E. Dahlia
"The moment I saw Francesco's name on my phone, I answered without hesitation.
But the voice I heard in the background made me freeze.
“Francesco, you said she wouldn't find out,” April said quietly.
There was a long silence.
Then my husband's voice came through.
“April, not now.”
My hand tightened around the phone.
Suddenly, every late meeting, every unexplained absence, and every excuse from the past few months made sense.
“Francesco?” I finally said.
Another silence.
This time, he knew I had heard everything.
***
Josephine Perkins once believed happy endings existed only in fairytales—until she met Francesco De Luca.
To her, Francesco was everything she had ever hoped for. Their marriage seemed perfect, and Josephine believed they would build a future together.
But three years later, everything begins to change.
Francesco becomes distant. Their once-happy home fills with silence, arguments, and unanswered questions. Josephine tries desperately to understand what went wrong, only to discover that another woman has become part of her husband's life.
That revelation destroys what remains of her trust.
After one final betrayal, Josephine makes the most difficult decision of her life.
She leaves Francesco and walks away from their marriage.
Five years later, Josephine is no longer the heartbroken woman he remembers.
She has built a successful career as a renowned lawyer and created a new life entirely on her own.
Francesco, meanwhile, is facing the greatest crisis of his career. His company is at risk, and the one person who may be able to help him is the former wife he once pushed away.
Their unexpected reunion brings old resentment and unanswered questions back to the surface.
Francesco wants to correct the mistakes that destroyed their marriage.
Josephine has no intention of forgetting the past.
And when another man arrives in her life, Francesco realizes he may have waited too long.
Will Josephine help the man who once broke her trust?
Can Francesco prove that he has truly changed?
Or will Josephine choose the new future she built without him?"
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