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Chapter One

Lilly Jeatched as Caleb Hard tried to avoid three women at the bar She rolled her eyes at just how stupid his behavior was Everyone in town kneas a player The Hard boy rebel The one ould sleep with you and forget your na to many of the women, he wasn’t a nice man The problem was, Caleb was, in fact, very nice He never actually told any of the wo-term They were the ones to assume they’d be the woman to tie him down

So far, no one had tied that man down, and she pitied the woman or women who even tried

Caleb got to the bar and let out a shudder “Beer, please”

Lilly got hi it in front of hio pick up women I think you’ve exhausted the town”

“Nah, it’s just a rough night How are you doing?” he asked

“Me?” She frowned, glancing left and right, while also pointing at her chest

“Yeah, silly I was curious how you’re doing these days Hanging out with Aunt Betty, that wo ”

Lilly couldn’t help but smile Aunt Betty was the wo story short, Eliza, Aunt Betty’s niece, had come back to town, fallen in love with the oldest Hard boy, Jairl, Darla

She adored Eliza and their little baby Ja she could to avoid men in her life

Her mother was known as the tohore She would sleep with anyone and didn’t even need a price to do it Purely because of her mother’s reputation, Lilly had been branded the sahts to touch her

She hated it

Working at the bar gave her a little extra spending ave her peace and quiet

She’d had no choice but to give up her idea of college and had been working full-tiraduation One day soon, she hoped to be able to afford soht classes

Her true passions in life were books and writing Whenever she got the ti away In the past four years, she’d written over fifteen novels All of theood She loved to write and read

Caleb clicked his fingers in front of her face “Earth to Lilly”

She waved his hand away “Sorry, I was off in ?”