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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

“This morning,” Jake says, still looking at me with a fire burning in his eyes, “all I could think about was you. The first thought that popped into my head when I woke up wasn’t I’m getting married today, it was today I’m saying goodbye to Gemma forever. I was about to throw everything to hell. But you’d refused to speak to me for three years. You didn’t return any of my calls or messages—not one. And I’ve tried, Gemma, you know I’ve tried.”

“I know,” I whisper.

“So I told myself that I didn’t know anything about your life today, that you were probably already married to someone else or something, and that I had to move on with my life and leave you in the past. But the moment I saw you, I knew I wasn’t getting married today. The truth is, you had me at Jake…”

“I did?”

“You did. And so, yeah, I am crazy… about you. Damn me, I’m still in love with you.”

I stare at him. “You mean you’re not getting married anymore?”

“No.”

A huge smile takes over my face.

“Up,” he says, and I get a thumb going upward this time. “Come here,” he whispers.

I get so close to him our noses almost touch.

“I missed you,” he says, cupping my head in his hands and burying his nose into my hair. Well, he’s not going to get a red berry rush, but I hope he won’t be too disgusted. “You smell so good; I’ve missed your smell.” Yeah, he’s definitely touched in the head or crazy in love with me, because no one in his right mind would think I smelled good right now.

“Gemma?” He nuzzles my neck.

“Umm?”

“Are you having a whole conversation in your head? You know I can’t hear you.”

“Yeah. I mean, no. I missed you too.”

I pull away from him to look him in the eyes, but he holds me close. He slides one arm around my lower back, squeezing me against the solid wall of his chest, and I melt in the warmth of his embrace. I snuggle closer to him, afraid of letting go. He strokes my hair and the side of my face until his hand slips under my chin, lifting my face up toward his. Time holds still as we lock eyes, then it seems to fast forward as he presses his lips to mine in a kiss we’ve both waited three years to share. It feels simultaneously as if no time and an eternity have passed since our last kiss. It’s all so familiar, and yet so new. This is Jake. He still loves me and we’re kissing.