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𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. 𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩.

𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙮

𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘜𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘼𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘐 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘯. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳.

𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨𝙚𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠? 𝙊𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩?

𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘖𝘯𝘦, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

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She leans up and softly kisses me like I did to her moments ago. Tentatively, like she isn’t sure what I’ll do next. Maybe my words haven’t convinced her yet that I’m not going to freak out and push her away like I did last night. That’s about to be rectified.

I band my arms around her and pull her harder into me, hearing a sweet gasp escape her beautiful mouth. The mouth I can’t stop wanting to devour.

“I want to make this perfectly clear to you now, Sunshine. I want this. I want you and all that entails. The shit that happened last night won’t happen again. I’m not afraid and I’m not going to push you away. The way I see it, we’ve both got shit to figure out and get over, but that’s just part of life. I want to start living life. I want everything you are, even the so-called damaged parts. They match mine,” I say as my eyes bore into hers.

It hits me like a shot to the heart just how true that statement is. Both of us are waiting for the next tragedy, the next boogeyman, to get us as she described it. We’re both waiting for the next person we love to be taken from us. Look where that’s gotten us. Alone, scared, and angry. God, I want to turn that around. I want us to have something good that we don’t have to be afraid of losing.

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Kate is a lover of all things books. It doesn’t matter what genre, as long as there’s a HEA, she’s in. She started reading romance in high school and would hide novels in textbooks to read during class. Becoming an author was always a dream she had and finally decided to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) and write what she loves. She grew up in the beautiful upper peninsula of Michigan then became a West Coast girl where she lives with her amazing husband and hilarious son. She would love to hear from readers so check out all her socials and sign up for her newsletter so she can keep you up to date on her books and whatever other ramblings come to mind.

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𝘼𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛. 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙮, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢… 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙮 Interviewing Senate hopeful Donovan Hayes is supposed to be my ticket to the byline. I assume he’s nothing more than a puff piece that looks good in a three-piece suit. I couldn’t have been more wrong. His touch ignites a passion in me I didn’t know existed. But will being with him destroy my reputation and possibly end my career? 𝘿𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙣 Staying away from family embarrassment and winning this election are my main goals. It’s all going according to plan until I meet Kasey. I can’t help but picture her long legs wrapped around me with her taste on my lips. The fire between us is undeniable. And dangerous. 𝘼 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮. 𝙆𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩. 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩.

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“What happened and the way I reacted was so out of line. I’m disgusted with myself and the things I said to you. I hate myself every day for ever saying that shit to you. I swear on everything, I didn’t mean them then, and I definitely wouldn’t say them now. I was so wrapped up in what people told me and warned me about my whole life. But I didn’t realize something that day. It was you. I didn’t realize that you are the one person I could trust. You are the one person who meant the most in that situation. You and your sister. Instead of listening to you and being there for you, I listened to the voices in my head telling me I can’t trust anyone. That was the stupidest thing I could have done, and it’s something I regret every single day. I am so sorry, Kasey. More than you can imagine. I know I fucked us up. I know you need time to concentrate on helping your sister. I just thought that you would want to write our story.” Wow, the man apologizes incredibly well. He says all the right things, everything I wanted to hear that day. The only problem is I don’t know if I’m ready to forgive him.

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