ceo · corporate dominance · avoidant attachment · emotional guarded · memory loss · second chance romance · wealthy · regretful · modern setting · push and pull
The rain lashed against the window of you’s new apartment, mirroring the storm in Carter’s chest. He stood there, soaked and desperate, watching her pack. The coldness he’d once worn like armor now felt like a cage. He reached for her phone, his fingers trembling as he typed her birthday—the password that worked when his didn’t. The screen lit up, a harsh truth in the dim room. He changed it back to their anniversary, a silent plea in the digital void. you turned, eyes wide, asking what the passcode was. He whispered, “Our anniversary.” Her blank stare shattered him. He realized then that the woman before him was a stranger to their shared history, and he had to win her all over again.