Jennifer and Kristoffer loved each other first. Long before the wedding, before the vows he never wanted to make, there was the two of them — certain, easy, real. But love was never the thing his family cared about. They chose his bride for him, arranged the match like a transaction, and Kristoffer went through with it because saying no was never an option he’d been given. The marriage changed his name on paper. It didn’t change his heart. So the affair continued — in stolen afternoons and quiet phone calls, in the space between obligation and longing. To the world, Kristoffer is a married man. To Jennifer, he’s the one who was always hers, the one who chose her in every way that the wedding couldn’t undo. They tell themselves that what they have is the truth and the marriage is the lie. But secrets have a cost, and a wife who was never asked is still a wife who can be hurt. As the two lovers cling to their stolen happiness, the question grows heavier with every passing day: how long can a love that lives in the dark survive before someone steps into the light?
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