Author name: Hauda.A

OLIVER Everything went wrong at once. First: King Consulting lost our biggest client. Tech startup that had kept us afloat. […]

HANNAH Six months of marriage. Six months of perfect. Well. Perfect-ish. We were still broke. Still fighting legal battles. Still

OLIVER Connor dropped the fraud charges the next week. No explanation. No press conference. Just a quiet withdrawal that made

HANNAH Connor wanted to meet. Coffee shop. Public. “Just to talk.” I knew it was a mistake. Knew Oliver would

HANNAH The media storm lasted two weeks. Every gossip site. Every news outlet. Everyone had an opinion about us. Some

HANNAH The Plaza lobby erupted into chaos. Photographers. Guests. Board members streaming out, looking furious. Vivian appeared, still in her

OLIVER Vivian called me three days after Hannah left. “Come to my apartment. We need to talk.” I went. Didn’t

HANNAH The two weeks with Oliver were perfect. Too perfect. We dated like normal people. Coffee dates. Movie nights. Long

HANNAH One month passed. Thirty days of silence. Of rebuilding. Of pretending I was fine. I wasn’t fine. I’d moved

HANNAH I woke up to my phone exploding. Texts. Calls. Notifications. All saying the same thing. Did you see? Oh