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Chapter 1

There was only one reason Collin Donovan would attend a fairy-tale ball It had nothing to do with the fact that his boss, Maddux Wilder, and his siblings were hosting the lavish affair for their charity, Wilder Way, and everything to do with the evening’s entertainment, which had Collin completely riveted

Raevynn Walsh, a stunningly gorgeous pop star, was currently up on the large stage in the ballroo on a wooden swing decorated in vines and flowers, she was dressed in a flowing, crystal-studded lilac gown that swirled around her as she see blonde hair fell all the way down her back in soft waves She was currently singing one of herFor You,” and as Collin listened to the emotional lyrics, a part of hi for him For them For their short-lived romance that had ended in a painful heartbreak he’d never meant to inflict upon her But at the time, he’d had very little choice

While other guests ht’s fairy-tale festivities, Collin stood off to the side of the stage in the shadoatching her and re She’d literally been the sweet, wholesoer sister’s best friend through eleh school until their junior year, when Raevynn had been cast on the singing coed her entire life once she’d won over all the other contestants

Seven years had passed since that fateful day he’d broken her heart, and his own In that tistress who’d collected dozens of Grammys, American Music Awards, and Billboard Music Awards—as a performer and as a writer Collin was so dae of tirets he harbored for the way he’d ended things between the her believe the worst

“Enjoying the show?”

Startled out of his lanced at Te beside hiown for the ball She wore an amused smile as she stared at hiht so engrossed in Raevynn and her song

“Yes,” he replied, sulancing back toward the stage “Very much”

Te, isn’t she?”

“She’s incredible,” he agreed, and took a sip fro hi way”

“You’re either a superfanor you know her?” Tempest asked curiously

He hesitated ahis reply past tense because, after seven years, there was so much about her life he didn’t know except for as public knowledge “We went to high school together We dateduntil she was cast on that singing show, Encore, andRae has ever wanted and deserves, so I’m happy for her”

“She’s a phenoer, but I have to admit that I have total hair envy,” Te and silky blonde locks that even Collin’s own sister had once wished for “She has every girl’s dream hair”