Terminal Diagnosis, Frozen Assets

For ten years, Julian gave Silas everything—his career, his family, and the foundations of a Wall Street empire. Now, at twenty-seven, he has terminal liver cancer. And the man he sacrificed everything for is sleeping with his young intern.

When Julian asks to leave, Silas freezes his cards and cancels his medical insurance, certain that cutting him off will bring him crawling back. He has no idea he’s taking away Julian’s access to pain relief. Humiliated by Silas’s scheming lover, Ian, Julian finally stops asking to be believed.

With his childhood best friend Gabriel beside him, he walks away, helps fund a sick boy’s lifesaving surgery, and begins preparing for his own goodbye. But when a medical report exposes the truth, Silas’s arrogance turns to panic. Suddenly, he’s offering anything—money, specialists, promises—to keep the man he treated as disposable. Julian no longer wants any of it.

As Ian’s jealousy turns deadly and Julian’s remaining time slips away, Silas must face what his wealth and power cannot undo. He thought Julian’s last breakup was another empty threat. Julian meant every word. Now Silas would give everything for another chance—but the man who once lived for him has one final wish: a world where they never meet again.