Seven Years Pursuit, A Big Lie

The day Dominic Hayes's first love returned to the country, I was demoted from his secret girlfriend to just the girl next door.

Without hesitation, I turned around and accepted Caspian Reed, a man who claimed to have been pining for me for seven years.

During our year together, he acted as if I were his entire world, and I finally allowed myself to open up to him.

I had planned to surprise him on our anniversary by bidding on a rare painting he had always admired.

But instead, I stumbled up