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eces on motocross tracks, all to chase Cha
ooth and read my viral romance novel aloud to everyone
a little sister. Where did this fil
Chaim and his new fling made a joke of m
that every time I looked into his eyes, I was really s
ng the boy used to wear-I finally woke up for good: he was not
nto the mud, turned my back withou
he boy who is now a self-mad
pte
inn'
ve years of pathetic one-sided love went viral, toppin
out mercy, calling her a spinele
break herself to pieces on a motocross track just for th
every word in that book w
an I'd been chasing sat in a VIP booth, reading its most
his part!" Felicity sho
k, I stood in the stands silently praying he would look my way-even
oth erupted in na
ars that didn't exist
ard me," she said smugly. "Our sweet little Aislinn has been writin
ofa, one arm draped carelessly a
shirt with the sleeve
his neck, weighted with a
ila and looked down at me,
aw you as a sister," Chaim said, raising his
th my life and doesn't burst into t
l laughter rolled throug
led and heckled me to write a s
om the sofa and pouted h
patting my shoulder with fake sympathy. "
gs at home, not chasin
and brushed
mind had never been clearer-not once in t
to Chaim and stopped
p the black tungsten ring
was cold againe every word in that book wa
eyebrow, his s
followed me to every race in California. At Mammoth you br
of the ring and let it fall
Los Angeles with his face a
Chaim's face, the
d he shot out a hand and
?" Chaim lowered his v
looked straight into
like you was worth five years of my
, Felicity grabbed my
us. "Inventing an imaginary boyfriend is the oldest trick in the book. Is admitting
ckered by the bar and shouted his
ht," the gu
iker look, she cleared out her whole clo
at outside the ER for eight hou
ed to Chaim,
ly. "Chaim, did any of her pathetic l
ist, then slowly lift
ce. "It was all her wallowing in her own one-s
the thing I hate most i
and pointed towar
ter, then don't come to our get-
mer-those words that had torn my life apart eig
a single tear broke free
d the faintest flicker of
ss on the tabl
his car keys. "Let me drive you home
tched onto his arm, mel
lting her face up at him. "Just order her a rideshare on
hat kind of party needs to hum
ty, then pushed the key
ning to me. "I'll have
straight toward the heavy
nee buckled and my shin cracked hard
s injury flared violently
and crouched on the f
ind me. "Now she's throwing hers
ward me when Felicity caught h
ence crosse
the other end of the booth. "I don'
g the wall, without spa
e VIP drapes and into the ma
hallway, a tall, upright figure was walking pas
e way those broad shoulders moved
sprinted for the end of th
hrill sneer rang out
ooth. "Ten minutes from now she'll be
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