Silent Cravings

ValentinaMy best friend dropped a bombshell, leaving me shattered. The past came rushing back and threatened to consume me.No one knew. How could they? I spent the last decade putting everyone else first. Anything to keep the attention off me.Because I was over him.Over us.It didn't matter until it did.Alcohol numbed the pain, making it easy to fall back into the arms of what never should have been.Now, we're stuck planning a wedding together.I wouldn't make the same mistake twice.My broken heart couldn't be ignored.EvanWith a father like mine, I was blind to see how badly I screwed up all those years ago. Time changed a lot of things, but she still had the same effect on me as she had nearly fifteen years ago when we first met.We shared a past, something we kept to ourselves and moved on from.Or so I thought.A reconnection, a drunken night, made me realize she did something to me no other woman ever had.She was a force to be reckoned with, and if I didn't fix my ways and be the man she needed, I would watch her walk away like I did nearly a decade ago.Only this time, I don't think I'll ever get over it.She was mine, and I would make her see it. Triggers: Pregnancy Loss