Breaking the Bad Boy's Rules Their White-Hot Christmas by Reese Ryan

Author:Reese Ryan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2023-09-06T15:35:00+00:00

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Allie could barely speak. In fact, she could barely breathe. First, Vaughn had flown in from London just to make sure she was okay. Then he’d confessed his love for her, prompting her to admit that she felt the same. But now, Vaughn was actually willing to give up life in LA and his dream of reuniting the band just to be with her?

After years of fantasizing about Vaughn falling for her and them finding their happily-ever-after...was it possible that she would get just that?

None of it felt real.

Allie was sure she was in some fever dream. Any minute now, she’d awaken to discover she’d gotten lost in some all too real fantasy like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz or Alice in Alice in Wonderland.

Vaughn kissed her, his hands gliding around her waist as he pulled her closer, heat building between them.

Finally, she broke their kiss, taking a step back. Her head was spinning, and butterflies fluttered in her belly.

“Vaughn, you’re not serious,” she said, finally.

“I am.” He threaded their fingers and led her over to the bed where they both sat.

She rested her head on Vaughn’s shoulder, melting into him. They’d spent little more than a week apart. Yet, she missed him desperately. She’d missed his warmth, his touch, his smile. The way he’d been so supportive and encouraging of her career. The way he listened when she needed him to. How he made her laugh. The way he’d stood up for her to her family. His gift for making her feel like she was the most important person in his world.

But as much as she wanted the happily ever after she’d long dreamed of, she could never be happy knowing it had meant Vaughn sacrificing his dreams.

“You’ve been fighting so hard to get Sin & Glory back together. Doing all of this...” Allie lifted her head and cradled his stubbled cheek, needing to see his face. “How can you just give up everything you’ve worked for, Vaughn?”

He pressed a kiss to the palm of her hand, then met her gaze again. “The money, the fame...yeah, it was great. But I’m not that same twenty-year-old kid who was desperate for those things. I understand now how high the price can be, and that they don’t necessarily bring happiness. I realize now that there are far more important things in life.”

Vaughn turned toward her with one leg folded on the bed. He held her hands in his, and his expression exuded such genuine warmth and affection that it felt as if her heart might burst.

“I had a lot of time to think on that flight to London,” he said. “And I realized that the reason I wasn’t excited about meeting with the record execs was because what I was really chasing was the sense of belonging and community I felt as part of the band. We were a dysfunctional family, but we were a family nevertheless, and I’d missed that since the band broke up. I felt alone the way I did when my birth parents died and then again when my adoptive parents died.

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