Broken But Still Yours

<p>Grace Marshall learned early that life rarely gives without taking.</p><p>Between a loveless home a cold stepfamily and the death of her mother Grace's only refuge was the boy who once made her feel seen-Julian Potter. He was her protector her secret joy her first love... and the one who shattered her.</p><p>Four years ago Julian walked away choosing ambition over the girl who adored him. He believed leaving would free her. Instead it broke her.</p><p>Grace rebuilt herself piece by fragile piece hiding her scars her loneliness and the illness born from heartbreak. But fate has a cruel way of reopening wounds-on the first day of her new job she walks into the office of the company's owner and finds Julian the man she never stopped dreaming about and never forgave.</p><p>He's colder now Harder but one look at her-and every wall he built collapses.</p><p>Torn between anger and longing Grace resists the gravity pulling them back together. Julian refuses to let her slip away again.</p><p>But when her body collapses under the weight of old pain and hidden illness Julian is forced to face the truth of what his absence cost her.</p><p>In the quiet of a hospital room where tears fall more honestly than words a promise is reborn:</p><p>He will not leave her again not now not ever.</p><p>As past scars bleed into the present Grace and Julian must decide- Can a love once broken truly be mended? And can the heart ever fully trust the one who hurt it most?</p>