Not Mine To Hold
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Last published Wed, May 27, 2026
Josie Collins had the perfect life.
The perfect boyfriend.
The kind of future people envied.
Everything was exactly the way it was supposed to be.
Until her childhood best friend-Cody Cooper transferred to her college.
Suddenly, the life she'd built so carefully begins to crack around the edges. Because no matter how much she loves her boyfriend, her best friend knows her in ways no one else ever has.
He remembers every version of her.
Every fear. Every habit. Every secret she never says out loud.
He knows when her smile is fake.
Knows what she looks like when she's about to run.
Knows her better than the man she's planning a future with.
And the worst part?
He's been hiding a secret of his own for years:
She was never just his best friend.
He just never told her.
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