Chasing Ashes
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Last published Wed, Mar 26, 2025
"I wanted him first. But that never mattered."
Dr. Ashley Calder knows how this looks. The girl who spent years pining after Chase Aldridge finally got her wish-his last name. His ring. His name stitched onto her scrubs like some cruel cosmic joke. But she didn't win. She lost.
Because Chase doesn't love her.
He loves her. Vivienne Lawson. The woman he was supposed to marry before Ashley ruined everything. And now, every time Chase looks at her, she can see it-the regret. The fury. The slow, simmering hate that tastes too much like something else.
But here's the thing about Ashley: She doesn't beg. She doesn't plead. And she sure as hell doesn't need his love. She agreed to this marriage because she had to-because her mother made sure of it. But that doesn't mean she's happy about it. And if Chase thinks he's the only one suffering? If he thinks she doesn't feel the weight of his resentment every second of every day? He's a fool.
He asked her to call it off. She didn't. Now, he won't give her a divorce. Fine. Let him keep her.
Let him drown in the thing he swore he never wanted.
Because love is just another kind of war. And if Ashley Calder has to go down, she'll make damn sure Chase Aldridge goes down with her.
🔥 A slow-burn, sharp-edged medical romance where hate cuts deep, love scars, and some wounds refuse to heal. 💉
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