One Beside Me: The Illusion

She set her alarm fifteen minutes early for a man who didn't even know her name.Claire has spent a year building Aaron into something he never was — perfect, attentive, a man who finally sees her. Owen, her yoga instructor, is just part of the plan. A means to an end.Until he isn't.This is the part that hurts. The part where you realize the person you've been performing for was never watching. And the one who was has been beside you all along.Contemporary romance. Slow burn. Dual POV. No graphic content. Book 2 contains explicit intimacy.⟶ Continues in Book 2: The Real Thing