Follow Me Back (Twisted Love #2)

Prologue Aubrey

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trust.

Faith.

Belief.

Every relationship is built on them. Without these three words, everything around you would crumble. I wasn’t sure if these were things Maxx and I had ever had.

So how do you begin a future without the foundation it needs to thrive? How could I believe in a life that had only just begun when I wasn’t sure I could trust the man I was building it with?

I wanted to. In my heart I had an unwavering optimism that this time it would be different. That we were different.

But our past was a twisted, ugly thing and it was difficult to move on from it. No matter how much we wanted to. It lay in wait. Poised and ready for the moment when we thought we had finally worked through our demons.

Then they would strike. Distrust. Suspicion. Doubt. They were the poison in our souls that threatened to undo everything. But there was the light. The glimmer of possibility that shone out of our dark. It was hope. And that was just as powerful.

But as much as I tried to trust, I could never truly forget. That heart, brimming with this illogical hope, wouldn’t let me.

So how do we build a life on such a shaky foundation? One painful brick at a time. And just maybe we’d find our happily ever after.

Before our past burned it to the ground.