After a decade of secretly loving my best friend, Chloe's ex-boyfriend, Julian, I finally decided to walk away. For good.

The moment I submitted my resignation, Mom’s call came through.

“Chloe, how are your resignation procedures going?”

“I’ve submitted the application. I should be officially free in about a month.”

“That’s good, that’s good,”

Mom’s voice lightened.

“Mom and some of our friends in town have been busy looking for potential dates for you. Come back soon and meet them, let’s try to get you settled down this year.”

She sighed as she spoke.

“Just stop thinking about Damian Blackwood. He’s too high-class, Chloe, from a completely different world than ours.”