An arranged marriage built on duty was never meant to become a love story.Julian Kensington, the cold, brilliant heir to the billion-dollar Kensington empire, has spent the past year treating his marriage as nothing more than an obligation. Bound to Anneliese Harrington by their families’ arrangement, he keeps his distance, burying himself in business and refusing to let emotion interfere with his carefully controlled life.To Julian, their marriage has become a silent contract between two families.To Anneliese, it has become the quietest kind of heartbreak.For an entire year, she loves her husband from behind a carefully maintained distance, never demanding affection he has no desire to give. She learns to live with his indifference, his late nights, his unreadable expression, and the empty space between them.Then, without warning, Julian places divorce papers in front of her.He tells her their marriage has run its course.There is no anger in his voice. No hesitation. No sign that letting her go costs him anything.Anneliese looks at the papers with trembling hands.And says nothing.Because Julian doesn’t know the one secret she has been carrying alone.She is pregnant with his child.She could tell him.She could use their unborn baby to make him stay.But Anneliese refuses to turn love into an obligation. If Julian wants freedom, she will give it to him, even if walking away means leaving behind the only man she has ever loved.So she signs the divorce papers.And disappears from his life.Julian expects relief.Instead, the silence she leaves behind begins to haunt him.The house feels strangely empty. Her favorite books remain untouched. Her quiet presence is missing from every room. The small habits he once ignored suddenly become impossible not to notice.For the first time, Julian begins to wonder what he actually lost.Then he discovers the truth.Anneliese wasn’t simply his wife. She was carrying his child.And the woman he thought would always be waiting for him has already walked away.Now Julian must face the one thing his wealth, intelligence, and influence cannot fix:He let the woman who loved him go.And by the time he finally realizes that he loves her too, Anneliese may no longer want him back.Because some divorces are endings.And some become the beginning of a man’s greatest regret.