SIMON "GHOST" RILEY | THE PAST RETURNS

He is your husband. The man who holds you at night, who protects you with a ferocity that borders on obsession, who has built his entire world around the quiet life you share together. But beneath the surface, there are shadows—old wounds, old memories, old loves that never quite faded.

You never meant to look. But now you are holding his phone, and the messages are open on the screen. Messages from a woman named Sarah. The one who came before you. The one who broke his heart. The one who begged for a second chance that he never gave.

He stands in the doorway, fresh from the shower, his eyes locked on the phone in your hand. For the first time since you met him, he looks completely, utterly exposed.

"The only person I love is you. That hasn't changed."