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When Love Wore A Mask

When Love Wore A Mask

Gavin

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Ethan Miller was an architect, but his life was ending. He was entering witness protection to avenge his father, a journalist murdered by corrupt forces. The cost? Everything he knew, especially Ava, the woman he loved. He shattered her heart, feigning greed and ambition to protect her from immense danger. Then, he walked into their apartment to find her intimate with his childhood friend, Julian. He was a ghost in his own home, watching his own replacement. Ava's contempt became his daily torture. She treated him like a paid servant, throwing money at him. He endured public humiliation, serving them at parties, known only as "Ava's pet." After her terrible accident, he anonymously donated a kidney to save her life. Yet Julian took all the credit, building a false narrative of heroism. Ethan silently suffered Ava's accusations and physical abuse, trapped in a role of ultimate humiliation. His silence was his shield, his coldness a desperate act of love. He let her believe he was an unfeeling monster, relentlessly crushing her hope. Every insult was a fresh wound, but revealing the truth would expose her to deadly enemies. Why did he choose her hatred, this agonizing self-sacrifice? Then, an impossible truth emerged: Ethan, believed dead, was seen alive, engaged to another woman. Ava' s world shattered, her grief morphing into furious betrayal. Now, she will confront him, demanding answers, ready to tear apart every secret, dragging them both back into the shadows of his dangerous past, no matter the cost.

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Ethan Miller was an architect, but his life was ending.

He was entering witness protection to avenge his father, a journalist murdered by corrupt forces.

The cost?

Everything he knew, especially Ava, the woman he loved.

He shattered her heart, feigning greed and ambition to protect her from immense danger.

Then, he walked into their apartment to find her intimate with his childhood friend, Julian.

He was a ghost in his own home, watching his own replacement.

Ava's contempt became his daily torture.

She treated him like a paid servant, throwing money at him.

He endured public humiliation, serving them at parties, known only as "Ava's pet."

After her terrible accident, he anonymously donated a kidney to save her life.

Yet Julian took all the credit, building a false narrative of heroism.

Ethan silently suffered Ava's accusations and physical abuse, trapped in a role of ultimate humiliation.

His silence was his shield, his coldness a desperate act of love.

He let her believe he was an unfeeling monster, relentlessly crushing her hope.

Every insult was a fresh wound, but revealing the truth would expose her to deadly enemies.

Why did he choose her hatred, this agonizing self-sacrifice?

Then, an impossible truth emerged: Ethan, believed dead, was seen alive, engaged to another woman.

Ava' s world shattered, her grief morphing into furious betrayal.

Now, she will confront him, demanding answers, ready to tear apart every secret, dragging them both back into the shadows of his dangerous past, no matter the cost.

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