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She\u2019s laughing, completely at ease, asking Mikey what trouble he\u2019s gotten into today. She doesn\u2019t look at me again. I hate it. I love it. I want to drag her away from everyone and ask her if she meant it – if she meant everything she said this afternoon. But I stay put, hands in my pockets, pretending I\u2019m not two seconds from combusting. Luc strolls over and hands me a beer. \u201cLooks like you need this.\u201d<\/p>\n

I cut him a quick glance, take the offering, and gulp down a long, much needed swig. It doesn\u2019t do much to tamp down the burn I\u2019m feeling, but it\u2019s a little better. \u201cYou like her.\u201d Luc tilts his chin in her direction, arching a single brow.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a question but an observation he\u2019s voicing. \u201cShe\u2019s just the help,\u201d I drone out, trying harder than I should to make her seem unimportant. \u201cYou fuck with that and things go sideways, we\u2019ll all pay the price.\u201d He takes a pull from the glass he\u2019s holding, ice cubes clinking. \u201cYou know I don\u2019t do feelings,\u201d I state, my tone hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one does feelings.\u201d Luc scoffs. \u201cFeelings do you.\u201d \u201cThink everyone\u2019s gonna go and fall in love now that you\u2019ve got your happy little family with Lily and Larkin?\u201d I\u2019m being an asshole. I\u2019m deflecting and we both know it. He blinks lazily, one corner of his mouth quirking down. Not in a frown, but more like he knows I\u2019m so full of shit that he isn\u2019t going to bother fighting me on it. He sighs heavily. \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be the end of the world to open yourself up again, but just be careful man.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t have to worry about me.\u201d I suck back the rest of the beer. \u201cI\u2019m solid.\u201d He claps a hand on my shoulder. \u201cI\u2019m around if you want to talk.\u201d Then he walks back over to Lily, who\u2019s forehead to forehead with Sadie in deep conversation. The music shifts to something darker and bass-heavy, and the group spills onto the dance floor. I hang back at first, but Mikey yanks me in. \u201cStop being a wallflower.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Michelle Windsor asserts the right to be identified as the author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, distributed, or sold in any printed or electronic form without direct, written permission from the author. Please do not participate in piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author\u2019s rights. This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author\u2019s imagination and are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 Michelle Windsor 2026 Cover Design by Lee Ching at Under Cover Designs Cover Image Licensed by Eric McKinney@ 6:12 Photography Copy Editing provided by Virginia Carey OceanofPDF.com This is for you Tyler. My very own rockstar. My beautiful, beautiful boy that shines brighter than the stars. You know better than anyone what it means to have loved and lost. As your mom, I know whomever gets your heart will be the luckiest person in the world.<\/p>\n

As a writer of love, I hope this story makes you believe your happily ever after is out there. OceanofPDF.com Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Epilogue Devil\u2019s Riff Playlist About the Author Also by Michelle Windsor OceanofPDF.com Chapter One Dean Turn The Page Bob Seger The thing about tour buses?<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t give you space. Not from noise, not from people, and definitely not from your own damn head. Noise, I can drown in. Quiet? Quiet is an ambush. Portland is a fade of lights in the rear window, and every mile we put between us and that stage scrapes like barbed wire against my skull. Luc\u2019s on his own bus tonight, pacing a rut into the floor, either not sleeping or pretending he doesn\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n

Lily\u2019s gone again.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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