After They Left Me, All Four Regretted It

I gave eighteen years of my life to the four boys I grew up with. Then, right after graduation, they forged four college acceptance letters and tricked me into signing a five-year research contract—all so they could stay in Boston with the newly returned heiress. Even the relationship I'd waited eighteen years for was just bait to make sure I left. They were certain I'd hate the desert, break down, and come crawling back. I never did. Five years later, I return as a core lead on a national energy project. And for the first time, they realize the girl who once followed them everywhere is no longer someone they can abandon whenever they want—and win back whenever they regret it.