Iris by Ali Parker

I’m ready to be over this woman.

Piper. The one I fell for during my time with the Casanova Club.
It seems that I can’t shake her loose no matter how hard I try.
My art and my work have been a welcome distraction but they’re not enough.
I’m beginning to worry nothing will ever be enough.

Until I meet the daughter of one of my old mentors and everything changes.
She’s an art student as talented as they come, but her pieces pale in comparison to her beauty.
I shouldn’t think like that. She’s off limits. And I don’t have anything to give anyway.
I’ve been hollow for too long.
But she’s bringing me back to life. The sparks between us turn into red-hot flames.

Maybe what I felt for Piper wasn’t love at all.
Or maybe this is lust, but either way, I’m diving in deep.