If I watch her now, if I look at what Livie has had to deal with, I wonder if it’s all been about protecting myself? I know Livie lost her parents. Everything I've done is to protect Livie. I’ve told myself time and time again that this is all for Livie. We’re not going to help you avoid your shit anymore, understand?” Livie gracelessly wipes the tears away.
You almost attacked a man with a broken beer bottle. Storm told me because she cares about you, and she wants you to get help. “Don’t you dare give Storm grief over telling me, Kacey Delyn Cleary. I shoot a glare her way, and Livie scolds me with a waggling finger. I know,” Livie says, watching me under a meaningful gaze. “I know what happened the night Storm was attacked, Kacey. I thought my heart was already broken but it wasn’t. Her words hit me over the head like a sledge hammer. “I keep losing you over and over again and I can’t take it anymore!” But what about me?” She chokes, the fury that fueled her forward with that outburst deflating, leaving her looking drained and miserable. “Four years of watching you come and go in my life, wondering if today’s the day I’m going to find you hanging in a closet or floating in a river. I’ve had to deal with this for four years, Kacey!” Livie’s hysterical now, tears pouring freely, screaming, and I expect security to stalk in any second. “I can’t take it! The nightmares, the fighting, the distance. And then she rages like I’ve never seen before. This isn’t just about you anymore.” She jumps out of my bed and hovers over me, her fists balled up. “You are not the only one who lost their parents, Kacey. Hardened by her tragic past, Kacey is determined to keep everyone at a distance, but their mutual attraction is undeniable, and Trent is desperate to find a way into Kacey’s guarded heart-even if it means revealing an explosive secret that could shatter both their worlds.She sees my knee jerk reaction and sudden rare fury flashes in her eyes.
Trent Emerson has smoldering blue eyes and deep dimples, and perfectly skates that irresistible line between nice guy and bad boy.
She can handle anything-anything but her mysterious neighbor in apartment 1D. They’re struggling to make ends meet at first, but Kacey’s not worried.
Armed with two bus tickets, Kacey and her fifteen-year-old sister, Livie, escape Grand Rapids, Michigan, to start over in Miami. Still haunted by memories of being trapped inside, listening to her mother take her last breath, Kacey wants to leave her past behind. Love them.įour years ago, Kacey Cleary’s life imploded when her car was hit by a drunk driver, killing her parents, boyfriend, and best friend. After a terrible car accident destroys her life as she knew it, twenty-year-old Kacey escapes to Florida, where she encounters an irresistible man determined to capture her wounded heart.
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