He built a marriage without love… and broke it with betrayal.
Noelle Laurent agreed to the marriage knowing it was a transaction. A solution. A life decided for her.
Elias Strathmore made one thing clear from the start: their marriage would function… and nothing more.
No love. No warmth. No promises beyond what was required.
She learned to live beside him. To smile when expected. To stop reaching for something he would never give.
Until the night his distrust causes him to break her heart.
And it’s a betrayal she can’t forgive.
So she does the one thing no one expects—
She walks away.
And for the first time, Elias is the one losing control. But some betrayals don’t come with second chances. And wanting her back might not be enough to make her stay.
Elias isn’t a man who lets anything slip through his fingers—especially not something that belongs to him.
The problem? Noelle was never supposed to matter.
And now she might be the one thing he can’t get back.
The man who never wanted her… might not be able to let her go.
A deeply emotional, high-angst contemporary romance about devastating betrayal, hard-won redemption, and a man determined to win back the only woman who ever mattered.
TROPES:
Arranged Marriage
Betrayal (MMC Kisses OW)
Walking Away / Starting Over
She Falls First / He Falls Harder
Major Groveling & Redemption
Slow Burn Tension → Steamy Payoff
HEA
Genre: Romance
Noelle Laurent agreed to the marriage knowing it was a transaction. A solution. A life decided for her.
Elias Strathmore made one thing clear from the start: their marriage would function… and nothing more.
No love. No warmth. No promises beyond what was required.
She learned to live beside him. To smile when expected. To stop reaching for something he would never give.
Until the night his distrust causes him to break her heart.
And it’s a betrayal she can’t forgive.
So she does the one thing no one expects—
She walks away.
And for the first time, Elias is the one losing control. But some betrayals don’t come with second chances. And wanting her back might not be enough to make her stay.
Elias isn’t a man who lets anything slip through his fingers—especially not something that belongs to him.
The problem? Noelle was never supposed to matter.
And now she might be the one thing he can’t get back.
The man who never wanted her… might not be able to let her go.
A deeply emotional, high-angst contemporary romance about devastating betrayal, hard-won redemption, and a man determined to win back the only woman who ever mattered.
TROPES:
Arranged Marriage
Betrayal (MMC Kisses OW)
Walking Away / Starting Over
She Falls First / He Falls Harder
Major Groveling & Redemption
Slow Burn Tension → Steamy Payoff
HEA
Genre: Romance
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