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"He's not my ex-husband. He's just a man I used to know."
He shattered her heart with one accusation. Now she’s the woman he’ll do anything to win back.
Juliette Hart thought she had found her happy ending with billionaire Nolan Cross. But on their wedding night, he publicly accused her of cheating. Heartbroken and pregnant, Jules disappeared from his world.
Years later, the truth comes to light. As past betrayals resurface and buried secrets unravel, Nolan will stop at nothing to reclaim the woman he lost.
But Jules is no longer the broken girl he left behind. She will do whatever it takes to protect herself and her son. Even if it means taking dangerous risks.
When love and revenge collide, will forgiveness be their salvation, or their downfall?

Prologue:

Six years ago, on that summer night, Sebastian thought I was asleep.

When his trembling lips touched mine, I held my breath. That kiss was light as a feather, yet heavy enough to crush my entire world.

Then he fled like a thief caught red-handed.

The next day, he disappeared.

He thought he was protecting me.
He was wrong.

Six years later, I found his secret studio—walls covered with nothing but portraits of me. Sketches, oil paintings, watercolors, capturing me from age twelve to eighteen. Every brushstroke screamed his suppressed desire.

"She's still a child..." I heard him whisper to my painted face, his voice raw with pain and desperation.

But he didn't know that "child" had been going insane for him for six whole years.

I counted the days waiting for his return, just as he counted the days for me to grow up. I remembered every averted glance, every deliberate distance, every forced "little sister" that cut like a knife.

This time, I won't pretend to sleep.
This time, I want him to see me wide awake when he kisses me, when he finally admits he loves me—no matter what the world thinks.