By the Way

By Megan Derr

Antoine and Wally have been best friends since college. They do everything together—work, play, relax, live. Minus the blight that is Wally's horrible wife, and the unhappiness she brings him, their lives are grand.

Then Wally files for divorce, and his wife drops a bombshell he never expected, and Antoine realizes that the life he'd always imagine with the best friend he's always secretly loved has been taken away from him a second time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Megan Derr
• Release date: Dec 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005318956

Megan Derr

Megan is a long-time resident of queer romance and keeps herself busy reading and writing it. She is often accused of fluff and nonsense. When she’s not involved in writing, she likes to cook, harass her wife and cats, or watch movies. She loves to hear from readers and can be found all over the internet.meganderr.compatreon.com/meganderrmeganderr.blogspot.comfacebook.com/[e-mail]@meganaderr

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Antoine and Wally have been best friends since college. They do everything together—work, play, relax, live. Minus the blight that is Wally's horrible wife, and the unhappiness she brings him, their lives are grand.

Then Wally files for divorce, and his wife drops a bombshell he never expected, and Antoine realizes that the life he'd always imagine with the best friend he's always secretly loved has been taken away from him a second time.

By the Way

Lovesongs Book 1.5

Megan Derr

By the Way

Lovesongs #1.5

By Megan Derr

Published by Megan Derr

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except for the purpose of reviews.

Edited by Samantha M. Derr

Cover designed by Megan Derr

This book is a work of fiction and as such all characters and situations are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual people, places, or events is coincidental.

Second Edition December 2021

Copyright © 2021 by Megan Derr

First and second editions published by Less Than Three Press

Printed in the United States of America

Divorce? Kathleen repeated, then laughed. Don't be stupid, Wallace.

Wallace. He remembered, once upon a time and far away, he'd thought it special the way she used his full name and never abbreviated it. He'd thought it meant something special. What he'd learned too late was that she hated nicknames, considered them vulgar and low class. She'd never allowed him to call her Kathy, or Katie, or even sweetheart. She'd never once called him Wally.

I've been stupid for the past fifteen years, Kathleen. You've done nothing but lie to me, use me, and abuse me since we met. There's nothing about this marriage worth saving, so I'm ending it. You can go along easily, or I'll take you to court and drag you through the mud.

She laughed again and sipped at her morning bloody Mary, perfect platinum hair falling perfectly over one perfect shoulder. He hated that word, perfect. It described her perfectly, and she'd never tired of telling him it was the one thing he would never be.

You'll get the papers today, he continued. I expect you to be out of this house, and your belongings out of the cabin and beach house, by the end of the year. I'm leaving you the penthouse.

In reply, she only kept laughing. Her voice was frigid, however, when she replied, "Why bother moving my stuff? I'll take them in the divorce and we both know it,