I love my room. It’s the only place I ever feel safe. I know that no one can harm me here. I don’t have a lot of money to spend on decorating, but I bought myself a simple, white, wrought iron bed and a small work desk for my laptop with a shelf next to it for all my textbooks. My sheets are a blue and white floral print. They feel soft against my skin. I put on a pair of pink plaid flannel pajamas and get into bed. The bed feels cold, and I shiver. I pull my legs up to my chest and try to warm up, thinking how messed up I am that I slept with two different guys in a span of twelve hours. I was supposed to live a life of no regrets, yet my life is filled with regret. I slept with a lot of guys during my undergrad days and even now in law school. But it’s always been a little more spread out. I’m twenty-four years old, and the meaningless sex is starting to get to me. I drift off to sleep, and I dream of him.

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I wake up in the morning and lie in bed, staring up at the ceiling. It looks a little yellowish since our apartment building is old. My hand rests on my head. When will I stop dreaming of him? We can never be together, so why won’t my mind listen to me? I know the answer. It’s because my heart feels something else. So I do what’s familiar. I push those thoughts to the back of my brain and get out of bed.

About R.C Stephens

R.C. Stephens was born in Toronto, Canada. She graduated from York University with a Master’s Degree in Political Science.

R.C. is an avid reader, so when she isn’t cooking for her clan or on her laptop writing, she’s snuggled tight with her Kindle devouring any romance novel she can. Okay, with the exception of Thursday nights. She makes time for Scandal and Vampire Diaries. She’s a fan of drama and suspense but she’s also a sucker for a happy ending.

Her husband was her first teenage love. They live together with their three children in Toronto. Loving Canadian winters she could never think of living anywhere else.

Table of Contents

Prologue:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Epilogue:

Acknowledgements

Excerpt: Bitter Sweet

About R.C Stephens