Altered. [Harry Styles]

"You left me at the altar." Harry's voice rattles unsteady, just like it did on the voicemail he left me that same night. "And after all of these years, I still don't know why."

His warm breath caresses the back of my neck, the distance between each exhale growing longer and longer. He was holding his breath, waiting for the answer that I knew might just ruin him.

"I left you there so I didn't have to lose myself." The confession was blunt, but after four years, the immense weight that was lifted off of my shoulders with the truth was a comforting equalizer.

"I don't understand..." His breathing hitched, and the arm draped around my waist loosen. He didn't retract his arm, but the protective grip loosened as the raw truth flooded in.

Tears rimmed at the base of my lashes, but my lips concealed a bigger secret that wasn't ready to be revealed.

"Because written in my vows, were promises that my body might not have let me keep, and I couldn't stand to see the disappointment in your eyes or the grudge you would hold against me when I told you that..."

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Wedding bells are ringing for Josie Pierce and Harry Styles, but cold feet and undisclosed revelations leave Harry stranded at the altar without his bride. Now four years later, an accidental reconciliation brings them together again.

One by one, secrets are revealed, and faults are spotlighted as they're forced to decide if their story has one more chapter left, or if it's time to put an end to their story once and for all.