IOU

by Kristy Marie

You shouldn’t mourn the loss of a lie.”

Some people are meant to burn, and others are meant to rise from their ashes.

I groan, snagging the hand on my chest and tugging her entire body across me so she’s wedged into my side before I place her hand back on my heart.

“My heart can handle you, I promise.”

Tucker had it wrong. She was never his. She’s always been mine; she just didn’t know it yet.