In the fragile bloom of his early twenties, a young man steps into the world with wide eyes and an open heart, ready to chase his dreams during a pivotal internship. There, he meets her—a single mother with a past as shadowed as the night, yet eyes that sparkle with a haunting kind of hope. To him, she is a mystery wrapped in warmth, a soul seemingly broken but still shining. He falls—hard, fast, and utterly helpless.
But love, he soon discovers, can be a cruel illusion.
She weaves a delicate web of affection, each smile and touch a carefully crafted lie. Behind her tender facade lies a woman scarred by a marriage that shattered her trust and a heart heavy with too many goodbyes. She uses his love as a shield against the ghosts of her past, never intending to let him in fully. "I loved you like a lifeline," he whispers, "but you were drowning me in your storm."
Determined to awaken the love she buried deep inside, he fights to break through her walls, believing that love can heal even the deepest wounds. But the closer he gets, the more he loses himself. Every promise she made, every whispered 'forever,' becomes a dagger twisting in his chest.
In the end, he learns the cruelest truth: sometimes, the one who breaks you first is the one you loved most. And some hearts are too shattered to mend.
You Broke Me First is a heartrending journey of love, betrayal, and the painful awakening that sometimes, the greatest love story is the one that breaks you—and leaves you crying in the silence of your own shattered dreams.