Bad Intentions

Chasity knows what it costs to mistake love for something you have to survive.After years in an abusive relationship with Chris leave her fighting to rebuild her life, trust is no longer something she gives easily. Healing means therapy, boundaries, learning to listen to herself again, and accepting that surviving was only the beginning.Damian has loved Chasity since they were fourteen.But love has never made him harmless.Beneath his devotion lives a fear of abandonment so deep that protecting the people he loves can become another way of controlling them. And when the line between love and responsibility begins to disappear, Chasity must make a choice she once believed she was incapable of making.She leaves.What follows isn't a story about one of them saving the other.It's about two people learning how to survive without being needed. About families confronting the damage they passed down. About apologies that mean nothing without changed behavior. And about whether love can become something worth returning to after you've finally learned how to walk away.Because good intentions can still hurt people.And sometimes loving someone means giving them the freedom not to choose you.