Beauty Beneath the Sorrow

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)><em>His entire life began the moment he saw her.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Lina </strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>A single event changed how I viewed men and love in the blink of an eye. I'm not someone you'd call wife material. I know I'm just a toy to them someone to be played with and tossed aside the second they're done. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Tired of living that way I took matters into my own hands. Taking ownership of who I am and what I want from them I decided to call the shots. There's a power in that. One I don't want to give up. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Until I meet a man who challenges every single insecurity I have. A man who makes me question everything I thought I knew about love and desire. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>The problem? He's not just older. He's my dad's best friend. </span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>Carter</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>I loved my career as a Naval fighter pilot but traveling the world for most of my life left me feeling alone. An ill loved one is the push I need to retire and try my hand at being a commercial pilot. It's temporary and not something I imagine doing forever. I can't stay grounded for too long. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(32 33 36 1)>It's not until I see her for the first time that I think love may be possible for me. She takes my breath away. But it's at that exact moment I realize she's my best friend's daughter. </span></p>