Poison Aches by Thandie

“Who taught you this? To want what does not want you?”
Emmett Easton is as unpredictable as he is gorgeous.
He’s silent. Ruthless. Calculated. And not mine.
I’ve made it a point to forget him and let him go, meanwhile he’s made it a mission to worsen my wounds.
Now I’m begging myself not to fall completely apart.
The same way I’ve silently begged for his heartbeats to stay intact… for me.
But there’s a truth to unrequited love that we never face.
What doesn’t want you has the power to own you.

Ivy Irving is everyone’s cheerleader.
But she’s fake. Deceptive. And a glutton for punishment.
She unexpectedly became a crucial part of a plan. But letting her mess me up was never part of it.
She hates me now, but I don’t care.
I estimate that I have about four seasons left, and I’ll spend each one inflating that hate.
Maybe letting her go will be easier that way.
But when she looks at me, she shatters all common sense and rationality.
It’s time to take the poison and sever the ties.

Poison Aches is Emmett & Ivy’s story from the Westbrook Blues series. It can be read as its own story but I highly recommend following the series for better understanding of this world.