Chapter 30: Love Without Pretending- Epilogue
Five years later The kitchen was chaos—the best kind of chaos, filled with flour handprints on countertops and the sound […]
A fake Vegas marriage helps Elise win custody of her niece. But her fake husband, Liam, starts to blur the lines. What happens when pretending feels more real than anything else?
Five years later The kitchen was chaos—the best kind of chaos, filled with flour handprints on countertops and the sound […]
Two years after their Italian honeymoon The morning started like any other Thursday in the Miller household—Lily rushing around looking
One year after moving into their new house “I can’t believe we’re doing this,” Elise said, zipping up her suitcase
Six months after their real wedding The house was finally finished. Elise stood in the doorway of what would be
Six months after the custody victory, Elise woke to find Liam already dressed in his best suit, standing at the
Two weeks after their reconciliation, life had settled into a rhythm that felt both familiar and entirely new. The careful
Elise found her answer at 3 AM, staring at the ceiling while Liam tossed restlessly on the living room couch.
The morning after their fight felt like waking up in a house of strangers. Elise found Liam in the kitchen,
The breaking point came three days later, at the grocery store of all places. Elise was selecting apples while Lily
The aftermath of Cassandra’s uninvited appearance settled over their apartment like a storm cloud. The streamers and balloons that had