{"product_id":"never-meant-to-love-elena-carlson-9783597267674","title":"Never Meant To Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe was my first love. My only weakness. My greatest mistake. Adrian Blackwell - billionaire, media darling, heartbreaker. I gave him everything. He gave me betrayal. Three years later, fate throws us into the same room again. Same city. Same fire. Same unfinished love. But this time... I won't be the girl who begs. And he won't walk away untouched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian Blackwell didn't lose me the night he cheated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe lost me when he watched me walk away and said nothing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe night I found out about the other woman wasn't dramatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was no shouting.No accusations thrown across the room.No shattered glasses or slammed doors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe kind that settles slowly around you until it becomes impossible to breathe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI remember exactly where I was when I saw it- Curled up on the couch, my phone glowing softly in the dim light of the living room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA notification.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA photograph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt first, I didn't understand what I was looking at.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian stood outside a hotel, the city lights behind him blurring into gold. A woman stood beside him, close enough that their shoulders nearly touched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis hand rested at the small of her back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gesture was effortless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamiliar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntimate in a way that made something deep in my chest twist painfully.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo close.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo comfortable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo real.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the photograph was a caption that felt almost cruel in its simplicity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Blackwell's new mystery woman?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI stared at the screen for a long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaiting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWaiting for him to call.Waiting for a message.Waiting for Adrian to tell me the internet had it wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the phone stayed silent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMinutes passed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd slowly, painfully, I understood something I wish I hadn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLove doesn't always end the moment someone betrays you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSometimes it ends in the quiet moments afterward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the person you gave everything to doesn't even try to explain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoesn't try to apologize.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoesn't try to stop you from walking away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI loved Adrian Blackwell once.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than I should have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the moment came for him to fight for us-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehe didn't.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe simply let me go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elena Carlson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 359726767X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783597267674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ottavio Ferrante\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Elena Carlson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001854304511,"sku":"9783597267674","price":24.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/never-meant-to-love-elena-carlson-9783597267674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}