After the 18th No-Show, I Walked Away

Three years ago, Claire Bennett gave up her shot at becoming partner to support the man she loved, Ethan Cole.She thought her sacrifice would lead to a happy marriage.Instead, three years after their wedding, they still weren't legally married.The first time Ethan stood her up at City Hall, it was because of Sophie, his young female associate.The second time, it was Sophie again.By the eighteenth time, Ethan once again left Claire waiting while he rushed to another woman's side.But this time, Claire didn't argue. She didn't cry. And she didn't ask him to choose her.She simply put her career back on track, accepted an offer from a top law firm hundreds of miles away, and disappeared from Ethan's life.Only after she was truly gone did Ethan finally realize—The woman who had waited for him eighteen times would never wait for a nineteenth.