My Boyfriend Can’t Know I’m a Mermaid

The Story

Marina faces a thirty-day deadline to receive true love's kiss before she turns to foam. She sacrificed her tail for Damien, but day twenty-seven arrives without the promised affection. He kisses another woman in front of her and gifts her soul-scale to Vanessa as a necklace. He also gives her heart-pearl, which serves as her only way home, to be worn as an anklet. Marina reclaims every item taken from her. On opening night, she empties all cases containing his stolen jewels. She retrieves the tide-bracelet and the soul-scale. Finally, she takes back the life she had stolen from death for him. Damien dissolves into white foam and the tide sweeps him away. Eli, who previously gave up his voice to find her, uses his returned voice. He whispers a simple welcome home to her.