Bye, Ex! I'm No Longer His Stand-In!

Aidan Wren loved Rosa Rook for years without saying so. He was the housekeeper's son and had grown up in the Rook house alongside her. When Rosa carried on a secret relationship, he was the stand-in for the man she actually wanted, and when that man came back she dropped him. The two of them then accused him of assault, and the accusation finished him. A woman who had stayed on his side helped him leave the country. He came back three years later under the name Wilson, a well-known artist, and set about getting his standing back. Rosa regretted what she had done by then and was ready to do anything to have him again. Aidan had spent the three years building a different life, and the woman who had helped him leave was still part of it.