Thick and Thin

A love I can't deny. A betrayal I didn't see coming. A future that was never mine to hope for.

I thought I was growing to understand Sinclair Whittier. Thought that loving him meant we could survive anything.

But love isn't always enough.

I knew it could never work between us—not with our families' tangled pasts. I thought I was smarter than this, that I'd never fall for the enemy. But I did. And now I feel like a fool for believing we ever had a chance.

When I demanded to be with my father—to make sure he got the care he needed—Sinclair let me go. No fights. No games. Just quiet understanding. And in that moment, I thought he truly saw me. Chose me. Trusted me.

Then I discover what he's been keeping from me.

Not a lie, exactly. But close enough to destroy the fragile thing we were trying to build.

Now I don't know what's real. I don't know if the man I gave my heart to is still the man I can trust with it. And yet, even as doubt claws at me, I can't stop loving him. Can't stop needing him. Even if I was right all along—

That we were always doomed to fall apart.

Because some lines, once crossed, can never be uncrossed.

And this time… it might be too late to go back.