"My heart will ache forever to know my first love is my first ruse."

Nathaniel from the past and present spoke the exact sentence, the perennial sting of his heart, the suffering.

The first experience of being deceived and by her...

"Please don't say this." She whispered, bringing her hand to hold his collar desperately.

The deterioration of being neglected by her beloved drove her insane, she had no idea it would hurt this much.

This was the first mistake of her life.

"That is where you have left us. How am I supposed to place faith in you after you have broken my trust?" He growled, jerking her hand...