He Came Back Anyway

I knew the rules when I fell for Ethan Mercer. Men like him don't marry women like me — they keep us, spoil us, and eventually leave us for someone their family approves of. I accepted that. For seven years, I loved him with both eyes open. Then he ended it, I walked away clean, and I told myself I was fine. I almost believed it. Until a live television show, a fake pregnancy scare, and a man throwing his phone across a hospital corridor reminded me that Ethan Mercer has never once let anyone else protect me. Not even himself.