The Persistence of Memory
ScarletteDrake
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  • Reads 1,376,882
  • Votes 45,820
  • Parts 26
  • Time 11h 30m
  • Wattys winner
ScarletteDrake
Complete, First published Mar 17, 2015
Mature
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A married writer begins a passionate and destructive affair with a tortured artist, not knowing he has loved her since they met thirteen years ago.        
 
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Eloise Airens sat as a model for an art class thirteen years ago, where a damaged young artist, Aidan Foley, fell in love with her. For him, she was everything. For her, he was just a face in the crowd. But thirteen years later, Eloise's marriage is struggling and she ends up at Aidan's latest art show in New York. He's immediately drawn to her as he's never gotten over his obsession, and she's drawn to him because despite his pretentious art, only he can make her feel truly alive. Despite trying to save her marriage and stay true to her values, Eloise can't escape the pull of the talented, brooding, yet tortured Aidan Foley. Will she stay with the world she knows, or risk everything? And more importantly, will she do so before Aidan tells her about their strange past?

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Nate was tired of her husband who doesn't care about her and ignored her presence. She found solace in a man at her new workplace. She hesitated when he was better than her husband. Will Nate end the affair and save her marriage? Or will she choose to end her marriage for the man who claimed to love her more than her husband? ♤♡◇♧ ⛔ CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT (RATED R /21+) PLEASE BE A WISE READER 🚫 Don't copy this story as yours. Please stop plagiarism! 🚫 Names of characters, stories, and locations are purely fictional. If there are any similarities, it's just coincidence. First publish on January 4th 2023 (Previously published in October 2019 in Indonesian) to April 3rd 2024. Cover by : @anurie ⚠️ If you are reading this story on any other platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk of a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in it's original, safe form, please visit https://www.wattpad.com/user/fytofuxoxo thank you ♡

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