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Not Another One Hit Wonder

When best friends Jamie Eckert and Derek Duran realized they were in love, they took their relationship to the next level. But then Derek's budding music career took off, and so did Derek. Twenty years later, Jamie still lives in the small town of Ashbury, Virginia, where he grew up. He's grown up and moved on -- now he owns the family funeral home business and is raising Riley, his precocious six-year-old adopted daughter. But emotions Jamie thought long buried are stirred up again when he gets an early morning removal call. The deceased is Derek's mother and Riley's babysitter, Mrs. Duran. Now Derek's back in town for the funeral, and he turns to Jamie for support ... in more ways than one. Angry at Derek for not keeping in touch, and angrier at himself for still loving the man who left him behind, Jamie is torn between his professional duty and his feelings for Derek. Will he be able to put aside his past with Derek to carry out Mrs. Duran's final wishes? Or is Derek interested in rekindling their relationship after all this time?

J.M. Snyder · LGBT+

Not enough ratings

50 Chs

Chapter 22

I take a deep breath. I have to be strong enough to withstand his charms, so that when he’s looking at Ashbury in the rearview mirror, he won’t take my heart with him. We lead different lives now, two very different lives, and I have Riley to think of, too. I can’t get caught up in a temporary fling with a “big name rock star,” even if we were together once upon a time. I can’t afford to throw away what I’ve created here for myself, for my daughter.

Derek’s chair creaks as he leans forward, then his hand covers mine. “Jamie…”

I shake him off. “We have a lot of paperwork to get through,” I tell him, ignoring the way my name sounds in his soft, plaintive voice, “and I have another client coming in at ten, so we better get started.”

“Is this really all you want to talk about?” he asks.

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