*~*Love Notes: Zach to Ellie – These Wounds Run Deep by Ember Leigh*~*
It’s been ten years since Zach Carter and his brothers hit it big and moved to L.A. Life in the fast lane was hard to explain to anyone who didn’t live it–so how could his best friend Ellie understand? Now that he’s returned to his hometown to deal with a crisis, the consequences have piled up around him. But what hasn’t changed is how bad he wants Ellie back in his arms.
A decade after high school graduation and Ellie has never been more content–until Zach Carter, her oldest friend, her first love, and the boy she lost her virginity to, walks back into her life after ten years without so much as a postcard. And one thing the tabloids couldn’t prepare her for was how much this man still makes her heart race.
Ellie is determined to prove to Zach that she’s moved on and doesn’t need him. Everyone important in her life has left her, including Zach, so why would this time be different? But there’s no way she can avoid him while he’s back in their hometown, fighting for her attention…and forgiveness. And her body won’t let her forget he’s in town, either.
Aww…I love Zach’s note!
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Dear Elle,
Shit. Where do I begin? I make a living writing love songs, but fitting everything I feel about you into one love letter is the sort of task I’ll spend my life perfecting. I’m pretty sure you won’t mind…I saw the way you looked at me the other night at our show. You looooove me. I’m just glad you can finally admit it! And the fans will get over it…I swear. I know I we just announced the relationship, and maaaybe a few hundred girls crumbled with dismay about losing their chance to marry me…but they never had a chance. I was always yours.
I know it didn’t always feel like it. I know the past ten years were rough for you, rougher than I can imagine. And I know I sorta went AWOL and married someone else and stopped talking to you and acted like you didn’t matter to me but…OK, I can sense you rolling your eyes right now, but hey, if we can’t joke about it, we’ll never get over it. Yes, I’m your therapist now.
But the point is, I’m going to repeat it until the day I die. I’ve loved you since we were sixteen. I loved you every minute of my time living in LA, even when I didn’t show it. I loved you every minute of that horribly failed excuse of a marriage, I loved you every minute of my life when I was trying to forget you. And the second I came back to Portview to help out Mom and Dad, I realized that I can never get around loving you.
Some people are just meant for each other. Like our DNA just vibrates higher when we’re near. That’s a scientific twist on the love letter; you like it? Yeah, I know you do. Because you’re my Elle. OK, now I can hear you calling me arrogant…but with that smile on your face. The smile that cuts through to bone.
Fuck. I should wrap this up, unless you want to see my tears staining this paper like the secret teenager I still am.
You’d like that. Shit, you’d probably put it in that secret drawer where you keep all our B sides and our notes from high school.
I love you Elle. More than I can even begin to describe. So I’ll just spend the rest of my life trying.
Love,
Zach
Ember Leigh has been writing erotic romance novels since she was far too young. A native of northern Ohio, she currently resides near Lake Erie with her Argentinean husband, where they run an Argentinian-American food truck. In addition to romance novels, Ember also writes travel memoirs and occasionally updates a couple of blogs. In her free time, she practices Ashtanga yoga, hops around the world, and eats lots of vegetables.
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