She owns my heart. My goal is to one day own hers again.I want her.
What she doesn’t want is me. She made that perfectly clear the summer after high school when she broke up with me. That hasn’t stopped her from crawling in my bed on more than one occasion though.
Not that anyone knows about us, or our past.
We’ve kept that secret under lock and key for years. But I’m getting sick and tired of lying to my friends. I’m not ashamed of my love for her.
Yes, I love her.
I always have. And I know she loves me too. She’s just afraid to admit it.
When we get caught in a compromising position though, all the lies she’s been telling start to crumble around her. And if there’s one thing she hates more than me at the moment, it’s being vulnerable.
That doesn’t stop me from taking advantage of her weakened state. Of trying to work my way back into her heart. Of reminding her why we should be together. But the more she lets me in, the more her lies are starting to get twisted.
The ones she’s telling others but mostly the ones she’s been telling herself.
If I want my second chance, I’m going to have to find a way to break through the fortress she’s erected around her heart.
I know she’s the one for me. She has been since we were teenagers.
My first love. My last. My only.
Kane was my everything.
He still is.
My heart belongs to him. He’s embedded in my soul.
And my body… It’s only ever been his.
Which is how we ended up in the back of the limo tonight, tearing at each other’s clothes. Him throwing his sunglasses off so I could look into his eyes as I lowered myself onto him. His hands gripping my hips so tight I know there will be bruises tomorrow.
It took about half a second to remember how great we were together. How great we could still be, if only I’d tell him the truth.
We do this dance every few months.
Collide with hurricane force. Fuck each other’s brains out. Get our fix and then go back to pretending we don’t have a past together. That we’re nothing more than acquaintances passing in the night.
We’ve always been careful to not get caught.
But tonight, I couldn’t resist.
I knew he was staring at me on the ride to the gala. I could feel his eyes on me from across the room as I spoke to my new boss, Emerson Dixon, and her husband, Ryder. And then he made it a point to move closer. To slowly encroach on my position.
My heart was pounding in my chest. My skin tingled from his close proximity. My breathing shallow and labored as I tried to ignore the effect he had on me.
But Kane knows me too well. All it took was one text, and I was his.
ME: Limo. Ten minutes.
It wasn’t a question. It was a proposal. He walked away, and I followed a few minutes later at a safe distance.
What I never expected was for Scarlet to show up seconds after I orgasmed. Or for Kane to act as if it wasn’t a big deal.
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Rachael Brownell is an International Bestselling author of new adult romance.
She lives in Michigan with her husband, son, snuggly dog, and hateful cat. She moonlights a few days a week (her excuse to get out of the house and socialize) and writes almost full time. Her first book was published way back in 2013 and since she’s released more than 30 additional titles.
When she’s not writing her next novel, you can find her hanging out with her family, watching her son play baseball, or running on the treadmill at the gym (though she skips more days than she goes). She also enjoys golfing but is still learning, so if you see her on the course… stand back.
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This has been such an awesome series and we are closing on the end. This is the second to the last book and I am really iffy on whether you can read this book as a standalone. Each book in the series has built on each other and each one is awesome but if you just read this book, I am not sure if you would be lost or not. Though Kane and Cleo have so many secrets from their college friends that if you did start with this story, I think you might be confused on all the characters involved but I think you could follow Kane and Cleo's story.
This series started off with Willow who is Max's sister and throughout this series we see Evie (Max's sister) find love, Willow finds love and all their college friends. Throughout the series one of the friends is Cleo and everyone knows her and Max hate each other but no one knows why, and in this book, we find out the why.
Kane, is one of Max's close friends and he is tied to Cleo and Max. In this book we also find out about their connection to each other as well as their secrets.
And throughout this series we have watched Max and while this book is not his book, the next one is. Even though it's not his book, he is a prime player in this story because of his connection to both Cleo and Kane.
This is a story about love and secrets and college and growing up and especially about friendship. Things are changing for all the characters we have been reading about and especially for Kane and Cleo. But before they can come together and decide what the future holds for them, they have to face their past, their secrets. They will also have to figure out what their future is going to be.
This was an awesomely told story. It's not a simple story and it had many curveballs and secrets that are revealed in this story, and I cannot wait for the next book. It's a totally riveting story.
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