Preston Holloway was Isabelle Whitfield's backup plan, and Audrey Sinclair was Preston's backup plan.
Everyone knew Preston loved Isabelle Whitfield, loved her without reciprocation.
Every year on Isabelle's birthday, he would propose to her once. Isabelle would neither accept nor reject.
Yet Audrey was Preston's actual girlfriend, yet she witnessed his unwavering devotion time and again.
Eight years. Love finally burned out completely.
When Preston proposed to Isabelle Whitfield once more, and Isabelle said yes, Audrey decisively broke up with him.
She finally set herself free, but Preston wouldn't let go, claiming he and Isabelle were only getting married for show.
Real or fake no longer mattered, because Audrey had already decided to marry Maxwell Sherwood.
Preston didn't believe Audrey was actually getting married.
Until the day he and Isabelle held their wedding, when he saw with his own eyes Audrey walking down the aisle in a wedding dress toward another man...
