All I knew was how mine would fucking break if she reasoned and excused away our history. I’d loved Everly Makepeace since I was sixteen years old and I’d never once stopped. For much longer, I wouldn’t be able to hide the fact her father had me by the balls. With a single phone call, he could put me behind bars, and I’d be taken away from Everly for good. Which meant, as always, that to gain the future I wanted, I needed to act first.
