She never wanted to compete with his family.
She only wanted to matter.
For years, Josephine believed Theo’s promises that things would get better.
Every canceled date, every interrupted vacation, every anniversary sacrificed because someone else needed him was supposed to be temporary.
His parents. His siblings. Their endless crises.
Theo always chose them first, certain his wife would understand because she always had.
Until the day he proves, once again, exactly where she belongs on his list of priorities.
This time, Josephine doesn’t argue.
She quietly packs her life into boxes, walks away from the marriage she fought so hard to protect, and begins building a future where she never has to beg to come first.
Losing her is the wake-up call Theo never saw coming.
Money can’t fix what he broke.
Flowers can’t erase years of feeling invisible.
If he wants a second chance, he’ll have to do more than apologize. He’ll have to prove—with every choice he makes—that his wife is no longer the person he expects to wait while everyone else comes first.
Because the hardest lesson he’ll ever learn…
Is that some women only ask to be chosen for so long.
