Thick and Thin

A love I can't deny. A betrayal I didn't see coming. A future that was never mine to hope for. I thought I was growing to understand Sinclair Whittier. Thought that loving him meant we could survive anything. But love isn't always enough. I knew it could never work between us-not with our families' tangled pasts. I thought I was smarter than this, that I'd never fall for the enemy. But I did. And now I feel like a fool for believing we ever had a chance. When I demanded to be with my father-to make sure he got the care he needed-Sinclair let me go. No fights. No games. Just quiet understanding. And in that moment, I thought he truly saw me. Chose me. Trusted me. Then I discover what he's been keeping from me. Not a lie, exactly. But close enough to destroy the fragile thing we were trying to build. Now I don't know what's real. I don't know if the man I gave my heart to is still the man I can trust with it. And yet, even as doubt claws at me, I can't stop loving him. Can't stop needing him. Even if I was right all along- That we were always doomed to fall apart. Because some lines, once crossed, can never be uncrossed. And this time... it might be too late to go back.