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The Things We Leave On

Romance · Drama

Mara Bell accepts six weeks restoring a wedding dress at a fading seaside hotel. She made the dress herself. Someone else received the credit. As she starts to reclaim her work, her growing connection with the hotel’s owner asks a harder question: what will an honest future cost them both?

26 chaptersAbout 138 min readRead online
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THE STORY

Chapters

26 chapters
  1. 01Chapter 1 — The Closed SeamChapter 19 min
  2. 02Chapter 2 — Old MailChapter 28 min
  3. 03Chapter 3 — Six FourteenChapter 312 min
  4. 04Chapter 4 — The Man Who Remembers EveryoneChapter 46 min
  5. 05Chapter 5 — What FitsChapter 56 min
  6. 06Chapter 6 — The TermsChapter 66 min
  7. 07Chapter 7 — After ClosingChapter 76 min
  8. 08Chapter 8 — The Price Of Her NameChapter 84 min
  9. 09Chapter 9 — The Corrected CaptionChapter 96 min
  10. 10Chapter 10 — Other Women'S HemsChapter 105 min
  11. 11Chapter 11 — A Hotel Without A StoryChapter 115 min
  12. 12Chapter 12 — Chips In The WindChapter 126 min
  13. 13Chapter 13 — PinnedChapter 136 min
  14. 14Chapter 14 — The Ordinary MorningChapter 146 min
  15. 15Chapter 15 — What MovesChapter 156 min
  16. 16Chapter 16 — What Clara ChoseChapter 165 min
  17. 17Chapter 17 — The Room She HasChapter 176 min
  18. 18Chapter 18 — The Customer'S DressChapter 183 min
  19. 19Chapter 19 — The Display BodyChapter 195 min
  20. 20Chapter 20 — Who Will Carry ItChapter 203 min
  21. 21Chapter 21 — On His SideChapter 215 min
  22. 22Chapter 22 — Taking The Dress DownChapter 224 min
  23. 23Chapter 23 — The PreviewChapter 237 min
  24. 24Chapter 24 — The BillChapter 245 min
  25. 25Chapter 25 — A Smaller RoomChapter 254 min
  26. 26Chapter 26 — What She Leaves OnChapter 265 min
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