Beneath the Scars

Name: Beneath the Scars
Author: Shelby Gunter

92 pages

Addie
I drunk-dialed my big brother’s best friend and told him I was tired of being a virgin.
I’ve harbored a crush on Michael Montgomery since I was a tween. Ever since he bandaged my scraped knee with the utmost care, he’s been my personal Prince Charming.
As I got older, that love quickly turned unrequited, and the rejection was painful. I tried my best to get over him, but not a single man could measure up to Michael.
So drunkenly blurting out that I didn’t want to be a virgin anymore should’ve put the final nail in the coffin of my obsession.
Except…his response? A declaration that no other man was allowed to touch me but him.
While his words send shivers to all the right places, they seem too good to be true. What if my Prince Charming has a dark side?

Michael
My best friend’s little sister is off limits.
It’s the mantra I’ve lived by for years because Adalaide Jackson is pure warmth. She made every day brighter when we were growing up, and I ruined it when I flinched instead of kissing her back.
It was proof that she deserved so much better than a broken man who can’t stand another person’s touch.
Now I’ve gone and told her I’m the only one allowed in her bed, and I have no idea how I can follow through. How can I be everything Adalaide needs when I was conditioned to mistrust the people who should’ve loved me the most?
I never wanted my past to touch Addie, but when our relationship collides with the trauma of my childhood, she’s the one who ends up broken.
I vowed to do whatever it takes to make Adalaide happy. And I will stand by the vow until my last breath.

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