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August 16 [c.l & p.g]
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Last published Thu, Jan 4, 2024
𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞
For the last five years of my life, I have devoted myself to my business; Shameless has become all I know. So when my best friend (and business partner) suggests we spend a year away from Shameless to rest and reset, I don't know what to do with myself. Nevertheless I find myself in Monaco, surrounded by the glitz and glamour of high rollers, the riches and the rewards; memories of a life I once loved. A life I once ran from.
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬
Last season, my world began falling apart. My hopes and dreams were slipping through the cracks in my fingers. Now it's a new year, we have a new car, and I have an entire season to claim that championship title. I'd be a fool to let anything distract me from what I want most. And when I get a phone call from the girl of my dreams it seems that finally my luck is starting to turn. She may have disappeared from my life, but she's back, and I intend to keep her here. What I hadn't intended for however, was just how close she would bring my best friend and I.
𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞
It seems that for my entire life, my heart has been divided into two. I've never quite known how to channel their warring energies, and most of the time, it becomes all too overwhelming. Pair that with the fact I never understood when it meant to 'trust your gut' and instead have developed a dick/gut feeling, I'm a mess. I know what I want. I know who I want. I just have no idea how to bring the two ideas together so that we can all find our happily every after.
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