To Jason, Tessa was never the main character—just a warm-up act for the girl he truly desired. When their first night together became a public spectacle and the evidence was paraded like a trophy, Tessa's quiet dignity shattered into a thousand pieces she could never glue back. For years, she tried to be enough. She bent, she broke, she bled—all for a boy who only saw her as a placeholder. Until one morning, she simply stopped. No tears, no confrontation, just a silent decision to walk away from the wreckage of her first love. But as she turns toward an uncertain future, a shadow falls beside her—not the one who broke her, but the one who watched it all happen and swore he'd never let her fall again.
