LEVI
(A Trace Brothers Novel Book 2)
Simone Grey
LEVI (A Trace Brother’s Novel Book 2)
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All character in this book are fiction and figments of the author’s imagination.
Blurb
One moment. One touch. One kiss.
Mia Harris has a secret. It’s a secret she’s been carrying around with her for fifteen years. She’s in love with her best friend. Cliché right? Her feelings don’t feel that way. She’s resigned herself to staying in the friend zone until one moment changes everything. Terrified she’s ruined the best friendship she’s ever had; she retreats.
What she didn’t expect was for him to come after her and flip her world upside down.
Levi Trace is at the height of his career. He has everything he could ever dream of. A great career. A great family. Great friends
Especially Mia
Mia, who has been his best friend since they were ten years old. He’s only ever thought of her as his friend until one encounter changes everything. Now he’s on a mission to show her how great they can be together. But he’s got his work cut out for him. Levi’s never backed down from a challenge. And he’s not about to start now, especially when his future with his girl Mia is on the line.
Chapter One
MIA
10 Years Old
Closing the book in my hands, I let out a deep breath. I place it on the growing pile I’ve already read today and count them.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
I get up from my bed and walk over to the window. Up on the second floor, I have a clear view of the park. We only moved two days ago, and Mommy and Daddy have been busy ever since we moved in. Daddy got a new job as surgeon a few months ago so we left our old house in Arizona and moved to this one in Chicago.
I didn’t mind as much as my sister Mya did. It’s not like I had that many friends back in Arizona anyways. Mya on the other hand, had plenty of friends and activities see was in. When they told us, we were moving she threw a fit and cried.
“But all my friends are here! I don’t wanna move! Please don’t make us move!” she’d cried with big, fat tears rolling down her cheeks. I’d hugged her and told her it would be okay. After Daddy talked to her, she calmed down and agreed that this could be a good thing.
Leaving the pile of books on my bed, I go in search of Mya to see if she wants to play. Her room is down the hall from mines and I find her and Mommy in their trying on dresses.
A stab of loneliness hits me in the chest at seeing them both smiling, laughing and talking.
Having fun.
Without me. They seem to do that often.
As I enter the room, they both look up and over at me.
“Hi,” I say stopping short in the doorway. “Mya do you wanna go play with our dolls?”
Mya opens her mouth to say something but before she can Mommy says, “We don’t have time for that right now Mia. We have to go to the store and pick up the rest of the material for Mya’s pageant dress. Isn’t that right, Mya?”
Mya smiles. “Yes, Mommy.”
I perk up. I don’t really like shopping for clothes but maybe I’ll be able to spend some time with them if I go.
“Can I go too?” I ask.
Mom turns and frowns at me. “Sorry, Mia this is for your sister only. Why don’t you go read a book or something?”
My stomach sinks. “Oh, okay,” I mutter turning my face away so they can’t see the disappointment on it.
“Sorry Mia, maybe we can play later?” Mya says.
I force a smile onto my face before turning back to her and saying, “Yeah, sure.”
I hear their laughter all the way down the hallway as I make my way back to my room. Mya and I are twins. We have the same skin tone, facial features, and hair, but sometimes I feel like an outsider. Sometimes I feel like I don’t belong in this family and I don’t know why.
I feel a tingling in my nose as my eyes start to water. Just as I’m about to go back into my room, I hear a familiar voice behind me.
“Hey baby.”
Wiping at my eyes, I turn around to find my Daddy coming up the stairs dressed in his work clothes. He frowns when he sees my face.
“What’s wrong?” he asks bending down so that he’s at eye level with me.
“Nothing,” I mumble averting my eyes.
He puts a finger under my chin and turns my face back towards his. “Mia, tell me what’s wrong.”
Just then Mya and Mommy come out of her room. Daddy glances at them and then back at me, understanding clear in his eyes.
I turn my face away again, not wanting him or them to see the emotion on my face. Daddy sighs heavily as he gets to his feet.
“Hey girls, where are you headed too?” he asks.
“We need to get some more fabric and clothes for the pageant,” Mommy says.
“Okay be careful.”
I hear the front door slam shut. Daddy bends down again, so that he’s eye level with me.
“Listen Mia, I know your Mom and Mya have been spending a lot of time together lately, but it’s only because of the pageant. They’re not leaving you
