The Woman Who Finally Chose Herself

I loved Ethan Sterling for seven years, from seventeen to twenty-four, and became his most obedient mistress.

Until Olivia Hayes, the woman he had never gotten over, came home.

“Claire, you’re just my personal assistant. I’ve always thought of you as a friend.”

Seven years of devotion turned out to be nothing but a joke.

I burned every photo of us, threw out the luxury gifts he had given me, and decided to move to New Zealand—to disappear from his life for good.

Before I left, I told him in front of his entire family:

“Ethan Sterling, I could end up with anyone. But never you.”