The Believer's Game

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>**This is Book Two of a Duet.**</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Merit</em></strong></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>He</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> threw me out.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Of everything-his life his house his family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>He thought I wanted nothing more than his fame wealth and notoriety. Especially his wealth.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What more can I say...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I thought he knew me. The real me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I was wrong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I knew there was a reason I didn't date. It's time for me to protect my heart from the famous Holt Hill. He didn't fight for me before. He gave up...pretty damn easy in my opinion.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I can only hope for the same treatment this time. Because trust me SO much more is at stake.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Holt</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I threw </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>her</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> out.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Of everything-my life my house my family.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Blinded by despair crippled by the idea of losing my future I thought she was like every other woman from my past. Hurt and anger slithered their way into my heart suffocating me with every beat.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>What more can I say...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I knew better. I </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>know</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> better. I know the real her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I was so freakin' wrong.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Now I just have to convince the love of my life to start dating me again.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>I want her heart. I'm fighting for it and never giving up.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Because this time trust me SO much more is at stake.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Fate wants us together. It needs us together. Because if we aren't? The universe will cease to exist. Every single thing and every single person around us will implode. Our love? It's the one thing keeping the earth in orbit.</em></strong></p><p></p>