The Way of Us

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The Way of Us is also available in Audio * * * The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers Series Loved You Once A Moment Like You Defying Our Forever Call You Mine As We Are Yours to Keep Paradise Bay Billionaire Brothers My Favorite Night Faking The Game Can’t Help Love Along Came You My Favorite Mistake The Way of Us Meant For Me Finally Found You Where We Belong Heartwood Lake Secret Billionaires A Place Like You Dirty Secret Love Love Unlike Ours Through It All Fade into us Better than revenge Breathe Me Life Hard to love Against All Odds: The St. James Family Until Next Time, Love Something Like Love Betting on Love Accidentally in Love Waiting for Love Decker Family Novels Unexpected Everlasting: Suddenly Broken Suddenly Us Somehow Everlasting: Almost Strangers Strangers in Love Perfect Everlasting: Who We Are Who We Love Us After You Covert Affair Duet: After The Vows Love After Us The Downfall of Us: The End of Me When Forever Finds Us Second Chance Sinners Duet Pieces of Us Somehow Finding Us The Spearman Brothers Maybe Later Then He Happened Once Upon a Holiday Almost Perfect Against All Odds Series Wrong Text, Right Love Didn’t Expect You Love Like Her Luna Harbor Finally You Perfectly You Always You Truly You My One My One Regret My One Desire The Everhart Brothers Fall for Me Fight for Me Perfect for Me Forever with Me Mile High Billionaires Finding My Reason Something Like Hate Someday, Somehow Standalones Chasing Fireflies Until I Fall Christmas in Kentbury Chaotic Love Duet Begin with You Back to You Co-writing Holiday with You Home with You Here with You Contents IMPORTANT NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Epilogue Faking the Game Can’t Help Love Along Came You Dear Reader About Claudia Burgoa Also By Claudia Burgoa Dear Reader, I write highly emotional romances that include thought provoking subjects. If you would like to see a list of them, please check the link below with more information. The Way of us is the #5 in the Paradise Bay Billionaire Brothers series. TW Website Happy Reading, Claudia All rights reserved. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on your personal e-reader. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, distributed, decompiled, reverse engineered, stored into or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic, photocopying, mechanical or otherwise known or hereinafter invented, without the expressed written permission of the publisher. Except by a reviewer who may quote brief passages for review purposes. This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, brands, organizations, media, places, events, storylines and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, business establishments, events, locales or any events or occurrences, is purely coincidental. The author acknowledges the trademarked status and trademark owners of various products, brands, and-or restaurants referenced in this work of fiction, of which have been used without permission. The use of these trademarks is not authorized with or sponsored by the trademark owners. www.claudiayburgoa.com Copyright © 2023 by Claudia Burgoa Cover by: Hang Le Special Edition Cover: Amanda Shepard Photographer: Wander Aguiar Model: Aaron Gill Edited by: Sisters Get Lit.erary Author Services Proofreader by: Judy Zwifel, Chrisandra Jones, Chloe Trivelpiece, Karen Hrdlicka For Machuca, thank you for teaching me to love all kinds of arts and appreciate all the colors of the rainbow. She was art. The type of art that makes you feel a thousand things at the same time. The type of art that everyone wants to see. Her smile more worth than a Picasso. Eyes gorgeous like the starry night. My Mona Lisa. She was my personal gallery. —Unknown Chapter One Heath Lies always find a way to expose themselves. Always. At least, that’s what my father used to say when one of my siblings got in trouble, and I wholeheartedly believed it. Believe me when I say, you can only hide the truth for so long. Don’t believe me? Dad always caught my oldest brothers when they were skipping curfew. There wasn’t a weekend when Dad wouldn’t say, “The triplets are going to be grounded for the rest of their lives.” Aslan, Gatsby, and Lysander tried to get away with murder. One of them always did or said something stupid that would give them away—it was usually Gatsby. Dad didn’t punish them as much as he should’ve, but I’m sure karma will bite them in the ass. It’ll happen when they have children just like them. I don’t judge them for trying to do whatever the fuck they wanted when they were young. I just think they could’ve done a better job at hiding it. I believe if you’re going to do something, do it right or don’t bother. Was I a troublemaker? My father died when I was thirteen. Just a year shy of high school. The period when we all begin to make stupid decisions, push boundaries, and break all the rules. After the loss of Dad, I didn’t have time to be like my brothers, but I