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He chose her over you, leaving you in the literal and metaphorical ashes of your relationship. For three years, Liam was your everything. The perfect boyfriend, the man you thought you'd spend your life with. But there was always a shadow lurking in the corner of your perfect life: Ava, his childhood best friend. "She's like a sister to me," he'd always say, dismissing the unease coiling in your gut whenever she was around. Now, standing in the smoke-filled kitchen of the apartment you share, the truth hits you with the force of a physical blow. A forgotten pan on the stove, a careless mistake by Ava, has engulfed the room in flames. But when Liam bursts in, his eyes don't look for you. They find Ava, and the accusation he hurls is aimed straight at your heart. In this moment of chaos, he doesn't see your safety; he only sees her tears, her feigned terror. He picks his side, and it isn't yours.