Mended Hearts

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ashton Carpenter </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>left </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>her boyfriend and small-town behind just after graduation </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>without </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>so much as a word.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now years later she has no other choice but to return to her roots. She has plans to lay low and get her life together until Clay comes barreling back into her life.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Clay Williams was left </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>heartbroken </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and confused by his girlfriend's decision to up and leave him especially </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>after </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>all the years they spent together. He's grown into a heartless man who still holds a </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>grudge</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> after all these years.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Now that Ashton's </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>returned</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Clay makes it known she's not welcomed back and goes out of his way to make sure she doesn't </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>forget</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> it.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As Clay tries his hardest to continue hating Ashton the tension between them begins to fester along with the </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>feelings </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>they once shared.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Yet as they both try to </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>work </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>through their emotions the past rears its ugly head bringing a dark </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>secret</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to light.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Will Ashton and Clay be able to face this new reality hand in hand or will their second chance at love go down with the truth?</span></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>