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YOU ARE MY HOPE
YOU ARE MINE BOOK 2
YOU ARE MY HOPE
Mason gave me chills when I first laid eyes on him. The good kind. The kind that make your body ache, and your heart hammer.
It’s not fair that his touch eased my pain.
That his lips on mine made my worries vanish.
That his love gave me a reason to breathe again.
With him I felt complete, as if fate had given me a second chance.
Then I learned the truth—the sins and secrets of what had really brought us together.
I only hope we can go back. I never could have imagined this.
Kintsukuroi,
Means to repair with gold.
The once destroyed and shattered,
Repaired with binds to hold.
The bits are mended over time,
The piece stronger than before.
It’s more beautiful for being broken.
Different? Yes, but ruined no more.
PROLOGUE
Mason
One month ago
Don’t let them see.
Her words echo in my head as I stalk toward the quiet bedroom. She whispered them against my lips last night. The cool air slipped between us as she broke our heated kiss and slowly opened her eyes in the dark of night.
The streetlamp shined down around us like a spotlight on the back porch of her place on the Upper East Side. The city life slept quietly so late at night—or early in the morning, depending on how you look at it. Only the sinners like us were left awake.
Don’t let them see.She left me with the parting plea and here I am … complying with her wish.
I’ve never crept through anyone’s back door before. Not once in my life have I had to sneak around like this.
I don’t want to keep this up, but here I am. What the hell has this woman done to me?I’m wrapped around her little finger.
She doesn’t want anyone to notice me walking through her door because she’s ashamed. I know that’s why she doesn’t want people to know we’re together.
This isn’t a fling; this isn’t a rebound fuck. There’s something more to us now, but she still doesn’t want the world to know.
The floorboards creak under my weight and I hesitate in the doorway, the dim lamp from the hall filling the dark room with a hint of light. I’m being careful so her neighbors won’t be able to hear anything. I just don’t want to disturb her.