Seven Years, One Heartbreak, New Love

Seven Years, One Heartbreak, New Love

Gavin

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For seven years, I was the perfect girlfriend to Hollywood star Ethan Cleveland. I put my life on hold, baked his favorite pastries, and silently endured the online hate from fans who wanted him with his co-star, Keira. Then came my 29th birthday. He said he had a late-night script meeting, but I discovered the truth: he was at a private clinic, comforting Keira as she confessed her feelings for him. He publicly defended Keira from online harassment, calling for kindness. But when I received death threats from his fans, he called me "dramatic" and "insecure." He was capable of empathy and protection, just never for me. The man who claimed to love me was systematically destroying my self-worth while playing the hero for the world. So I left. And when he finally tracked me down, trying to reclaim what he'd lost, I did something I never thought I would. I turned to the new man by my side-the one who truly saw me-and kissed him right in front of my ex.

Chapter 1

For seven years, I was the perfect girlfriend to Hollywood star Ethan Cleveland. I put my life on hold, baked his favorite pastries, and silently endured the online hate from fans who wanted him with his co-star, Keira.

Then came my 29th birthday. He said he had a late-night script meeting, but I discovered the truth: he was at a private clinic, comforting Keira as she confessed her feelings for him.

He publicly defended Keira from online harassment, calling for kindness. But when I received death threats from his fans, he called me "dramatic" and "insecure."

He was capable of empathy and protection, just never for me. The man who claimed to love me was systematically destroying my self-worth while playing the hero for the world.

So I left. And when he finally tracked me down, trying to reclaim what he'd lost, I did something I never thought I would. I turned to the new man by my side-the one who truly saw me-and kissed him right in front of my ex.

Chapter 1

Adeline Nixon POV:

The cake sat on the counter, perfectly iced, a small, defiant beacon in the silent kitchen. It was my twenty-ninth birthday, and Ethan had lied. Again.

He' d said he was with a producer, a late-night script meeting. But the text I' d accidentally seen on his unlocked phone, glowing bright on the charger, told a different story. "She finally told me," Keira' s message read, followed by a teary emoji. "It was intense. Thanks for being there. Can't believe you missed your meeting for me." My stomach twisted, tighter than any knot I'd ever made with fondant. He hadn't just lied; he'd spent my birthday comforting his co-star, who was confessing her feelings for him.

I stared at the cake. Seven years. Seven years of my life, baked into countless celebratory pastries, each one a silent prayer for a love that felt increasingly hollow. My fingers, usually so steady with a piping bag, trembled as I picked up my phone. Ethan' s face stared back at me from a thousand headlines. "Ethan Cleveland and Keira Fisher: The Hottest Hollywood Romance?" "Are They or Aren't They? The Chemistry Is Undeniable!" The posts were everywhere, fueling the rumors, building a narrative where I was just the unfortunate, forgotten girlfriend.

I scrolled through the comments, a familiar ache starting in my chest. "Adeline is so boring, just holding him back." "He deserves someone vibrant, someone like Keira." The digital venom was a constant drip, eroding everything I thought I was. Ethan always dismissed it, calling it "fan fiction," telling me I was "overreacting." He' d say I was "dramatic" or "insecure." But there was nothing dramatic about the way my hands clenched, the way my breath caught in my throat every time I saw another picture of them, their smiles too bright, their eyes too close.

He walked in then, coat slung over his arm, a practiced smile on his perfect face. He smelled faintly of Keira' s perfume, sweet and cloying.

"Happy birthday, babe!" he said, trying to pull me into a hug.

I flinched back, the movement sharp and involuntary. "Don't."

His smile faltered. "What's wrong? Tough day at the bakery?"

"No," I said, my voice surprisingly steady. "Tough seven years." I looked at him, really looked at him, and the words, once so terrifying to even think, spilled out. "We're over, Ethan."

His eyes widened, the charming facade cracking instantly. "What? Adeline, what are you talking about?" His voice was thick with disbelief, as if the concept of me leaving him was utterly alien.

Seven years. That' s how long we' d been together. Seven years since I' d met the ambitious, but still grounded, struggling actor. Now he was a major Hollywood star, and I was... still me. The girl who loved to bake, the girl who moved across the country for him, the girl who became invisible in his blinding spotlight.

He' d always protected Keira. When the online hate started, when fans attacked her for seemingly getting too close to him on screen, he' d issue statements, defend her, call for kindness. When the hate came for me, when I was called a "gold digger" and a "leech," he' d shrug. "It's part of the game, Adeline. Don't let it get to you." As if the words didn't cut, didn't burn, didn't carve away pieces of my self-worth until there was almost nothing left.

"You' re being dramatic again, Adeline," he said, his tone already shifting, trying to gaslight me, to make me doubt my own feelings. "This is just another one of your insecure episodes. We've talked about this."

He looked genuinely bewildered, as if my sudden declaration was an act of irrational madness. "Seriously, what is this about? You can' t just... break up with me. Not now. Not after everything."

"Everything?" I echoed, a bitter laugh escaping my lips. "You want to know everything? Fine."

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