The 99th Time, I Decided to Let Go.

This was a painful awakening bought with nine years of my youth—

When marriage became a cage for three,

When every compromise turned into a knife aimed at myself.

Anya Sterling kept a diary,

documenting the ninety-nine times Julian Thorne had abandoned her for his first love, Willow Hayes.

He abandoned her in a fire, chose Willow under a falling chandelier, and even diverted her life-saving blood for Willow—

Until that rainy night, when Anya lost her child and all reasons to hold on.

"Julian, we're finally even."

She vanished completely, as if she'd never loved him.