"I was made and meant to look for you and wait for you and become yours forever."
Robert Browning
Maximus Blackthorne was a man chased by the ghosts of his past. He staunchly believes that love and affection are not for battle hardened men like him, with a dark soul and a barely beating heart.
But he had the strength and will power of ten demons combined when it came to ruthlessness and survival instinct.
His jaded and complex life is upended and changed forever when his path crosses Katherine's, a battered and brutalised woman whom he finds on a dark winter night.
Katherine Dawson has been trying to forget a past that has haunted and chased her endlessly. Despite her mortal fears and insecurities, she has finally managed to carve a niche for herself and made a small place under the sun. Sometimes, just sometimes, she wishes if she could find true love too. But alas! Love was not for severely damaged people like her.
Life has a way of teaching us that while our sorrow may be profound, the clouds will clear, and the sun will shine on us again.
What happens when two lonely, broken souls eventually find love, happiness and home in each other?
A Match Made in Heaven.
*Content Warning- contains description of sexual assault/abuse.
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"I wanted to hate him. I wanted to walk away without a second thought. But how do you forget someone who still lingers in your every breath?"
Kate thought she was finally free. Three years of a cold, loveless marriage to Dev-her arrogant, emotionally distant husband-had left her shattered. Now, with divorce on the horizon, she should be relieved. But when circumstances force them to live under the same roof again, she realizes something is different. Dev isn't the same man who once ignored her existence. He watches her now, his eyes filled with something she can't quite name. Regret? Possession? Something deeper?
Dev always believed he never wanted this marriage. But as Kate pulls away, he's gripped by an unfamiliar panic. What if letting her go was his biggest mistake? What if, deep down, he never truly wanted her to leave?
Dev - "I believed you'd stand by me, even when I couldn't be there for you. I was wrong-you deserve better. I'll grow, I'll change, but I refuse to lose you."
Trapped between past wounds and an uncertain future, Kate and Dev are forced to confront the emotions they've buried for years. But is it too late for second chances? Or were their vows never meant to be broken?
A gripping tale of love, heartbreak, and the undeniable pull of fate. Will they fight for each other... or walk away forever?