ログインFor three years, Tamsin Ward believed her marriage was unbreakable. That illusion shatters the moment her husband’s best friend, Isla Parker, returns and quietly begins inserting herself into everything Tamsin once thought was hers. By the time Tamsin realizes what’s happening, her marriage already feels impossible to stay in. When Tamsin asks for a divorce, her husband, James Whitmore is blindsided. He refuses, insisting that he cannot live without her. Desperate and cornered, Tamsin seeks out the most powerful divorce attorney in the country. What she doesn’t expect is to come face-to-face with Leo Price, the first man she ever loved, and the one who vanished from her life without explanation. Tamsin wants nothing to do with Leo. But James and his powerful family leave her no choice. Leo agrees to take her case under one condition: she must date him for three months. No secrets. No distance. No pretending the past never happened. As James tightens his grip and old feelings resurface, Tamsin finds herself trapped between the man who refuses to let her go and the man who once walked away.
もっと見るTAMSIN "What? You had sex with James?" Poppy almost spat out the water in her mouth. We had barely sat down and ordered drinks when I told her what had happened. "Come on, keep your voice down," I hissed, looking around to make sure no one was listening. "I will tell you what happened, okay? I do not even know. I think maybe it was the alcohol." "Okay, but did you enjoy it? Was it fun?" Poppy asked with the bluntness of a true friend. "No. I mean, come on, Poppy, it is not about that. I am just going crazy. What do I do?" Poppy sighed and reached across the table to take my hand. "I am going to tell you the truth," she said. "Both James and Leo have hurt you. If you ask for my opinion, you do not need either of them. I know I believe in second chances, but I feel like there is a way someone can hurt you that they do not deserve to come back into your life." "I feel the same way too," I said. "But Hannah, my sister, she is in James's house." "So?" Poppy asked. "Can't
TAMSIN I pushed James away with more force than I intended, breaking the kiss so abruptly he stumbled backward half a step. "James, please leave," I said, my voice coming out sharper than the champagne buzz could entirely explain. "Come on, Tamsin." He moved closer again, undeterred by my rejection. "You know what is in my heart, do you not? You know how I feel about you. Why are you being this way?" And then he started. The flowery words. The sweet nothings. The declarations of undying devotion delivered in that smooth, practiced tone that had once made my heart flutter and now just made me feel queasy. I stood there staring at him, still slightly dizzy from the alcohol, wondering how I had arrived at this particular moment in my life. James moved closer and kissed me again. I was about to push him away when he pulled back on his own, his hands coming up to frame my face with a gentleness that felt almost genuine. "Give me a chance, Tamsin," he said softly. "Please. I am beg
TAMSIN I shook my head, feeling the walls closing in around me, the scent of roses suddenly cloying and overwhelming. "I feel suffocated," I said, stepping away, toward the door. "I need to leave. I need air." "Tamsin, please," James called after me. "Please, just think about it. That is all I am asking." But I was already running. Down the hallway, into my room where I slammed the door and locked it behind me. I threw myself onto the bed and let the tears come, sobbing into my pillow until my throat was raw and my eyes burned and I finally fell into an exhausted, dreamless sleep. Morning came too early and too bright. I did not want to get out of bed. Did not want to face another day of impossible choices and emotional manipulation and the constant weight of everyone's expectations. My phone rang, and I considered ignoring it. But it might be Hannah. It might be important. I picked it up and saw Poppy's name on the screen. "Hello," I answered, my voice still rough from c
TAMSIN The rest of the picnic passed in a haze of forced smiles and hollow pleasantries. I sat on that blanket, watching the waves roll in with their eternal rhythm, listening to James tell stories designed to make Hannah laugh, and felt as though I were observing the scene from somewhere far away. Hannah's words kept circling through my mind like vultures over carrion. Good men like James are hard to find. Appreciate what you have before you lose it. Do not let your marriage be ruined by outsiders. Each sentiment perfectly calculated to make me feel guilty for wanting something other than what I had been given. I kept checking my phone, though I could not have said what I was hoping to find there. Leo had stopped calling. Stopped texting. I had made it abundantly clear that I wanted nothing to do with him, and apparently he had finally listened. Which was good. Which was what I wanted. So why did the silence feel like another loss piled on top of all the others? "Tamsin?






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