Love Fades with Bygone Days
After eight years with Tomas, Esme finds he secretly married her best friend Alessia and has a son. Broken by double betrayal, miscarriage, and depression, she leaves for New Zealand. Falsely accused of hurting their child, she departs alone. When a remorseful Tomas divorces and chases her to beg for a second chance, healed Esme rejects him, choosing a new life on her own.
Story Guide
Episode 1
At a college reunion, Esme's best friend Alessia won't call her husband — so Esme takes the phone and dials the number herself. The voice on the other end is Tomas, the man Esme has been with for eight years: "Baby, I'm picking our son up from school."
The truth lands in pieces. Alessia has been secretly married to Tomas for three years, and they have a three-year-old son, Leo. Esme is the last to learn it. She thinks back on the crash that cost her their first baby, the depression that followed, and the friend who stayed with her in the hospital. That friend was Alessia.
Episode 2
Alessia snatches the phone back and hangs up, but it rings again. Esme remembers growing up beside Alessia, and the drunk driver years ago — Alessia yanked the wheel toward herself so Esme took less of the impact, wrecking her own calf and spending six months in the hospital. Esme cried every day, certain she had caused it.
Now that loyalty looks like a lie. Esme runs out of the restaurant and is sick against the wall, unable to stop crying. When she looks up, Tomas is standing there — the man who told her he was in London for his MBA. Alessia follows and stops cold at the sight of them.
Episode 3
Esme remembers one line from Tomas promising they would marry when he finished his degree, then three years of therapy and hospital stays while he sent money and never came. Now she knows where those years went — to her best friend.
Every time Leo visited, he bragged about how good his dad was to his mom. Esme thought she was just jealous. Now it's almost funny: the friend who held her hand by day was beside the man she loved at night. When Tomas shields Alessia in front of her, Esme barely recognizes him. The person who put her here was him.
Episode 4
Esme asks when it started — before the unanswered texts, the locked Instagram, the nights he was there but somewhere else. Tomas admits it: a trip to Miami, the three of them, Esme with a cold who went back to the room early. He and Alessia went to the hotel bar. They kept it secret until Alessia was pregnant, then married quietly at the county clerk's office.
Esme thinks of the leaking apartment, the winter without heat, the sandwich they split when they had nothing. He made it in investment banking, and still left her behind. Alessia begs her not to shut down, afraid of what Esme might do to herself.
Episode 5
Alessia offers to divorce Tomas, take Leo, and give Esme back whatever should have been hers. Esme answers flatly: some things you don't get past. We're not friends, and Tomas and I are done.
Back home, Esme smashes the living room and finds a box cutter. Before the blade meets her arm, the door is kicked in. Tomas pulls out a first-aid kit and wraps her hand, promising he will divorce Alessia when Leo is older and make up the wedding he owed her. Esme hears only delay. He still has to go home and be Leo's father, Alessia's husband. What he offers her is still an empty promise.
Episode 6
Tomas finishes bandaging her hand and leaves, because Alessia and Leo need him. That is the moment Esme feels truly pathetic — she has lived this long without feeling like herself. This time she won't hand her life to anyone. She books a ticket to New Zealand, the place she always wanted most, where he once said they could marry. She waited through illness and through his fading love. She goes alone.
The day before she leaves, Leo pounds on her door, accusing her of bullying his mother and making his parents fight. He bites her hand. Esme fires back that his mother wrecked someone else's relationship first.
Episode 7
A slap lands hard, and Esme's face burns. Alessia sees the little cuts on Leo's arms and legs and her eyes go red, warning Esme to hate her instead of her child. Then she says it: after this, we're not friends. She takes Leo and goes after Tomas, leaving Esme among the glass and blood. Nobody lets her explain.
On the plane to Auckland, Esme watches the city slide away — the man she loved, her friend, the damage, the betrayal. None of it is hers anymore. In the car home, Leo boasts he chased off anyone who bullies his mom, and admits he threw a cup at Esme and bit her. Tomas asks who taught him to put his hands on people.
Cast
- Esme — protagonist, betrayed girlfriend
- Tomas — Esme's boyfriend who secretly married her best friend
- Alessia — Esme's best friend and Tomas's secret wife
- Leo — Tomas and Alessia's young son
FAQ
What is Love Fades with Bygone Days about?
It follows Esme, who has been with Tomas for eight years. At a college reunion, her best friend Alessia is reluctant to call her husband, so Esme dials the number herself and hears Tomas's voice saying he is picking up their son. She realizes Tomas secretly married Alessia three years ago and that they have a son, Leo. The story follows Esme as she confronts the betrayal and eventually books a trip to New Zealand alone.
Who are the main characters in Love Fades with Bygone Days?
Esme is the protagonist and betrayed girlfriend. Tomas is her boyfriend who secretly married her best friend. Alessia is Esme's best friend and Tomas's secret wife. Leo is Tomas and Alessia's young son.
How does Esme find out about Tomas and Alessia?
At a college reunion, Alessia won't call her husband, so Esme takes the phone and dials the number. The voice on the other end is Tomas, saying he is picking up their son. Esme then learns that Alessia has been secretly married to Tomas for three years and that they have a three-year-old son, Leo.
How long were Esme and Tomas together, and when did he marry Alessia?
Esme had been with Tomas for eight years, and he never married her. According to the article, Tomas secretly married Alessia three years before the reunion, and they have a three-year-old son, Leo.
How did Tomas and Alessia's relationship begin?
Tomas admits it started on a trip to Miami. Esme had a cold and went back to the room early, and he and Alessia went to the hotel bar. They kept it secret until Alessia was pregnant, then married quietly at the county clerk's office.
What happens between Esme and Leo before she leaves?
The day before she leaves, Leo pounds on Esme's door, accusing her of bullying his mother and making his parents fight, and he bites her hand. Esme fires back that his mother wrecked someone else's relationship first. Alessia then slaps Esme, warns her to hate her instead of her child, and says that after this they are not friends.
Does Esme go to New Zealand, and does she go alone?
Yes. After Tomas finishes bandaging her hand and leaves because Alessia and Leo need him, Esme decides she won't hand her life to anyone. She books a ticket to New Zealand, the place she always wanted most, and the article shows her on the plane to Auckland watching the city slide away — she goes alone.
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