Ball & Chain by Annette Fields

He asked me to marry him so I did the only thing I could. I disappeared.

DAHLIA
I never told anyone what I went through at home. Not even Asher, the only one who loved me. If I didn’t escape Cloverville I’d end up like my mother or worse.
Getting the hell out was my only choice. Ash deserves better than me anyway.
When I have to come back, he makes me weaker in the knees than he ever did before. He’s taller, broader, hotter, and he wants me just as much as he did back then. Every day the memories get stronger and it’s harder to resist him.
But I can’t give him what he wants. The answer to that question he asked me four years ago…
ASHER
Only one girl could make me move mountains to please her. With her big doe eyes and sweet lips, Dahlia made me drop my bad boy reputation to be everything she needed.
Her safety. Her comfort. And her protector.
Our whole town turned its back on her. I was all she had.
And then she left without a word.
Four years later, she’s back and I’m dying to taste those lips again. I need answers. I need her.