I know what we’re doing is wrong—but loving Lucien has never felt like a choice.
He isn’t completely mine, and every stolen moment comes with a price. I should walk away before our secrets destroy everything, but I’m already too deeply invested in us. Lucien is the man I love, the man I crave, and the one person I can’t imagine living without.
Leaving him would be the right thing to do. Staying could cost me my family, my future, and the woman I thought I was. But the more the world tries to pull us apart, the harder I fight to hold on.
I won’t leave. I won’t give him up.
Our relationship may break every rule, but if loving Lucien means risking everything, then that is the price I’m willing to pay.