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Prologue

Madox

I didn’t know she’d left me until her plane had already taken off That’s the shittiest part of it

We fucked We fought We shared every part of our flawed pieces with each other That’s the way it alith us Apparently, that wasn’t enough to keep her that night

I didn’t get another word froht before her front door slaed on her apart an answer for why she’d done what she did I can still feel the way the anger rolled offwhat the fuck I was even doing there I didn’t belong in her world — just like she didn’t belong in le second on that side of the bridge

But I’d followed her there just the same That’s what she did to me We broke each other down to the raw bits that only acted on pri No one ever h, as needed… or as loved as she did, either

Seeing her across the bar three years later does so to me I’ve never felt before As I lift the whiskey to lass as the music fades to white noise All I can see is the way her lips stay parted ever so slightly after she takes a sip of her drink

It’s like slow motion

All I can hear is the hum of satisfaction I know is about to slip frolass hits the bar top

She came back

All I can feel isharder by the second

And I need her to loveme the way she did

Chapter 1

Sophie

Seven years ago

“I didn’t think I scared you,” he says and Madox’s voice is rough until he clears his throat

“You don’t,” I answer hi against e in denial of what I just said

“Then why do you keep looking at me like that?”