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C H A P T E R O N E

PIKE

I haven’t felt my heartbeat since I left Almost six years have passed since that day, and I still haven’t forgiven o, but I had to It was the only way, even though it broke me but saved her At least that’s what I tell myself

I left my heart there

But took my shame with me

My cock hasn’t risen at the sight, sound or scent of another woman since the day I married her mother The day she poked her head into her natures on the e certificate

Marriage

Might as well have been alass of bourbon, but it could have been rye

As ashas for her turned rew into a woman, my interest in any other females in the world evaporated the day I married her mother and saw her sweet face for the first time

Who would ever have guessed that a college pact with a friend would truly coreearet and I never shared a kiss, certainly never shared a bed It should have been simple

Only, the one part I hadn’t planned on in our deal was her

Willow

I knew that day I relance of her Its rew but it still reain will that word apply to anyone but her

Mine

I s hard and take a deep breath through s No one around me would know it, but I am in a tailspin, out of control

The faht here in front of a few hundred of my nearest and dearest

Truth is, I know none of the, I know their naive none of myself to them To anyone

I’ve saved that for her

Unconsciously, yes But now I’

Because she’s here

And I can hardly believe my eyes

I’h the crowd She has three friends with her, or to beide eyes on the roohts, s it can be Inside oes silent