Heartless

When I hightailed it out of town after high school graduation, I didn’t think there was anything that could bring me home again.  But I was wrong.  When the worst happens, it blows my world apart and sends me into free fall, forcing me to return to the one place—the one person—that holds all my heartache. Hunter Price. The guy I loved more than life itself.  He doesn’t understand that in order to save him, I had to do the unthinkable—open my hand and let him go. With no other choice but to attend the same university, all I want is to lay low and stay off his radar.  We have one year left before graduation and he gets drafted to the pros.  My hope is that after all this time, he’s moved on and will leave our relationship where it belongs—in the past. Why wouldn’t he? He’s all but exploded at the college level, just like I knew he would.  When people talk Claremont football, they’re talking about Hunter Price. And the girls? Even when we were in high school, they trailed after him like lovesick puppies before falling at his feet. Now there’s even more of them. One disastrous run-in is all it takes to realize that he hasn’t forgiven or forgotten anything.  He’s still bitter about the breakup. Only now do I realize that if Hunter has his way, he’ll bring me to my knees, inflicting as much damage as he can. And there’s nothing I can do but steel my heart and hope I’m able to withstand it.