Sarah Miller once believed that love meant unconditional support—abandoning her nursing degree, working double shifts in the ER, using her own blood and sweat to fund her husband's coding dreams. She thought when Jake's dating app hit one million downloads, they'd finally taste the fruits of their shared struggle.

But success didn't bring gratitude. It brought shame.

When Jake began demanding a "low-key marriage," when his LinkedIn profile read "Single," when he denied having a family on national television, Sarah realized she was no longer a wife—she was a stain on his success story that needed to be hidden.

The moment their daughter Emma was dismissed as "the help's kid," Sarah understood a brutal truth: some people lose themselves when they gain everything, while others find themselves when they lose it all.

In a small-town Oregon hospital, the moment Sarah put her nurse's uniform back on, she didn't just restart her career—she redefined what real success looks like.

Resetting Love

Jake
My hands gripped the steering wheel anyway. Eleven PM, and I was driving into the darkness toward Oregon, chasing a family that probably never wanted to see me again.
Sarah's old Spotify playlist was playing—Adele singing about finding someone like the love she'd lost.
"What have I done?" I ...

Chapter 6