Unwavering Trust

Ryker's simple words weighed on Sloane's heart like a thousand-pound boulder, making her nose sting with emotion.

Everyone who had once chosen her so firmly was gone. She had thought that, for the rest of her life, no one would ever stand by her side again.

After all, even the family who had doted on her since childhood had abandoned her, so she didn't dare to hope anyone else would choose her.