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9. Pine

10. Chapter 10

10. Jackson

11. Chapter 11

11. Jackson

12. Chapter 12

12. Pine

13. Chapter 13

13. Jackson

14. Chapter 14

14. Pine

15. Chapter 15

15. Jackson

16. Chapter 16

16. Pine

About the Author

Chapter 1

Jackson

“Dude, you’ve been coming to this club for the last month. You can’t keep getting drunk. She left you and it’s over. Forget about her.”

I take another drink and wince as the liquor burns the back of my throat. Slamming the empty glass down on the table, I turn to glare at my best friend.

“That’s easy for you to say. We were together for four years and she threw it all away to sleep with someone else.”

He slaps a hand on my shoulder and smiles. “At least you didn’t give her the ring.”

“Fuck you, Tin.” I wave my hand in the air and the bartender comes to pour me another glass. I snatched the glass before he even finished pouring and downed it in one go. “I was really going to propose on Valentine’s Day. What a fucking waste.”

Tin sighed and looked around the bar. “Look, Jackson. There are so many women here and you’re still stuck on a two-timing whore.”

I grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him close. “Don’t call her that!”

“She cheated on you, bro!”

I let him go with a push. “I know, but I still love her.”

His lip curled in disgust as he turned away from me. “Whatever.”

The night wore on as usual and ended with me barely wondering how I got home. For four years, Tricia had been my world and now it’s over. From high school sweethearts to never speaking again. There’s no way I would ever open my heart like that again.

Chapter 2

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