Jerry_Grey

Brittany was such a lucky girl at 18 years old, she had loving parents, and a cute best friend she was harbouring feelings for when something happened, she got acquainted with Lucas the son of her mother’s employer. Naive, they became friends and had unprotected sex and Brittany had to have an abortion since Lucas's father and family members threatened to harm her if she proceeded with the pregnancy. This left Lucas, who is now 30, to join the Marines after obtaining a law degree as well as running away from a dominating father. In the military, he suffers a traumatic event which leaves him with PTSD, then has to go back to his father’s business where he is pressured to marry and produce an heir.
 
Later on, Brittany starts working on the Interior design of Lucas’s family mansion and they again meet each other. Lucas does not remember being with Brittany, but he later still feels the suffering caused by his family to her. Brittany and Lucas have a fake marriage to have control of the family business, but at the same time, Lucas fights with his PTSD and Brittany is devastated by the loss of her mother and betrayal by her family. They have to unmask Lucas’s cunning stepmother and demanding father to regain the title they both deserve and rediscover the bond they lost long ago.

A Fragile Reunion

…Lucas never mentioned a girlfriend although I knew that he was getting action from girls in frat parties and female sport teams. I did not agree to go out with any boy from our school. Tessy and Francisca joked that I would grow old and die alone.

I was content with dying alone if Lucas would die alone too. Of course, I would never have voiced that out loud but it was a viable thought in my head. They said distance made the heart fonder but the three thousand miles between me and Lucas only made me miss him more. Like him more.

Relationships were not easy for me when we moved to Canada. Intimate relationships were even harder for me. Anytime I was sober and making out, the crazy memories that I've buried resurfaced again.

The Search for Normalcy