Chapter 1: The Favor

Our marriage wasn’t about love—it was a favor, a box to check off on someone else’s list. Caleb York only married me because Natalie Summers asked him to.

But fate has a way of surprising you.

When Natalie changed her mind, she showed up at our door in the middle of a thunderstorm—soaked to the skin and desperate—but Caleb didn’t let her in.

To her, I’d always been the backup plan.

I couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for him. Even if he’d never look at me the way he looked at her, I still hated seeing anyone used like that.

He smiled at me and said, "It’s alright. Don’t I still have you?"

Me: "..."

He doesn’t know!

He’s never even been on my list of choices!