Eight Years
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Last published Fri, May 9, 2025
Sophie Bennett:
Tobias Escarra was my whole world. My best friend, my confidante.
We made a promise that we'd marry each other one day. That we'd never leave each other's side. But he broke that promise when he disappeared from the face of the earth just a day after his 16th birthday.
He left me. He left me all alone in the cold, cruel walls of Bennett Manor.
Tobias Escarra:
I had no choice but to leave her. My Sophie, mi vida.
It's been 8 years since I disappeared, but now I'm back and I'll do anything to have her again.
Even if it means I have to kill someone to get it.
***
He was her everything and she was his.
When Tobias suddenly reappears into Sophie's life, they both realise that a lot has happened during their time apart. Gone was the innocent and happy little girl, when to save her family from financial ruin, was pawned off by her parents into an arranged marriage with notorious playboy Sebastian Eaton.
And the innocent and smiling little boy, who was too soon forced to turn into a man, no longer existed. With his tattooed skin, permanent poker face and the gun tucked into his waistband, this new version of Tobias was a completely foreign one.
After 8 years apart, follow Sophie and Tobias as they reunite in the middle of their new lives. Will the once childhood sweethearts be able to rekindle what they once had?
Or has 8 years formed too many unspoken secrets and bad memories?
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