Chapter Two
Garret
My eyelids opened at the butt c***k of dawn, but the rising sun wasn’t my favorite backside. Rather than get hard at her appearance, I shoved my head under my pillow with a scowl. Waking alone sucked a*s, but waking with a woman whose name I didn’t remember, along with an awkward farewell, was always worse. I’d had my fill of both, and not for the first time, I found myself wishing for more.
Love that didn’t need to be earned.
Love that accepted less than perfect.
Love that didn’t neglect when needed.
Adoration and devotion.
Two of my three best friends had found that kind of all-consuming emotion, and I envied them like a motherfucker.
Lily looked at Adam like he hung the moon in the night sky. Natalie’s eyes shone with the same kind of light whenever she stared
