Better Than This

An embarrassing middle-school incident keeps Alex Wolf and Autumn Sommers apart until they're paired on a high school project in which they must pretend to be in a relationship for their Family Planning & Development Class. Both just want to get through it until they begin working together, quickly discovering there might be some truth to the façade. But when Alex reveals a few secrets about his life, Autumn isn't sure they're able to get past them, leading to a decision that affects the next eight years, and a band fanbase of millions. Better Than This is for a mature audience only (18+). It contains adult language, as well as sexual situations. Reading discretion advised. Better Than This is created by C.G.Coppola, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

C.G. Coppola · Urban

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128 Chs

Chapter 109

ALEX

If I wasn't so interested in her answer, I might tell Connie to shove it. I asked first and then she had to tack on that last part. I wish she hadn't. I can see the tears forming in Autumn's eyes and I want to take in her my arms right now and hold her. Tell her that I don't care what happened in the past; I'm glad we're together now.

Autumn looks from me to Connie.

Her lip trembles.

"Hey." I brush my hand farther up her face, to the back of her head, bringing it to mine. "We can talk about this later."

"Why talk about it later when you can talk about it now? Let's get it all out in the open - what do you say?"

The crowd cheers, but not as loudly as before. It's like they're still excited, but I can feel the empathy in the air. "Hey." I focus on Autumn. "Don't worry about them."

"I didn't want to leave you," she whispers. "I should've fought harder."

My heart stops. It's something I've been waiting to hear for years - the reason behind it all. The truth about everything.

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