Two men. Two women. Two couples. Too many secrets.
Axel
I can have any woman I want, except for the one who has broken my heart more than once.
Jameson
When I fall, I fall hard. The woman I yearn for can't be mine, and if even she could be, she would never accept my secret.
Shondra
Big girls don't find love easy and it takes a special man to handle what I dish out. Too bad my soulmate hates the sight of me.
Vegas
Love has alluded me for so long, until one night, I meet the perfect stranger who turns everything around. Trouble is, he's taken.
A story filled with humor, heartbreak and angst, follow these characters on a journey to discover if love can really be everlasting.

Paying For It

Dad’s office was his sanctuary. Not that he needed it. Mom and he had a very giving, loving relationship. The kind I hoped, with the ring I held in my palm, would be mine.

Shelia had arrived two hours ago, full of chats and laughter. After an hour in her company, Mom still smiled, but the happiness at our news had faded from her eyes. Dad, his usual reserved self, said little one way or the other, yet he’d given me the blue velvet box that contained my Oma’s wedding ring without hesitation.

I closed the box on the round cut 5.2ct diamond and lifted my head.

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