It's true what they say, you really are wiser when you're older, because I've hated my younger self for years. After leaving behind the girl that I spent my entire life loving from afar, younger me deserves the hate, though. But when her dad told me I was ruining her life, I let my own insecurities consume me and knew I had to set her free.
Now, I'm a defenseman for the New England Bay Sharks, living my dream. At least, that's what everyone thinks. Inside, I'm haunted by past mistakes, wishing I had a clock to turn back time and right my wrongs.
Just as I lose hope that she's ever coming back, she shows up in Portland, bruised and battered -- claiming she was in a car accident. She isn't the same strong-willed girl with the bright eyes she was before. No, replacing that girl is a woman in pain. A woman who's scared. And a woman who really hates my guts.
Right away, I knew there was no car accident. Noโฆthose bruises were put on her perfect body by a monster. One that was supposed to care for and love her till the end of time.
Worried for her safety, I craft a plan to keep her safe. One that includes her living in my house while pretending to be my girlfriend. After what I did to her all those years ago, I'll do anything to earn her forgiveness.
I may have promised her that it's all for show and that I have no motive for wanting to keep her so close, but the truth isโฆI never stopped wanting her, and that's not about to change now.
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ Me Once ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ: ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ & ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐น๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
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