#Married #Office Romance Jerica Evans, a devoted wife and clerk at City Hall, feels her world slowly unraveling as the cracks in her once-loving marriage deepen. Her husband, Jared, a high-powered lawyer with a fierce courtroom reputation known as "The Siberian Beast," has grown distant, and his cold demeanor leaves Jerica questioning everything. Once the pillar of her life, Jared now feels like a stranger, more lighthouse than man—steady but unreachable, leaving Jerica adrift in loneliness and suspicion. When she catches him leaving work early with a mysterious woman in a red dress, her world shatters. As she balances her growing suspicion with the suspicious arrival of Harold Braddock, Jerica's former flame, the lines between loyalty, betrayal, and her own desires blur. Her once steady life spirals as her husband’s frosty demeanor and her own emotional wounds collide. As the emotional distance between her and Jared widens, Jerica must decide whether to fight for a love that seems to have slipped away—or walk away from the man who once completed her. What will she decide? What is Jared's secret? Was their marriage truly over? Has she truly stopped loving him? This is a heartstring-pulling journey of love, pride, and the devastating cost of hidden truths and unspoken desires, where one woman must decide if she’ll fight for the man she married or leave him behind to save herself. Please support the book by voting. Leave reviews and tell me what you feel in the comments.
Jared gave her a puzzled glance but complied. "Mom likes the poppyseed rolls from this place," Jerica explained as she stepped out of the car.
Jared watched her, something stirring in his chest. He hadn't known that. He hadn't known his mother had a favorite food. The woman he remembered was someone who savored everything without preference, treating each meal like a necessity, not a luxury. And yet, here was Jerica, knowing things about his mother that he didn't.
As she returned with the rolls, Jared felt something in him soften. How many times had Jerica visited his mother without him? How much effort had she put into understanding a woman he had always seen as an impenetrable force? He was in awe of her patience and the quiet, careful way she loved, even when it went unnoticed.