If I Break
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  • Reads 360
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  • Parts 6
  • Time 1h 19m
Ongoing, First published Nov 30, 2015
Mature
"This is not your typical happily ever after...
 
Lauren Brooks wants to do three things: Escape the small town she grew up in, get accepted to her dream school in Chicago, and graduate without drowning in debt. Now she's working her ass off to do just that.
 
With a full course load and a waitressing job at one of the hottest night clubs in Chicago, she does not have time for distractions;namely ones who only want to get into her pants. She's been burned before. Only a fool goes for a second round.. With just two semesters left until graduation, everything's on track.
 
Until she meets Cal. Enter distraction.
 
At six-foot-two, with ebony hair, deep grey eyes, and a smile that could only hide an agenda, she knows he's trouble. And for the first time in her life, a little trouble might be just what she needs.
 
Now what she wants.
 
It isn't like she'd ever marry the guy. Until she does.
 
What she thinks will be her happily ever after, is only the beginning. Cal has a secret. One that makes loving him come with a price, and being his wife cost more than she bargained for.
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