𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘢'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 ? 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏

IN WICH: Kennesey Jordan is new to Chicago. She spends her first few days there helping her brother pull off his annual Christmas event. But then she met Justice Bennett - the venue owner with the kind of calm that made noise feel safe. He didn't talk much, didn't smile often, and definitely didn't plan on catching feelings for his homeboy's little sister. Between long nights setting up lights, missed calls, and moments that lingered too long - they both started feeling something neither of them were ready for. The city's cold, the holidays are loud, and love's the last thing either of them was looking for. But sometimes, the quietest things hit the hardest.

"𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭." 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦. "𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭." 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦.

𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐰𝗼𝗺𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝗼𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝗺 𝐣𝗼𝐛 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝗼𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝗼𝗺 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝗺𝗼𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝗼𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰, 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝗺𝗼𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝗼𝗺 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝗼𝗺 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝗺𝗼𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝗼𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝗼? 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝗺𝗼𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝗼𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝗼𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝗼𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝗼 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝗼𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐯𝗼𝗺 𝐭𝗼 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐭𝗼 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞.

𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣. © 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗛𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗦

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡, 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟, 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫

𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨. 𝐈 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞. *this is my first book, please don't stress ya selves out bc I did while writing it! 😭

𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴.

"𝐈 𝐚𝐢𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 '𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮... 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 '𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞."

"𝐈𝐦𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐊𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮." -𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐄 𝟑𝟔𝟓 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐋𝐘 . 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐘 𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 . 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃- 𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝟐𝟒𝐓𝐇, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃-𝐉𝐔𝐋𝐘 𝟐𝟔𝐓𝐇, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 .