First To Break: A Heartbreaking Romance of Betrayal, Gaslighting, and the Agony of Being Replaced
Deceit And Desire
Liam and Chloe were the perfect couple. High school sweethearts, first loves, and on the verge of buying their dream home. They were the "safe" bet. The unbreakable team.
But safety can be boring.
When Chloe starts spending late nights gaming with Jace—a 21-year-old "bad boy" she insists is just a friend—Liam feels the distance growing. He’s told he’s paranoid. He’s told he’s insecure. He’s told he’s suffocating her.
Then, three weeks before the mortgage is signed, the bomb drops.
"I need to find myself."
Blindsided and gutted, Liam is left in the wreckage of a six-year relationship. But the worst is yet to come. Because Chloe isn't finding herself. She’s finding Jace.
In a brutal exploration of modern heartbreak, First To Break exposes the devastating reality
The "Monkey-Branching" Lining up a replacement before letting go.
The torture of When the "Nice Guy" is traded for the thrill of a toxic "Bad Boy."
The specific agony of hearing your partner say the intimacy is better with someone else.
The gaslighting that makes you question your own sanity.
From the humiliation of the break-up to the hollow attempts at online dating, Liam’s journey is a raw, unflinching look at male heartbreak. It asks the When you build your entire life around one person, who are you when they leave?
Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover, painful reality, and stories of emotional survival. This isn't a fairytale. It's a story about the scar tissue that forms when the person you trust most holds the knife.
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Cheating girlfriend, infidelity and betrayal, gaslighting in relationships, emotional abuse recovery, breakup survival, sudden divorce, finding self-worth, toxic relationships, rebound romance, demisexual dating struggles, sad romance, tearjerker, healing after trauma.
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