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?
For three years, Derek’s construction crew kept Mike’s Deli alive—until the owner slapped them with new charges and cold insults, treating them like beggars for needing a hot meal. Now, betrayed and humiliated, Derek faces a brutal choice: swallow his pride or take the whole crew elsewhere, knowing the only thing Mike values more than money is his own ego. But as secrets simmer and alliances shift, Mike doesn’t realize the dance academy across the street—the one he’s banking on—is run by Derek’s wife, and her students are about to vanish too.