Asking for a divorce was supposed to give me the life I’d always dreamed of with my first love. Instead, it became the greatest regret of my life... long before I discovered she was carrying our child.
MAXIMILIEN
For three years, I convinced myself my marriage had been a mistake.
Cassandra and I have nothing in common. I run a luxury hotel empire, negotiate multi-million-dollar deals, and make decisions that shape the future of my company. My wife, meanwhile, spends her days at tea rooms, charity galas, and fundraising events.
Then Mylène, my first love, returns to France.
With her, I finally catch a glimpse of the life I was supposed to have. So I ask Cassandra for a divorce, convinced I’m making the right decision.
But as Cassandra slips away from me, I begin seeing the woman everyone else has known all along. Everywhere I go, people speak about her with admiration. They describe a woman who’s generous, passionate, and endlessly compassionate.
And then the truth hits me.
Cassandra never stopped being herself.
I’m the one who never truly saw her.
For the first time, I finally see the woman I’m about to lose.
And I realize I’ve spent years searching for something that had been beside me all along.
The problem?
That realization comes at the exact moment Cassandra stops loving me...
...and disappears, taking her greatest secret with her.
CASSANDRA
I stopped waiting for my husband’s love a long time ago.
For three years, I endured his silence, his indifference, and the look in his eyes that always seemed to remind me I’d never be her—the only woman he’d ever truly loved.
The day my husband asks me for a divorce so he can go back to his first love, I discover I’m pregnant.
I won’t tell him.
Not yet.
The last thing I want is for him to stay out of obligation.
It’s time to let him go.
What’s the point of holding on to a man who never chose me in the first place?
For the first time, I’m building a future that’s mine.
A future for my child.
And for me.
Until my soon-to-be ex-husband reappears in the project I’ve devoted my life to.
And the man who once looked at me with indifference now seems willing to move heaven and earth for a second chance.
What I can’t understand is why he’s suddenly fighting for a marriage he was ready to walk away from yesterday.
He finally sees my worth... just as I stop waiting for him to notice it.
He wants a second chance?
Then he’ll have to earn my forgiveness...
And prove he can be the father our child deserves.
✦ Secret Baby
✦ Marriage in Crisis
✦ Divorce & Second Chance
✦ First Love vs. Wife
✦ Groveling Hero
✦ He Falls Harder
✦ Billionaire Romance
✦ Strong Heroine
✦ Regretful Hero
✦ Emotional Romance
✦ Guaranteed HEA
Standalone • Dual POV • HEA Guaranteed
For readers 18+.
Genre: Romance
MAXIMILIEN
For three years, I convinced myself my marriage had been a mistake.
Cassandra and I have nothing in common. I run a luxury hotel empire, negotiate multi-million-dollar deals, and make decisions that shape the future of my company. My wife, meanwhile, spends her days at tea rooms, charity galas, and fundraising events.
Then Mylène, my first love, returns to France.
With her, I finally catch a glimpse of the life I was supposed to have. So I ask Cassandra for a divorce, convinced I’m making the right decision.
But as Cassandra slips away from me, I begin seeing the woman everyone else has known all along. Everywhere I go, people speak about her with admiration. They describe a woman who’s generous, passionate, and endlessly compassionate.
And then the truth hits me.
Cassandra never stopped being herself.
I’m the one who never truly saw her.
For the first time, I finally see the woman I’m about to lose.
And I realize I’ve spent years searching for something that had been beside me all along.
The problem?
That realization comes at the exact moment Cassandra stops loving me...
...and disappears, taking her greatest secret with her.
CASSANDRA
I stopped waiting for my husband’s love a long time ago.
For three years, I endured his silence, his indifference, and the look in his eyes that always seemed to remind me I’d never be her—the only woman he’d ever truly loved.
The day my husband asks me for a divorce so he can go back to his first love, I discover I’m pregnant.
I won’t tell him.
Not yet.
The last thing I want is for him to stay out of obligation.
It’s time to let him go.
What’s the point of holding on to a man who never chose me in the first place?
For the first time, I’m building a future that’s mine.
A future for my child.
And for me.
Until my soon-to-be ex-husband reappears in the project I’ve devoted my life to.
And the man who once looked at me with indifference now seems willing to move heaven and earth for a second chance.
What I can’t understand is why he’s suddenly fighting for a marriage he was ready to walk away from yesterday.
He finally sees my worth... just as I stop waiting for him to notice it.
He wants a second chance?
Then he’ll have to earn my forgiveness...
And prove he can be the father our child deserves.
✦ Secret Baby
✦ Marriage in Crisis
✦ Divorce & Second Chance
✦ First Love vs. Wife
✦ Groveling Hero
✦ He Falls Harder
✦ Billionaire Romance
✦ Strong Heroine
✦ Regretful Hero
✦ Emotional Romance
✦ Guaranteed HEA
Standalone • Dual POV • HEA Guaranteed
For readers 18+.
Genre: Romance
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