Mahogany Mills-Morris has been tethered to Duke since they were teenagers.
On paper, they've built a life: a marriage, a home, four beautiful children. But behind closed doors, Mahogany is unraveling, bound by history, babies, and the kind of love that's easier to hold onto than to walk away from. The warmth is gone. Her laughter is quieter. And every day feels like a version of a life she no longer recognizes. Five years ago, for a brief and stolen moment, she felt something else—something electric and alive—in the arms of a stranger at Pandora's. She never saw him again. But the memory lingers like perfume on the skin. Not because of him, but because of what he made her feel: wanted, chosen, seen. She's spent years searching for that feeling in all the wrong places—through quiet betrayals and hollow choices of her own. But every time, the emptiness echoes louder. And Duke… Duke has secrets of his own—one so heavy, it threatens to collapse everything beneath it. Mahogany dreams of leaving, of finding herself outside the walls of what they've built. But she's afraid. Afraid of the unknown. Afraid that a life without Duke might be worse than the one she's already surviving. And afraid that if she chooses herself… she might lose everything. This isn't just a story about infidelity or heartbreak—it's about a woman reckoning with who she is, what she's worth, and whether the love she's clung to is still the love that can save her.
