The Lies We Lived (Broken Empire Series, #1)

He was never mine to keep. But that didn't stop me from falling for him anyway.

Matteo De Luca was the boy I should've stayed away from.

Tattooed, reckless, too damn beautiful for his own good.
He saw through my walls when no one else tried.
And for one unforgettable summer… he was mine.

Until the night everything fell apart, and loving him became the worst mistake of my life.

Three years later, I live under a different name in a town where no one knows me.
My heart is guarded. My past is buried.
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