Releasing 10 (Boys of Tommen, #6)

by Chloe Walsh

“You’re different, Lizzie Young.” “I am?” She nodded and smiled. “You’re special.” “Is that bad?” “No.” She shook her head, still smiling. “You remind me of Joe.” “Your brother?” “Yep.” She nodded again. “And that’s a very good thing.”

“I don’t think I like you, Lizzie Young.” He looked out the window when he whispered, “I know I do.”

“Because I trust you,” I told him. “You make me feel safe.” That seemed to confuse him because his brows furrowed together. “You’ll always be safe with me.” “I know.” I splashed him with my hand. “No matter what, right?” “Yeah, Liz,” Hugh chuckled, splashing me back. “No matter what.”

Mark didn’t fix me this time. Hugh did. And he didn’t have to hurt me to do it…

I would never be enough for my father.

For the rest of this life and whatever followed—be it heaven, hell, purgatory, or a thousand reincarnated lifetimes—my heart would eternally beat for Hugh Biggs.

“Because she had a choice, Gibs, and she chose to ruin us.”