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  • Even though Aubrey didn’t mind her past, Navier couldn’t dismiss it so easily.

  • Just when she thought their relationship would end before it began, Aubrey changed tactics in his pursuit.

  • He declared his feelings with intensity, practically ready to announce it to the world.

  • “You don’t need to give me your whole heart,” he told her bluntly. “Just enjoy my love. I’ll wait for the day you fall for me completely.”

  • Eventually, Navier did fall. She told herself there was nothing wrong with embracing the present.

  • Love earnestly while it lasts and part ways when it fades.

  • At least her happiness now was genuine–that was enough.

  • Thinking of it, Navier tightened her arms around him now.

  • “I love you a little more today than yesterday,” she whispered.

  • Aubrey chuckled softly. “The honor is mine. Same here.”

  • Lysander watched as she disappeared from view, his body thrashing against the men restraining

  • him.

  • Every instinct screamed that he needed to keep her with him.

  • But with armed bodyguards surrounding him, escape was impossible.

  • Lysander watched helplessly as she vanished from sight, his heart pounded in his chest

  • She was meant to stay by his side forever–how dare she leave him for someone else?

  • He can’t accept it!

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  • America, Lysander refused to

  • tried gathering mementos from their relationship,

  • win her back.

  • had taken everything except

  • a single photograph of

  • that moment, he realized with shocking clarity–after years of marriage, they

  • had been rushed, and he’d refused to take wedding photos with

  • he couldn’t find even one snapshot of them

  • gripping his hair in frustration.

  • he win Navier back?

  • of powerlessness washed over him. Work emails and calls piled up, ignored.

  • later, as he finally rose to leave,

  • before logging into his verified Instagram

  • the divorce decree with the caption: “Navier, I messed up. I think I’ve fallen for you. If you come back to

  • sparked controversy. Once confirmed authentic, the comments section

  • your love confession to Celeste? Now

  • or Navier? And who’s the actual homewrecker in this

  • you were still

  • accusations mounted, discerning followers noticed inconsistencies.

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  • more details.

  • in college, wasn’t he dating someone named Ophelia? The girl who

  • obsessed he nearly followed her to the grave. Then, out of

  • like someone?”

  • Ophelia’s doppelgänger. Wow, is this some twisted version of

  • virtually no one defending

  • the comments, his face darkened, but he made no attempt to stop the discourse. His reputation meant

  • A new headline flashed across his

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