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What if his truth starts making sense to me?
I’m scared…
Because I know how weak my heart is for him.
I know I will forgive him.
But what happens then? What happens after I forgive him?
What happens to Colton… and me?
God, I am so confused.
My head hurts with a dull pain.
My heart aches terribly.
There’s something special about first love. It feels right; it looks right. It’s perfect in every way, until it isn’t. Grayson Hale is my first love.
Colton sauntered in my life, with great arrogance. He is a perfect facade. Rich, devastatingly beautiful…and everything that I should have stayed away from. But his obsession led to my carefully laid plans crumbling at my feet. He’s changed from his arrogant, selfish and asshole ways. He’s more… gentle now. Colton Bennett is my second chance at love.
I had given up on finding my soulmate a long time ago, but now I have two men in my life and they are both important to me. I’m torn between Colton and Grayson.
The angry horn of a car snaps me out of my thoughts. I guess this is why Lila told me to come here. She said maybe Caroline will be able to help me find the answers I’m looking for.
I scratch my neck, debating if I should enter the shop or not. I’m still thinking when the door opens, and the chimes jingle.
An older woman, maybe in her early fifties stands at the entrance. She’s almost as short as Lila. Her flame hair is piled up in a messy bun and she’s wearing dark jeans and a green sweater. Her pale skin is covered in freckles.
“Would you like to come in?” she asks, raising an eyebrow.
Oh, shit. “Are you Coraline?”
She pops her gum, smiling. “I sure am, Sugar.”
“Uhm, my friend has a coupon,” I tell her cautiously, still hesitant about all of this. “She visits you every year but she can’t come today. She told me I can use her coupon instead.”
I grimace when I realize I haven’t told her who my friend is yet. “Her name is Lila, I don’t know if you remember her.”
Coraline tugs on her hoops earring. “Of course I know who Lila is.”
Oh, good.
She shifts away from the door, motioning for me to come inside. I take a tentative step forward and she closes the door behind her. “Don’t be afraid, Sugar. I don’t bite.”
I’m not scared…
But I don’t really like meeting new people.
Especially fortune tellers. They can see too much.
I wring my hands, glancing around the small antique store. The air feels slightly stuffy. I start to sweat under my arms. Swallowing, I follow Coraline to the back of her shop. We walk through a beaded curtain and there’s a wooden table pushed up against the wall. And two chairs. I notice the stack of tarot cards on the table. “My name is—”
“Riley, I know.” Caroline smiles. She takes a seat on one of the chairs.
Baffled, I can only blink at her. “How do you know?” This is so creepy.
“I had a dream last night. I knew you were coming.” She points toward the opposite chair. “Come here, take a seat.”
