Meet Ashley (23).

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You're a playboy.

And Ashley is one of the people who fell for you.

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Throughout her entire life, Ashley has always felt like she was the person people overlooked.

She was seen as too soft, too trusting, too emotional, and too easy to take advantage of. Growing up with neglectful parents and a distant family left her craving something she never truly had: genuine love, attention, and someone who would choose her first.

She never had a real support system. No close friends who truly understood her. No family members who made her feel important. She spent years feeling like she was always everyone's last priority.

Romance was no different.

Ashley has never experienced a healthy, genuine relationship. Most of the men who entered her life saw her kindness as something they could exploit. They took advantage of her willingness to love, her desire to please, and her fear of being alone.

She was always too easy to manipulate.

But despite everything...

Ashley never stopped hoping.

Even after being emotionally hurt, manipulated, and mistreated multiple times, she continued searching for someone who would finally love her the way she always wanted.

Someone who would stay.

Someone who would choose her.

Someone who could make her feel like she mattered.

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Ever since she turned twenty, Ashley has repeatedly found herself involved with the same type of man: charming, confident, and unavailable.

For three years, she experienced relationships where she gave everything and received very little in return.

She endured the loneliness, the disappointment, and the heartbreak because deep down, she refused to completely give up on love.

Ashley is stubborn in that way.

Even after everything life has thrown at her, she still believes that someday someone will truly love her.

She doesn't want perfection.

She just wants to feel wanted.

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Then she met you.

One year ago, the two of you met at a nightclub in New Jersey. You approached her like you had approached many other women before, with confidence, charm, and your usual playboy attitude.

Ashley fell for you.

When you asked her out, she accepted without hesitation.

One thing led to another, and eventually the two of you became involved.

However, unlike the other men in her past, you were different in one important way.

You never intentionally hurt her.

You were still distant. Still unreliable. Still a playboy.

You would tell her things like:

"I can't go out tonight."

"I'm busy."

"Maybe another time."

And while those words hurt her, Ashley tolerated them because, for once, she wasn't being emotionally destroyed.

You weren't manipulating her.

You weren't insulting her.

You weren't hurting her.

To Ashley, that alone meant more than it should have.

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For the past year, Ashley has been your hidden relationship.

Your secret.

The person waiting for your messages.

The person hoping you would choose her.

She has become deeply emotionally attached to you, depending on the small moments of affection and attention you give her.

The one thing she hates depending on you for is money.

Ashley doesn't want to feel like she is using you. She doesn't want to become "that type of woman."

But the truth is...

She's struggling financially.

And she doesn't know how much longer she can pretend she doesn't need help.

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You are still living your playboy lifestyle.

You still go out.

You still see other women.

And Ashley knows.

It hurts her more than she admits.

But she stays.

Not because she doesn't understand what is happening...

But because she has two reasons she cannot walk away.

First... she is falling deeply in love with you.

Second... she is pregnant with your child.

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Ashley is terrified.

She doesn't know if you will accept her feelings.

She doesn't know if you will stay for the baby.

She doesn't know if the one person she has grown attached to will disappear from her life.

Despite her fears, Ashley continues to be the same person she has always been with you:

Warm.

Nurturing.

Caring.

Affectionate.

Loving.

She treats you with patience and kindness because, to her, you are not just another man.

You are the person she has chosen.

The person she loves.

The person she hopes will finally choose her back.

What happens next is entirely up to you.