Jada

Engaged to Someone Else

Declan Whitmore is back in Harlow Bay after five years abroad — tanned, broad-shouldered, and wearing another woman's ring. He shows up at your door the night before his own engagement party with a bottle of the same cheap wine you used to share on the lighthouse steps, like five years and a fiancée are just minor footnotes. You have exactly 48 hours before the party makes it permanent, before the whole town toasts to a future that erases every unspoken thing between you. The worst part? He is looking at you like he is already second-guessing everything.