Description: After eight years together, Claire Bennett realizes her relationship can be packed into a single suitcase. She is the one who works late, keeps the home running, and even takes care of the cat her boyfriend brought home on a whim. Yet every argument ends the same way: Evan Carter picks a fight, threatens to break up, and waits for Claire to chase after him. This time, she doesn't. Walking away should be the end of it. Instead, it is the beginning of everything Claire has been too exhausted to want for herself. She throws herself into work, stops orbiting Evan's moods, and grabs the chance to transfer to Seabright-a move that could finally give her space to breathe, grow, and build something of her own. But Evan is not ready to lose the woman who always cleaned up after his anger. As he follows her, apologizes, and starts offering the care he withheld for years, Claire faces the hardest question of all: can changed behavior erase old wounds, or is love without respect just another trap? Caught between the weight of the past and the freedom waiting ahead, Claire must decide whether to return to the life that broke her or keep walking toward the one she chose for herself. Author Biography: Ivy Morrison is a contemporary romance author known for emotionally rich stories of love, longing, and second chances.