Austin Malcom always thought his five-year marriage to Rowena Obrien was real, until a visit to the registry office showed he was officially "single," while Rowena was legally married to another man, Phil Walker. The shock revives a darker truth: he once caught them together, but Rowena begged for forgiveness, calling Phil a mere "stand-in," even threatening suicide. When he learns she said "he’d never find out," Austin’s heart breaks. Now, he plans to erase his identity, change his name, and disappear, until an unexpected encounter leads him to the love he was never meant to miss.
