Something Like Love

It feels like I’ve been in love with Bryan Winthrop my entire life.  Before he kissed me in front of the entire school.  As he danced with her the night of our senior prom. After his younger brother, Ben, made me smile through my tears.

I learned early in life to build walls around my heart. After my mother died. Before my father went to jail. So when my boss hires a tall, tattooed Irishman to work alongside me, I vow to keep things professional. Especially when I find out he’s a widower. But when my violent past threatens my future, I find myself closer to Declan than I planned to be.

Jo I’m not bad; they just write me that way. That’s what I tell myself—the lie I peddle in interviews. If they want a bad girl, I can be their bad girl. Their villain.