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Prologue

Cooper

I’ve heard the saying “you don’t knohat you’ve got until it’s gone” s written about it, but it never applied to me I never paid much attention I didn’t need to

Until I did

Until the day I realized I was in love with my best friend

Nine words That sums up my current situation I don’t know the exact moment that I fell in love with Reese Latham I can’t tell you the day or the time, or even where I was What I can tell you is that my love, it’s absolute It’s a “deep rooted in my chest, chains around my heart” kind of love

I can tell you that she’s been a huge part of le childhood memory without her in it She is and has always been my person I just didn’t realize what that meant until it was too late

I lost her to someone else Someone I’m sure ill never love her like I do He can’t cherish her the way that I would He can’t h so hard that her cute button nose scrunches up He can’t hold her during scary movies He can’t love her like I can I could continue to list the reasons, but none of them matter

Because she’s in love with him

She’s agreed to be his wife

I’

I want her

My heart craves her

But she’s not mine

There is a hole in my heart, and it has her naot away Only, she’s still here I still get to see her Her shts up the cloudiest of days, and her voice will continue to be my anchor in any storm

I rong I said nine words summed up my current situation when really all I need is one

Agony

Chapter 1

Cooper

College: Freshman Year