Seven Years Together, But Never Forever Novels & Stories

And the marriage registration still wasn't happening. I shook my head. "No. I don't love you anymore. After seven years, whatever love I had for you has been worn down to nothing."

Her lips trembled, but no words came out. Mrs. Cunningham stood to the side, wanting to curse at me, but not daring to. Seven years of marriage. Twenty years of friendship. In the face of betrayal and lies, it had all become worthless. I had nothing more to say. I turned, ready to leave this nauseating place.

"I don't think we'll ever be normal." "Probably not," he agrees with a smile. "But we can pretend." He pulls me close and we sway to the music drifting up from below. No formal steps, no rules—just two mates holding each other and stealing a moment of peace. "I love you," I whisper against his chest. "I love you more," he replies. "Impossible." "We'll argue about it for the next seventy years." The thought of seventy years together makes me smile. A future. A real future where we're not just surviving but actually living.

"Mine too." "Think we'll make it to fifty?" "We'll make it to forever." "Forever sounds perfect." "Forever sounds like exactly what we built." And as I drifted off to sleep, hand in his, I smiled. This was it. This was everything. The scandal that became a love story. The impossible that became inevitable. The choice that became forever. We'd started in a hotel bar with whiskey and wine. Twenty-seven years later, we'd built an empire of love. Three kids. One now married. Two finding their way.

Eternity Mercer, because to Ivy, I was the only one, and to me, Ivy was forever. On Eternity’s first birthday, I saw Nina again after a long time. She came to offer her congratulations, holding a bouquet of fresh lisianthus, along with a small gift box. At the time, I was holding Eternity while speaking softly with Ivy. The sight of our family of three, so full of happiness, stabbed painfully at Nina’s eyes. Through tears, she said, "Ash, if I had not gotten so close to Rowan back then, would this happiness have been mine? We would have had a lovely baby too..."

Most of their 'dates' had taken place in hotel rooms, in the same bed. "Baby, just bear with it for now. One day, we'll be together for good… grow old together," he'd whispered. It was that dream of growing old together that had kept her going. That one line had made all the secrecy feel worth it. But now—now he says this? Harper gave a small smile, sharp with irony. "What's gotten into you lately? You've been so paranoid. Don't you know how much I love you? Have I ever lied to you? Ever messed around with someone else?"

"Been a while. Aren't you going to say hi?" I stared at her and opened my mouth. Yes, I had so much I wanted to talk about, but all I said was, "A loan of 45 grand this time?" That made her freeze, and then flames of fury melted some of her frigidity. She grabbed my hand. "We've gone seven years without seeing each other, and that's all you have to say to me?" The needle marks on my wrists were shooting pain up my arm. I took a deep breath and said quietly, "You're rich, Ms. Goldenfold. If you won't lend me any money, Mr. Landton might get the wrong message."

he started, his voice full of feeling, "seven years ago, I promised forever, but I didn't get what that meant. I thought it was loving you when it was easy, when we could just ignore the stuff that takes work." His voice got stronger, more sure. "Today, I promise you that 'forever' means every tough talk, every time we have to pick each other over being scared, every time we have to work at this instead of just hoping it'll stick." I was crying as he kept reading. It was exactly what we'd learned about love when things got tough.

It was your choice! Her words struck Andrew deep within his heart. He did love me, but after seven years, our relationship no longer felt new. So, when Selena showed up as a young, pitiful colleague, he was drawn to her. That was how he came to enjoy taking care of another lady. He repeatedly reminded himself that Selena was just a pitiful orphan, and he'd always loved me. He convinced himself that he'd never cross the line because he'd sworn to the heavens that he'd be loyal to me forever.

He is obviously here to to confront me. Ugh! Time really does fly but some things never change. Ever since high school, Seven and I have never been in good terms because of women issue. We had this habit of always liking the same girls but unfortunately for him, those girls always chose me over him. Most at times even the ones who chose him later on dumbed him for me. I was nothing but a nightmare to Seven and even now I am at it again, only that this time it's his Ex-girlfriend.