Chapters (92)
- First
- Love Connection
- Zero
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- One Month Later
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Six Months Later
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Twenty-three
- Twenty-four
- Six Months Later
- Twenty-five
- Twenty-six
- Twenty-seven
- Twenty-eight
- Twenty-nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-one
- Thirty-two
- Thirty-three
- I Have Never
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- A Christmas Date
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-one
- Twenty-two
- Note from the Author
- Sneak Peek – To the Stars and Back
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- Three
- Four
- Also by Camilla Isley
- About the Author
“Let’s make a pact,” Amelia proposes when I stop struggling.
“What pact?”
“I’ll bear the looks of lawyer Barbie for you if you’ll bear the looks of flight attendant Barbie for me. And we promise to never look them up. Never, ever. Deal?”
“Deal. I need this pact to keep my sanity.”
“Gemma?”
“Yes?”
“I’m scared.” She looks me in the eyes. “I haven’t been on my own in forever. What’s going to happen to me?”
“You’re going to be heartbroken for a while. Then you’re going to start dating again and have the time of your life. Until one day, you’ll meet your real soul mate and you’ll live happily ever after.”
“What a load of crap. You hate dating!”
“It’s more of a love-hate relationship.”
Amelia stares at her left hand. “I used to be so annoyingly smug with my one carat resting cozily on my finger.” She shakes her head. “How am I going to show my face at work? I’ll be the office joke.”
“Hey, come on. No one’s going to laugh at you.”
“Oh, they will, especially all the single ladies I used to look down on.”
“Did you look down on me too?”
“Gemma, I hate to be the one breaking it to you, but you’re hardly a single lady.”
“Meaning?”
“Meaning men fall for you left and right like flies. It’s always you pushing them away.”
“And we finally understand why. No one measured up to Jake. No one ever will. I’m doomed.”
“Don’t worry. You’re going to be heartbroken for a while. Then you’re going to start dating again and have the time of your life. Until one day, you’ll meet your real soul mate and you’ll live happily ever after.”
I punch her on the shoulder. “That speech was for you… it doesn’t apply to me.”
“Why?”
“I’ve already met my soul mate, and I let him go. Here come the palpitations again; please, can we change the subject?”
“It gives me palpitations that I’ll need a new house,” Amelia sighs.
My mood instantly brightens. “Oh, that’s true. You’ll have to move out. It’s perfect!”
“What do you mean, it’s perfect? With the rates in London, I won’t be able to afford a house on my own. I’m going to need roommates again. I don’t want roommates! I was supposed to be starting my adult life with my husband, not looking for flat shares.”
“Yes, you’re going to have a roommate, and it’s going to be awesome!”
“Are you crazy?”
“No, I’m asking you to move in with me. Naomi’s sublease expires in two weeks and I’m kicking her out. I was going to live alone, but having you as a roommate is going to be so much fun!”
“Are you serious?”
“I am.”