No Forgiveness

The Sterling family’s eldest daughter, Ruby, is forced into a loveless marriage, taking the place of her favored sister, Lilith. The man she secretly loved—her bodyguard, Devon—never saw her, reserving all his devotion for Lilith. Shattered by humiliation and betrayal, Ruby chose dignity over pleading for affection. Yet when the Sterlings and Devon finally realized the woman they had abandoned was the one they could not live without, Ruby had already forged a new destiny—one forever beyond their grasp.

No Forgiveness

The Sterling family’s eldest daughter, Ruby, is forced into a loveless marriage, taking the place of her favored sister, Lilith. The man she secretly loved—her bodyguard, Devon—never saw her, reserving all his devotion for Lilith. Shattered by humiliation and betrayal, Ruby chose dignity over pleading for affection. Yet when the Sterlings and Devon finally realized the woman they had abandoned was the one they could not live without, Ruby had already forged a new destiny—one forever beyond their grasp.

The silk of my wedding dress itched like betrayal. I stood at the altar, hand in hand with a stranger, while the man I’d loved since childhood watched me with empty eyes—his heart still fixed on my sister. Lilith smiled from the front row, radiant in ivory lace, unaware she’d stolen more than a groom. She’d taken my future, my voice, my place in the sun.

I didn’t cry. I smiled back.

Now, three years later, the letter arrives: Father is dead. The estate is failing. They’re calling for you to return.

And beneath it, scrawled in familiar handwriting: I never stopped loving you. —Devon.

My pen hovers over the parchment. One word can save them. Or destroy them.