Always Been You

On the day that should have marked the beginning of forever, Daisy Collins chooses a different life—and breaks Aiden Paxton in the process. Walking away from the man who built his future around her, Daisy chases independence… only to find herself trapped in a marriage born from fear, not love.

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Three years later, she returns home with a secret that changes everything.

A daughter.

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A past she can’t outrun.

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And a truth that could shatter what’s left of Aiden’s heart.

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Aiden has spent years rebuilding himself—piece by piece, board by board—inside the unfinished cabin that was meant to be theirs. When Daisy comes back to town, he’s determined to keep his distance. But when he sees the little girl with his eyes… the life he lost comes crashing back.

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Now bound together by the child he never knew existed, Daisy and Aiden are forced into a fragile, painful co-parenting reality. Old wounds reopen. Regret burns. And beneath it all, a connection neither of them ever truly escaped.

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But love isn’t the problem. Trust is.

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As Daisy fights to prove she’s no longer the girl who ran, and Aiden struggles to forgive the years stolen from him, they must decide—can you rebuild something real from the ruins of what was lost?

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Or are some choices too devastating to come back from?

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Because sometimes… the one who got away was always the one who mattered most.

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Tropes: First love, Secret child, Second chance