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    Holding onto You
    Holding onto You
    UnsinkableShips
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    When Helena finds a phone on the night train, she decides to text the first number in the list of contacts in order to figure out who it belongs to.
         
                                                                          *****                                                  
         
        Helena Santos hasn't had the easiest life. At twenty-one, she's the legal guardian of her teenage sister, in the final year of her nursing degree, and working night shifts at her small-town's local bar. And things get a lot more complicated when she finds a phone on the train home and decides to text the first number in the list of contacts, in hopes of tracking down its owner. 
        
        That contact? Adam Bauer; the charismatic, sweet, and refreshingly honest older brother of the person who lost their phone. As the two continue talking, they can't ignore the chemistry and growing feelings between them, but life is never that simple. To make things work, Helena and Adam need to juggle a troubled sister, a meddlesome ex-boyfriend, and one fat lawsuit - all intent on keeping them apart.
        
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    • Holding onto You
      Mon, Jan 23, 2017
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      Wed, Apr 8, 2020
    • Playlist
      Sat, Sep 2, 2017
    • One
      Tue, Oct 1, 2019
    • Two
      Fri, Mar 6, 2020
    • Three
      Fri, Mar 6, 2020
    • Four
      Fri, Mar 6, 2020
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      Tue, Oct 1, 2019Locked
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    When Helena finds a phone on the night train, she decides to text the first number in the list of contacts in order to figure out who it belongs to.
         
                                                                          *****                                                  
         
        Helena Santos hasn't had the easiest life. At twenty-one, she's the legal guardian of her teenage sister, in the final year of her nursing degree, and working night shifts at her small-town's local bar. And things get a lot more complicated when she finds a phone on the train home and decides to text the first number in the list of contacts, in hopes of tracking down its owner. 
        
        That contact? Adam Bauer; the charismatic, sweet, and refreshingly honest older brother of the person who lost their phone. As the two continue talking, they can't ignore the chemistry and growing feelings between them, but life is never that simple. To make things work, Helena and Adam need to juggle a troubled sister, a meddlesome ex-boyfriend, and one fat lawsuit - all intent on keeping them apart.
        
        [[word count: 40,000-50,000 words]]
        
        Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story contains swearing, mature themes, and sexual content.
        
        This story is now available on YONDER, your next-generation reading app from the Wattpad family. 
        Join me on YONDER today! Find it now in your app store.

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