Never Give a Cheater Second Chances

Lola has been with Dean for seven years, and their anniversary dinner is planned down to the last detail. But when he pulls up to collect her, a young woman is already settled in the front passenger seat, smiling sweetly and claiming she gets carsick in the back. Dean offers only a sheepish apology, and Lola realises he has quietly given away the place that was hers.

The girl is Kayla Davis, Dean's new intern, and his excuses only sharpen the sting. Lola refuses to be managed, and the evening collapses before it begins. Dean's velvet-wrapped gift, a plain silver bangle, stirs an old ache, and she tells herself the incident is minor.

Then the small incidents begin to multiply, and a promised lift to a department dinner never arrives.