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Chapter 1

Brysen

SOME MEN ARE IMPOSSIBLE to ignore It’s like everyone else around the in slow motion, like everyone else is painted in black and white and he’s the only spot of color; the only thingin the rooh an entire room full of loud, drunk, and excited party people separated us, even though I doubted he kneas at the same house party as he was, all I could see was hined to make the fairer sex stupid with lust, he was undeniably beautiful and delicious, like everything that was bad for you tended to be I didn’t want to keep staring, but I couldn’t stop myself He was just that dynaray and lifeless, he was a sensory feast and I was happy to gorge

I ood time, and acted like I didn’t have a care in the world Those days were long gone, so I needed to stop gaping at Race like an idiot and get on with trying to enjoy the one night I had off from work and wasn’t needed at horeed to stay hoot to behave like a nor after my best friend’s older brother, and probably the worst, uy in the entire world to have a crush on

“Do you know him?”

My friend Adria was the one who had convincedmore fun I took a sip of lukewarht the way netically drift to Race

“He’s Dovie’s older brother”

“Really?”

Her disbelief was justified Where Race looked regal, like sood sent down to rule over us mere mortals, Dovie Pryce was a rumpled redhead covered in freckles and about as unobvious as one person could be She was cute at best, not i like her brother She was also the nicest person in the world I was pretty sure Race didn’t have a nice bone anywhere in his impressive body

My fingers curled around the cup tighter when his head turned and those reen eyes met mine

“Really” My voice was huskier than normal even to my own ears