A Seven-Year Illusion

Summary

At the Film Guild Awards, my girlfriend, the newly crowned Actress of the Year, announced her engagement.

My heart hammering against my ribs, I started towards the stage, but she held up a hand, stopping me cold.

“Could you please step aside? You’re blocking the shot of my fiancé.”

I froze. In that moment of stunned silence, another actor, Aidan, slid past me, effortlessly taking my place at her side.

Seven years. Seven years of devotion, of being the man in the shadows. I was done being invisible.