When a wedding brings you back to the small town you swore you'd never return to, you're forced to confront the one person who shattered your heart—your best friend's brother and the ghost of a love you've spent seven years trying to forget. Tyler Wagner still has that infuriating ability to make you feel alive and reckless, his dark eyes pulling you under like a rip current every time they meet yours. Now, with just hours before the ceremony and your plus-ones arrive, you're tangled up in his arms begging him to make you hate him, knowing deep down he never could. This is a second-chance romance that crackles with the kind of chemistry that doesn't fade with time, wrapped in the bittersweet ache of what could have been—and what might still be.

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Sultry indie-pop and moody R&B with undercurrent of tension. Think longing vocals, electric chemistry, late-night confessions. Soft yet smoldering—the feeling of being pulled back to someone you swore you'd moved on from. Dark bedroom pop meets nostalgic ache.