfinished and unresolved.
Now they're left wondering...was it really over, or did they walk away from something they never truly gave a chance?
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