Northern Lights Don't Shine For Liars

Synopsis

The night before the wedding, I found a diamond necklace hidden in Ryan Brooks's closet. It was the exact same one that Ryan's friend Emily Lane had been admiring a few days earlier when we were shopping for wedding rings. But that same day, Ryan wouldn't even buy me the two-thousand-dollar diamond ring I'd fallen in love with. He'd told me that weddings didn't need to be extravagant, that keeping things simple was better. Yet Emily had only glanced at that necklace for a few extra seconds, and Ryan had secretly gone back and bought it for her. He'd also told me he would never marry Emily. He said she was too independent, too confident. She wasn't like me. I was gentle and quiet, the kind of woman who made a good wife. I didn't argue with him and I didn't cry. The next day, I opened my email and sent back a reply. It was my confirmation letter for the polar research expedition I'd been offered. I'd made up my mind to let this relationship go. But then Ryan followed me all the way to the polar region, saying he wanted to watch the northern lights with me.