a secret crush that deepened into an all-consumin
ke' s kid sister, a responsibility he honored by keepin
n and exhausted, agreed to marry Ethan-a kind,
her hadn' t wanted Liam to push me away; he' d wanted us together. Lia
ping in with desperate confessions and grand gestures, pu
ived, flaunting their "relationship" like a we
, and my deepest desires were twisted into a public sc
the sheer audacity of it all left me fum
t; it was about reclaiming my life, my passion, and proving to him-and to myse