Only Pretend

If you wanted to prove that you could change, how would you do it?



I had a plan. I also had no family, no friends, and definitely no jerk of an ex-boyfriend who thought I was boring.

I was tired of being me.

In Vegas, I could be anything.



And then I saw him.

His hungry smile wanted a taste of the new me.

Only a boring person would have said no.



It was reckless to follow a stranger to his bed. Dangerous to take the drink he handed me. I thought the worst regret I'd have would be a hangover, a walk of shame through the hotel.



Except I didn't wake up in the hotel.

Or in Vegas.



I doubt my face will end up in the news. “Woman missing,” the headline would say. “A stupid person who thought she could be someone else.”



I'm not someone else. I was only playing pretend.



Too bad he was playing for keeps.



--Author's Note-- This is a dark romance novel, it contains themes of violence and mature situations that could make readers uncomfortable.