Pining for You: Axe Me Again

HERS – Haisley

I came back to Pine Ridge for one reason, and it wasn’t him.

Not the man I left behind. Not the best friend I kissed once and ran from.

And definitely not the single dad who looks like heartbreak in flannel now.

But fate has a twisted sense of humor.

Because now I’ve got a broken-down car, a pretend relationship I didn’t mean to start, and a fake daughter asking if I’m staying forever.

Spoiler:

I want to.

Even if he still hates me.

Even if he finds out the secret I’ve been hiding, the one with his smile and my attitude.

HIS – Rowan

I knew the second I saw her leaning against that piece-of-shit car that nothing good would come of it.

Haisley Rhodes, back in town like she never shattered me.

Like we didn’t burn up the last time she let me touch her.

Now she’s playing my fake girlfriend in front of my daughter, sleeping in my bed, and acting like she’s not still mine beneath all that bravado.

But I’m not falling again.

Unless it’s on purpose.

Unless she tells me the truth about what tore us apart, and why her eyes look so damn haunted when she sees my kid.