Description: Claire Bennett has spent years working toward one goal: earning a place at the research laboratory she has always dreamed of joining. She has the qualifications, the experience, and every reason to believe her future is finally within reach. Then the interview results arrive. Claire is rejected, while Vivian Hayes, Ethan Sterling's idealized first love, gets the position instead. At first, Ethan acts as though the decision has nothing to do with him. But Claire soon learns that he helped shape the recruitment process, added requirements designed to favor Vivian, and promised her that the job was hers. The man who shares her home and claims to love her has quietly sacrificed Claire's future to prove himself to another woman. Vivian may have needed the position, but Claire is the one who earned it. As Ethan defends his choice with excuses about Vivian's ruined family and difficult circumstances, Claire realizes that his betrayal is not limited to a single job. He has treated her talent, trust, and years of devotion as something he can spend for the sake of an old fantasy. With chat records, recordings, and the truth about the hiring process in hand, Claire stops asking Ethan to choose her. She chooses herself instead. And when she finally releases the evidence, the laboratory's polished reputation begins to crack. But exposing the truth may cost Claire more than her relationship. It may force everyone around her to face what Ethan was willing to destroy for his first love. Author Biography: Amelia Foster writes compelling stories about love in high society, where wealth meets heart and desire.