Pilling Up The Past
READING AGE 16+
Piling Up the Pastby Presh greySophia Bennett thought she had left her painful past behind forever.On the same day she discovered her billionaire husband Marcus Langston’s infidelity, she also learned she was pregnant. Terrified that his wealth and power would allow him to take her unborn child, Sophia served divorce papers and vanished from Chicago, determined to raise their baby alone.Five years later, in the quiet suburbs of Austin, Texas, Sophia has built a simple, stable life for herself and her bright, energetic five-year-old son, Oliver. She works as a freelance graphic designer, keeps her heart guarded, and believes she has finally found peace.Until the day she opens her back door to call Oliver for dinner and finds him happily stacking colorful toy bricks with the one man she never wanted to see again—Marcus.Furious and terrified, Sophia tries to shut Marcus out of their lives once more. But Oliver’s instant connection with the father he never knew begins to chip away at her walls. As Marcus fights for a place in his son’s life, he also sets out to prove he is no longer the selfish man who once betrayed her.With every shared school event, late-night hospital visit, and colorful brick tower built in the backyard, Sophia must decide whether to keep protecting her heart or risk trusting the man who once shattered it.Can a broken marriage be rebuilt, one brick at a time? Or will the weight of the past keep them apart forever?A heartfelt second-chance romance about forgiveness, family, and the courage to build something stronger than before.
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Sophia’s breath caught in her throat, sharp and painful, as if someone had reached inside her chest and squeezed. The wooden spoon lay forgotten on the linoleum floor where it had fallen, a small splatter of marinara sauce marking the spot like evidence at a crime scene. Outside, beyond the screen door that now felt impossibly thin, the golden T……
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