He Hated Me, But He Won’t Let Go

Some endings are silent, but the ache never is. I thought Eli and I were forever—until a single betrayal tore us apart, leaving me clutching memories and a cheap county fair kite. Years later, I’m called back to his side as his emergency contact, thrown into a whirlwind of old wounds and unfinished business. He’s surrounded by new admirers, but the past still claws at both of us. I want closure, maybe even forgiveness, but Eli only offers distance. My friends say I’m a fool for loving him, but they never saw the sacrifices he made, the debts unpaid. Now, as I watch him slip away for the last time, I’m haunted by one question: Was I the one holding him back—or was he always running from something he could never name? If love is letting go, why does it hurt so much to set him free?

Death was supposed to set me free—so why am I still haunting the man who broke me? Five days after my funeral, Nathaniel Holloway parades his new bride in the dress I bled to sew, never knowing my ghost lingers in every shadow. Trapped between worlds, I watch the man I once loved spiral into obsession and violence, wielding my memory as a weapon in his ruthless quest for power. Betrayed by blood, bound by a locket’s curse, and hunted by secrets that refuse to die, I must choose: forgive, revenge, or finally break the chains that bind us. Will Nathaniel’s regret set me free—or will our love destroy us both, even beyond the grave?

Natalie has spent three years trying to save Tyler, a brilliant artist trapped in darkness, but his coldness is breaking her spirit. When the charming Mia enters Tyler’s life, Natalie faces a gut-wrenching choice: let him go and risk losing herself, or fight for a boy who might never want her in his corner. One message could end everything—or start something neither of them expects.

He loved her—just not me. On the night of our fourth anniversary, I watched Carter Langley slip further away, his heart claimed by another while our marriage became nothing but a headline. I was supposed to smile, play the perfect wife, and pretend not to notice the pitying looks or the silence that suffocated our home. But pain demands a witness. When betrayal cuts deeper than bone, how far will a woman go to make her absence felt? Carter’s indifference is legendary—until my final act leaves him with a haunting question and a secret he can never bury. If love is dead, what’s left for the living to regret?

Love isn’t supposed to feel like a fight for survival—unless the person you can’t let go is the one tearing you apart. Savannah married Mason at his lowest, believing loyalty could heal everything. But as he claws his way back to power, Mason’s coldness grows, and his fragile stepsister Grace becomes a weapon in their war of hearts. Every cut, every rumor, every silent night pushes Savannah closer to breaking—until she signs up to disappear, and he barely notices. But the games aren’t over. When heartbreak turns to scandal and every memory burns, Savannah must choose: keep fighting for a man who only looks back when she’s gone, or finally walk away for good. Will Mason chase her into the storm—or let her vanish forever?

Falling for a workaholic is hard—falling for one when you’re a snarky, unlucky system stuck haunting his every move? Impossible might be an understatement. When my host died (again), I landed in Grant’s world—a cold-blooded heir with a talent for killing hosts and ignoring romance. Now, I’m invisible, broke, and desperate to earn my bonus by making the world’s most emotionally unavailable man fall in love. But as ghosts gather, schemes brew, and family secrets threaten to drag us both under, I realize: sometimes even a system wants to stay. Can I break Grant’s icy heart before I vanish for good, or am I just another line of code doomed to fade away?

My own father strangled me to death—but that’s not where my story truly begins. Emily Walker spent her whole life as the family scapegoat, blamed for her father’s failures and haunted by the loss of the only person who loved her: her mother. After years of tiptoeing around Leonard’s rage, Emily claws her way out with nothing but determination and her mother’s last words echoing in her heart. But freedom comes with a price, and Leonard isn’t done with her—not when there’s money on the line, and not when the past refuses to stay buried. When your own blood is your biggest threat, how far would you go to break the cycle? And what if the only way to survive is to become the villain in your own family’s story?

For seven years, Natalie loved Caleb—a brilliant, deaf scholarship boy who always kept her at arm’s length, no matter how hard she tried to bridge the silence. Humiliated at reunions, left out of weddings, and ignored by the man she thought was her forever, Natalie discovers the ring he never gave her and the secret he always hid: he was never sure he deserved her love. Now, standing on the edge of heartbreak, Natalie must decide if love can survive when the words are never spoken.

He was the heir who never looked at me twice—until I left. For three years, Lila Evans lived as an invisible guest in the Whitmore estate, enduring icy glares from Harrison and cruel whispers from her cousin. When a scandal and a cruel betrayal push her out, Lila flees Boston, clutching only her mother’s locket and a half-finished hope. In the arms of Lucas Hart, her childhood friend, she dares to dream of belonging—but the past refuses to let her go. Just as she begins to find her voice and her freedom, a familiar face appears in the crowd, threatening to unravel everything. Can Lila outrun the shadows of her old life—or will the man who never cared be the one to change her fate? When a single secret can rewrite the rules of love and revenge, whose side will she choose?

He claimed me as his wife—on the world’s biggest stage—right after forgetting our divorce. Now Hollywood’s golden boy is chasing me through viral headlines, a mess of lies and longing, while the world roots for a fairytale I know is broken. I was never his first choice; I was just the stand-in for his real love, and when his memory returned, he shattered me all over again. But now Evan will risk everything—his fame, his pride, even his life—to win me back, no matter what the world thinks. Can a love built on betrayal ever become real, or is forgiveness the one role I’ll never play? When the final curtain falls, whose heart will survive?

He was just the invisible kid from a single-parent home—until he fell for the school's golden girl. Now teachers, classmates, and even his own rival are determined to erase him from her life, humiliating him at every turn. When his mother's desperate plea for mercy leaves him shattered, he must decide: keep fighting for love, or finally let himself vanish.

Love doesn’t end when someone leaves—it lingers in the empty spaces, the silences, the things unsaid. For Maya, Adam was more than an ex-boyfriend—he was half her history, the echo in every memory, the ache she couldn’t shake. When news of his sudden death reaches her, Maya is pulled back to Maple Heights and into the orbit of his grieving family, forced to navigate the blurry line between ex and almost, between old wounds and what might have been. As she sorts through the pieces of their on-again, off-again love, Maya must confront the envy, regret, and longing that kept them entangled—and decide what it means to remember, and to let go. But when every goodbye feels unfinished, can you ever truly move on? Or does some part of you always belong to the past?