Bernie Cross

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 IF EVER IS LIVE 
          
          This one isn’t soft.
          It isn’t easy.
          And it isn’t about perfect love.
          
          If Ever is about what happens after someone leaves.
          
          A man who never planned to be a father.
          A little girl who wants a mom.
          A woman who stays.
          And another who makes walking away feel… easier.
          
          Slow burn.
          Messy emotions.
          No clear right answers.
          
          ✨
          
          Is a mother the woman who gives birth—
          or the woman who shows up?
          
          If Ever is up now.
          Read it.
          Then come argue with me in the comments.
          
          — BernieCross 
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A note before the next story…
          
          Hi, my loves.
          
          I know some of you have been asking what’s next.
          Some of you are still sitting with If Only.
          Some of you are probably not ready to hurt again.
          
          And I get that.
          
          But I want to ask you to hold on to If Ever.
          
          It’s coming in a couple of weeks.
          
          This story is different.
          
          It’s not just about falling in love.
          It’s about what happens after someone leaves.
          About staying. About choosing. About showing up when it’s hard and inconvenient and nobody is clapping for you.
          
          It’s about a child who asks a question adults don’t have clean answers for.
          It’s about a man learning how to be a parent before he ever learns how to be happy.
          And it’s about a woman who didn’t give birth… but never walked away.
          
          This book might frustrate you.
          It might make you argue in the comments.
          It might make you rethink what words like mother, family, and love actually mean.
          
          And if you loved If Only because it made you feel something uncomfortable but true—
          If Ever will ask you to feel even deeper.
          
          Thank you for trusting me with your hearts again.
          Stay with me.
          
          It’s almost time. 

500.
          
          I don’t really have big words for this—just gratitude.
          
          When I started posting, I never expected this many people to stay. To read quietly. To comment thoughtfully. To sit with these characters the way I do.
          
          Thank you for trusting me with your time, your emotions, and your hearts. Thank you for reading late at night, for catching the small details, for letting these stories mean something to you.
          
          I’m here because you are.
          And I don’t take that lightly.
          
          Here’s to the stories already told—and the ones still waiting to be written. 
          
          —BernieCross
          

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450 
          
          I don’t take this lightly.
          
          Thank you for finding my stories, for staying, and for letting these characters matter to you the way they matter to me. Every follow is a quiet vote of trust, and I’m genuinely grateful for it.
          
          There’s more coming—more honesty, more heart, more stories that sit with you long after you close the app.
          
          I’m really glad you’re here.
          
          — BernieCross
          

✨ A little update for my readers ✨
          
          Hi my loves 
          
          I just wanted to pop in and share this:
          something is quietly brewing behind the scenes.
          
          I’ve been writing. Planning. Letting a new story take shape slowly, intentionally, and with a lot of heart. It’s not ready to be shared just yet—but it will be.
          
          In the meantime, feel free to revisit the rest of my books here on my profile. And if some chapters feel a little different when you do—you’re not imagining it. They’re getting a light makeover too ✨
          
          Just to be clear: this is not a major overhaul and there are no plot changes. The stories remain exactly the same. This is purely a refining pass—because, let’s be honest, my old writing style needed some polishing 
          
          If you’ve enjoyed my past stories, trust me when I say the next one will be worth the wait.
          
          So don’t go too far.
          Check back in a couple of weeks.
          A new story will be waiting for you.
          
          Thank you for always being here, for your patience, and for loving my words the way you do 
          
          — BernieCross

IF ONLY — COMPLETED 
          
          Hi my loves,
          
          If Only is officially complete.
          
          This story came from a very quiet, very heavy place—the kind that doesn’t scream, but lingers. It was never meant to be easy or neat. It was about grief that doesn’t resolve cleanly, love that falters under weight it doesn’t know how to carry, and choices made in silence that change everything.
          
          This book asked me to sit with loss instead of fixing it.
          To let love be imperfect.
          To let pain exist without rushing it toward healing.
          
          Thank you to everyone who stayed, who read through the ache, who commented, voted, messaged, and trusted me with something this raw. Your presence meant more than you know.
          
          If this story hurt, I hope it also made you feel seen.
          If it broke your heart a little, I hope it reminded you that you’re not alone in the quiet parts of grief.
          
          As always—thank you for choosing my words, my worlds, and my characters.
          
          More soon. Always.
          
          
          — BernieCross
          
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Just finished reading . If only . It’s a brilliant story and one of the best ones I’ve read ❤️❤️ x