##Chapter 22: Cassidy

Book One: Stay

I inhale a deep breath and squeeze my eyes shut again. I'm irritated at myself for allowing all this garbage back inside my head. Maybe I disappointed my family, but they let me down me too. When I needed them to stand by me, they'd taken the easy way out and shipped me off, leaving me to deal with the fallout by myself.

My eyelids fly open when Cole wraps his arms around my shoulders and pulls me against his hard body. He doesn't ask ...