Miss You After Goodbye

Neil's five-year contract marriage to Keira ends when he realizes she still loves Simon.

Neil enters a covert five-year marriage with Keira at her father's request to repay a debt and guide her through a brutal breakup with Simon. Throughout the arrangement, Neil offers genuine devotion, yet Keira refuses to see him as anything beyond a stand-in for her first love. When the contract expires, Neil confronts her unshaken fixation on Simon and chooses to walk away rather than remain a replacement.

• romance
• drama
• contract marriage

1. Neil marries Keira via secret contract
2. Contract lasts five years for debt repayment
3. Keira views Neil only as Simon's substitute

Readers who prefer contract marriages where one partner refuses to let go of a past love.