The Stand-In Who Burned It All

For ten years, Stella Hart was the centre of Ethan Reid and Adrian Cross's world. The three of them built a design studio together, and the two men guarded her like a treasure, vowing that no one would ever hurt her.

Then Isabella arrived. She took Stella's design drafts and put her own name on them, and she was given their mother's keepsake, a sapphire necklace, to wear. When Stella confronted them, they told her she was making a scene. Isabella's depression became her free pass, and Stella's place in the studio and in their hearts was quietly handed over.

Stella tears up their photos, throws away the rings they once gave her, and signs away her shares in the studio. With a flight to Milan booked, she walks away from the two men who promised her forever, leaving them to realise too late what they have lost.