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Chapters (92)
  1. First
  2. Love Connection
  3. Zero
  4. One
  5. Two
  6. Three
  7. Four
  8. Five
  9. Six
  10. Seven
  11. Eight
  12. Nine
  13. Ten
  14. Eleven
  15. One Month Later
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Six Months Later
  21. Sixteen
  22. Seventeen
  23. Eighteen
  24. Nineteen
  25. Twenty
  26. Twenty-one
  27. Twenty-two
  28. Twenty-three
  29. Twenty-four
  30. Six Months Later
  31. Twenty-five
  32. Twenty-six
  33. Twenty-seven
  34. Twenty-eight
  35. Twenty-nine
  36. Thirty
  37. Thirty-one
  38. Thirty-two
  39. Thirty-three
  40. I Have Never
  41. One
  42. Two
  43. Three
  44. Four
  45. Five
  46. Six
  47. Seven
  48. Eight
  49. Nine
  50. Ten
  51. Eleven
  52. Twelve
  53. Thirteen
  54. Fourteen
  55. Fifteen
  56. Sixteen
  57. Seventeen
  58. Eighteen
  59. Nineteen
  60. Twenty
  61. Twenty-one
  62. Twenty-two
  63. A Christmas Date
  64. One
  65. Two
  66. Three
  67. Four
  68. Five
  69. Six
  70. Seven
  71. Eight
  72. Nine
  73. Ten
  74. Eleven
  75. Twelve
  76. Thirteen
  77. Fourteen
  78. Fifteen
  79. Sixteen
  80. Seventeen
  81. Eighteen
  82. Nineteen
  83. Twenty
  84. Twenty-one
  85. Twenty-two
  86. Note from the Author
  87. Sneak Peek – To the Stars and Back
  88. Two
  89. Three
  90. Four
  91. Also by Camilla Isley
  92. About the Author

I don’t need to tell her that’s exactly what I’d been thinking because she knows.

“This is exactly why I didn’t tell you,” she says fiercely.

“You don’t get to decide how I should live my life. You should’ve told me.”

“And what? Watch you throw away a wonderful man who simply adores you to chase after a memory?”

“Don’t you think it’s destiny Jake ending up here, of all places? And after all this time, just when he got divorced. He married the wrong person. You almost married the wrong person. Maybe I’m about to marry the wrong person too.”

“So tell me. In the two months Jake’s been here, how many times did he call you?”

“He doesn’t have my number.”

“You’ve been working at the same firm since you moved here. If he wanted to contact you, all he had to do was call your office.”

“Maybe he thinks I don’t want him to call me. I left him. I never answered any of his calls. I never told him I still loved him… and if I did…”

“What? You’d get back together with him? Do you even know Jake? When was the last time you spoke to him?”

I blink at her, get up again, and move toward the door, giving Amelia my shoulders. I need to think.

“Listen, I’m not saying you should marry Richard at all costs,” Amelia says. “Tell me you don’t love Richard and you don’t have to say another word. I’ll get you out of here and take care of everything. The guests, the minister, your parents…”

At that instant, the door bursts open again and I see a brief image of Richard looking dashing and full of life in his tuxedo before he closes the door again.

“Sorry, wrong room!” he shouts from the other side. “I know it’s bad luck to see the bride before the ceremony, but I’m glad I got a peek. You’re breathtaking. I love you.”

I hear steps moving down the hall and assume Richard’s gone.

Staring at the door, transfixed, I can feel Amelia’s eyes piercing two holes between my shoulders.

She’s right. I know Richard. I know where I stand with him. Jake? I don’t know him anymore. It hits me like a punch in the stomach. It’s been too long. The Jake I knew wouldn’t have married a woman to divorce her only months later. Maybe he’s a different man, altered beyond all recognition. He won’t be the same Jake I once knew. The boy I lost my virginity to one summer afternoon at his parents’ lake cabin. Amelia’s right—I’m not going to throw everything away for the memory of something that’s long gone.

Thirty-one

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