When i chose to stay

Evelyn Woods spent her life learning to swallow feelings that never had room to exist. Loving Carter Baisen always meant loving in silence, staying in the shadow of everything he represented. He was the only place she felt whole, until the day he chose someone else and put a ring on Daisy's finger. Carter never stopped loving her, because Evelyn was the only choice he never had the courage to make.
While he ran from his decisions, Evelyn faced the consequences alone. She carried a pregnancy he knew nothing about, battled debt, cared for her sick mother, and tried to rebuild her life from scratch. The past returns not as a memory, but as an imposition. Carter's father, the powerful Henry Baisen Thorn, discovers the secret pregnancy and buys Evelyn's house to control the situation. To protect Carter's NFL contract and avoid a public scandal, Henry forces an extreme measure: a marriage between Evelyn and Carter.
Trapped in a web of power and public exposure, they must confront the truths that destroyed everything when they finally came to light.