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Tempting Perfection

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My throat grew thick. “Thanks. Maybe Dad… well, you know.”

He grabbed my hand, and the fierce protectiveness I always associated with Drake came rushing back. “I know. He’d be proud.”

I had made a terrible mistake leaving Drake Foster.

Tempting Perfection

Playlist

I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz

More than Words – Extreme

Everything – Lifehouse

I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith

Blow Your Mind – Dua Lipa

Scared to Be Lonely – Martin Garrix

Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur

Say – John Mayer

The Sound of Silence – Disturbed

The Light – Disturbed

Let Me Go – 3 Doors Down

Free Fallin’ – John Mayer

Lightning Crashes – Live

Say Something – A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera

Hall of Fame – The Script

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Prologue

The rushing water of the Frio River wasn’t enough to drown out the sound of Paxton’s tears. They replayed in my head, and nothing would ever be able to erase them.

Lifting the beer to my lips, I took a long drink. My brother, Cord, sat next to me. He was the only one who knew the terrible secret that would haunt me forever.

“She hates me,” I mumbled.

“Right now she does. She won’t always.”

I finished the bottle and set it next to me. It was the night of my high school graduation and one of the worst days of my life.

“I left her. She told me she was pregnant, and I freaked out and left her. The only thing I could think of was how our lives would be ruined.”

“You came back, Steed.”



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