His Girl Bestie Under Our Bed

Meredith thought she knew exactly where she stood in Bastian Wilson’s life—until his so-called girl best friend, Gina, crawled out from beneath their bed during an intimate moment. Instead of defending Meredith, Bastian dismisses the humiliation as a harmless joke and repeatedly chooses Gina over the woman he is supposed to marry. Even after his parents intervene, Bastian refuses to recognize Gina’s manipulation. At his bachelor party, he humiliates Meredith again by washing Gina’s feet in front of everyone and demanding that Meredith accept their inappropriate friendship. That final betrayal destroys whatever love she had left. Meredith ends the engagement and walks away from the Wilson family without looking back. Then she contacts Thayer Sinclair—the powerful, patient man whose marriage proposal she once rejected. As Meredith begins rebuilding her life, Bastian discovers too late that losing her also means losing his family, inheritance, reputation, and future. But when regret finally brings him back, Meredith may already belong to someone who always knew her worth.