Ours Until It Wasn't

He was never supposed to be hers.

Not like this.

What started as a reckless arrangement-marrying her childhood best friend to save him from a life he didn't want-was meant to be temporary. Simple. Emotionless.

But nothing about Xavier was ever simple.

Somewhere between stolen glances, shared nights, and one mistake that changed everything... Audrey fell. And worse-he fell harder.

For a while, she had him. Completely.

Until the past came back with teeth.

Because love like theirs doesn't break all at once-it rots slowly. In secrets. In doubt. In questions that shouldn't exist but do.

Was she ever truly his?
Or just convenient?

Now, with accusations she can't fight and a betrayal she never saw coming, Audrey is forced to watch everything they built collapse into something unrecognizable.

And when he chooses to hurt her the way she never could've hurt him...

She walks away.

But walking away doesn't mean she's alone.

And this time, Audrey isn't settling for a love she has to prove.

She's choosing a man that never needed convincing.