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    Marinette Dupain-Cheng had tried her best to live in the boxes her ex had so carefully constructed for her. Organized. Tidy. Presentable.

    “Think about your image.Think about the fans, the press, your career!”

    But Marinette wasn’t organized or tidy and she certainly wasn’t presentable. She was a failure and, though she knew she’d never get better if she didn’t keep up with the work he’d put into her, one more strike of his hand felt like it could lead her to somewhere dark. Somewhere dangerous. Somewhere she wouldn’t ever recover from. And so she fled.

    ••••••

    “She’s yours.” The only words Luka Couffaine’s ex-girlfriend had said to him before checking herself out of the hospital where she’d birthed their daughter, never to be seen again.

    Once a rockstar with a party lifestyle to match, Luka hadn’t been at all ready for the responsibility that came with a newborn. One look at that little face, though, and he’d crumbled, walked away from it all to give her the best life he could. And he didn’t regret it.

    Sure, life with a preteen could be tough and, though he tried to ignore it, the music still called to him, but they were both happy with things the way they were.

    Weren’t they?

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