Chapter One

Having been raised in a house full of love and warmth, Achilles Donovan felt he knew what it meant to create a life with another person. His parents' deep, unwavering bond had established a high standard-one he had secretly hoped to achieve. Despite never having had a serious relationship, when life backed him into a corner and made him decide, he rushed into it with his childhood friend hoping to find it in her.
He truly believed he was ready.
Ready to build a family of his own.
It felt safe. Familiar. And right. Until it wasn't.
She shattered that illusion by betraying him, and with a heart reeling from heartbreak, Achilles made a split-second choice in his grief, one that would change everything about what he believed.