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The One Who Waited

A serialized novel · 24 chapters published · 3 free to read

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After fifteen years of waiting for a ring, my boyfriend told me a backless dress wasn't for me anymore and left with his wellness coach. He asked who would marry me at my age. I already had a date.

Tropes & themes: contemporary · startup · female lead · marriage of convenience · revenge · romance · public-scandal · found family · betrayal · slow burn · second chance · modern city · steamy · broken engagement

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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1: Backless (free)
  2. Chapter 2: The Slip (free)
  3. Chapter 3: The Loft (free)
  4. Chapter 4: Until the Holder Marries (free with an account)
  5. Chapter 5: Midnight Confessions (free with an account)
  6. Chapter 6: What Luke Did (free with an account)
  7. Chapter 7: Rome (free with an account)
  8. Chapter 8: The Ring Box (free with an account)
  9. Chapter 9: The Arch (free with an account)
  10. Chapter 10: Thirty-First (free with an account)
  11. Chapter 11: Monday at Nine (free with an account)
  12. Chapter 12: Lockup (free with an account)
  13. Chapter 13: Say It (locked)
  14. Chapter 14: Sham (locked)
  15. Chapter 15: The Report (locked)
  16. Chapter 16: Hospital, Again (locked)
  17. Chapter 17: The Roadshow Dinner (locked)
  18. Chapter 18: Worth Nothing (locked)
  19. Chapter 19: Snow in the Navy Yard (locked)
  20. Chapter 20: Thirty-Eight Thousand (locked)
  21. Chapter 21: Cleared (locked)
  22. Chapter 22: The Bakery (locked)
  23. Chapter 23: One Slice (locked)
  24. Chapter 24: Again (locked)

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