Must I Go Bound
He thought loving her meant never letting go.
Jude Hale built his life on music - sold-out rooms, blinding stage lights, and the certainty that came from knowing exactly how to command a crowd. Control was his greatest strength. Precision. Intensity. Devotion to the sound he created.
And for years, Wren Calloway loved him inside that world.
Until loving Jude meant disappearing inside it.
When Wren finally walks away, the silence she leaves behind is louder than any crowd Jude has ever faced. For the first time in his life, the man who built everything on control is forced to confront a truth he never wanted to see:
Loving someone isn't the same as holding on to them.
Time passes. Distance reshapes them both.
The music keeps playing - but it no longer sounds the same.
And some stories don't end when two people walk away.
Sometimes they simply wait.