Edri Ekmekçiu

Some hearts never stop singing the same song.
Audrey doesn’t believe in fairytales—especially not the kind where a long-lost pen pal grows up to become a rockstar... and forgets her.

Years later, she’s grounded, thriving in a promising career, and guarding a heart that’s learned not to hope. But when fate throws Drew—now a global sensation and the ghost of her teenage years—back into her life as her new neighbor, everything she thought she'd buried begins to rise.

He’s still magnetic. Still infuriating.
Still the boy who used to call her after every show.

And he remembers everything.

What begins as a cautious reconnection spirals into a slow-burning storm of music, memories, and feelings they never quite had the courage to explore. But Drew’s past is darker than she imagined, and Audrey’s walls are higher than ever.

Can a rockstar with a broken rhythm and a girl who learned to dance alone find harmony again?

Or is it all just… make believe?

Warnings
-The story has mature contents, language, addiction.

Make-believe with my Rockstar

It became almost second nature having dinner with her family during the past week. I'd wrap up whatever I had to do with the band, that couldn't wait and then dedicate time to her family, showing them around. We'd always have lunch somewhere new, but dinner always home. 


The apartment is quiet in that full-belly, warm-light kind of way. Ian’s passed out on the rug with a crayon still in his fist and a rogue dinosaur sticker half-stuck to his cheek. Audrey’s moving around the room like she always does—graceful without trying, her hair falling over one shoulder as she leans down to scoop up a toy under the table. 


I’m not even pretending not to. My eyes track every bend of her spine, every stretch of fabric, every casual sway of her hips like I’m hypnotized. She reaches for a dropped fork and her shirt rides up just enough to reveal a sliver of skin above her waistband. 


I bite down on the inside of my cheek. 


Chapter 28