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Chapter One

The bottle of whiskey was alhts andhi There was a time he’d be passed out by now, but the

Now, he was onto his second bottle of whiskey, and if he kept on going, he’d probably need his stoain

Running a hand down his face, he knew he should drive hi else constructive It’s not like he’d done anything hile sitting around here Axton, Karson, and Ros Empire didn’t need hio and end it, like he should have done years ago

The truth was out, and he and his friends weren’t going to pay the price for their parents’ bullshit anymore They were all free

Easton had hoped it would give him some freedom from this pain, but instead it just made him even more useless

No one needed him around His father always said he was a waste of space, and after getting Carla pregnant, it had pretty , had taken care of the problem Killed her so he wouldn’t be able to run aith her and live his life without the riches

For years, Nial had told him he’d never be able to hack it broke Wealth hat defined them all When Easton had made a bet with his friends, he hadn’t expected to fall for her He just wanted to pop her cherry and move on Not to fall for her, or to want a future with her

Carla showed hi She had been one of the poorest girls in King’s Ridge Even though he wanted her to fall in love with hiet her pregnant He’d fucked up big time with her, and she had paid the price for his asshole ways

“You’ve got to stop thinking about Carla You can’t bring her back,” he said

“And you’ve got to stop being in this office, drinking yourself to death”

He lifted his hand up to see Axton and Taylor, staring down at him

“My humiliation is now complete Thanks for that,” he said “You shouldn’t even be here”

“Why? Because you’re the only one that owns this place? I had to work late”

“On so about, I’m sure”

He glanced down at Taylor’s stomach “You knohat it is yet?”

Taylor put a hand on her growing belly and shook her head “No, not yet We’re not sure ant to know, you know, extend the surprise maybe”