“Why do you stay with him when you’re clearly not happy?”
Margot’s question left me speechless.
I thought that as long as I tried hard enough, as long as I kept holding on, we could find our way back to the love we once had. But the moment a stranger caught me in his arms on a rainy night in New York, I realized some cracks had already formed long before I noticed them.
My name is Solange Sinclair, and I am a soloist at NYM Ballet. I sacrificed my youth, my time, and everything I had to stand on the stage I dreamed of. Tomorrow night, I will perform Giselle at Lincoln Center as the leading dancer for the first time in my career—the closest I have ever been to achieving my dream.
But right before my debut, my life changes completely because of an unexpected encounter.
Valentin Radu.
A mysterious, powerful, and dangerous man. He possesses an aura that makes him impossible to ignore, along with wealth and influence capable of changing everything. When we first meet, he is only the stranger who catches me when I nearly fall in the rain.
But later, he becomes the only person sitting in an empty theater, watching me complete a performance that everyone else had already given up on.
When the storm leaves the audience seats almost empty and everyone believes my first leading role is destined to fail, Valentin remains there until the very end, watching me dance the story of Giselle.
He sees the dancer on the stage.
He also sees the woman behind the performance—the woman who has been slowly losing herself in a relationship where she is constantly overlooked, yet still refuses to abandon her dreams.
Meanwhile, my boyfriend Tyler makes me question whether what we are holding onto is truly love… or simply a habit we are afraid to break.
One man makes me feel safe.
One man makes me forget who I am.
And one unexpected opportunity is about to change the course of my life forever.
