The night my marriage exploded, I learned two One — betrayal doesn’t kill you.Two — it comes in layers.My husband wasn’t just unfaithful.He was involved in something much worseAnd the person helping him… was the last one I ever expected, my blood sister.I walked out before he could twist another word.But I didn’t walk into peace.Not when a Crest set foot in my office the next morning.Roman Crest.My ex-husband’s uncle.Older.Colder.Terrifyingly controlled... moreThe night my marriage exploded, I learned two One — betrayal doesn’t kill you.Two — it comes in layers.My husband wasn’t just unfaithful.He was involved in something much worseAnd the person helping him… was the last one I ever expected, my blood sister.I walked out before he could twist another word.But I didn’t walk into peace.Not when a Crest set foot in my office the next morning.Roman Crest.My ex-husband’s uncle.Older.Colder.Terrifyingly controlled.A man who looks at chaos like he was built to dismantle it.He didn’t come with apologies.He came with proof.Proof that everything I thought was broken… was worse.And somehow, the only person standing between me and the complete destruction of my family’s legacyis a man with the same last name as the one who betrayed me.Allies weren’t what I wanted.Especially not him.But revenge has a way of blurring lines.And Roman—he has a way of making the ground shift beneath me without ever touching me.This isn’t a second chance.This isn’t a rebound.This is a war.A partnership.A slow-burn collision I should run from…yet can’t take my eyes off.And the deeper we go, the more I Sometimes the person you shouldn’t trustis the only one who refuses to let you fall and is also the one you fall hopelessly in love with. less
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