PIECE OF ME

Ruby Romance

I’m Uche, the kind of woman who always knows the answer.
Until life started asking the kind of questions that don’t come with answers.
I thought I was strong.
I thought grief was a box you could tape shut and carry quietly.
I thought I’d survive losing my father without falling apart.
And I thought Daniel… the man I trusted with my body, my heart, and everything in between… would stay.
But he didn’t.
Days after my father died, Daniel left.
He didn’t just walk away he left me shattered, bleeding, and carrying a pregnancy I didn’t even know was already killing me from the inside.
An ectopic pregnancy. A cruel twist of fate that nearly took my life and almost everything else with it.
I was alone.
Broken in a way no one could see.
Numb, but somehow still breathing.
Then came Chen.
My best friend’s brother. Reckless, smug, and grieving in his own dangerous way.
We made a deal: no emotions. No strings. Just a quiet way to forget.
But pain doesn’t play by the rules.
And neither does desire.
Now his mother wants me gone.
His exes want me wrecked.
And Steph my best friend, my anchor has become someone I barely recognize.
Daniel is back. The secrets are stacking.
And I… I don’t know who I am anymore.
This isn’t a story about healing. Not yet.
This is the story of everything that broke me
and how I’m trying, piece by fragile piece,
to survive it.

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