Five years ago, Clara Bennett ruined the only man who had ever loved her too much.One fight.One cruel sentence.One reckless drive.By morning, Adrian Laurent, the feared heir to one of the country’s most powerful families, was fighting for his life after an accident that nearly killed him.Then he disappeared.No goodbye. No explanation. No returned calls.For five years, Clara lived with the guilt of breaking him.Now Adrian is back.At his father’s funeral, Clara expects anger. Hatred, maybe.Instead, she finds something worse.A colder version of the boy she once loved. A man who looks at her like she shattered something inside him and never stayed long enough to see what was left.But something is wrong.Adrian is hiding secrets. The accident took more from him than anyone knows, and whatever happened during those missing years changed him in ways Clara does not understand.He should hate her.So why does he still look at her like she is the beginning of every mistake he has never regretted?And why does it feel like losing him the first time was only the beginning?