9
LUKE
ONE YEAR LATER
“You have to stop this,” Evan warned.
I could see Lara through the window, standing behind the bar of Carolina Tavern, with her golden blonde hair pulled back and her face just as beautiful as ever. Grayson stood beside her, drying off glasses, smiling like a cat that got the canary.
I took a step forward. “I can’t. When I told you I wasn’t going to give up, I meant it.” Lara wasn’t going to push me away anymore. She’d managed to evade me time and again, but I refused to let anyone stand in my way.
Grabbing my shoulder, Evan jerked me back. “Summer will never forgive me if I let you rush in there and cause a scene. It’s been over a year now. It’s time for you to move on.”
Evan Townsend was my best friend, star wide receiver for the Carolina Cougars, and most im
