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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 just know it has to do with Paul and his gift. Diego is no fool, and if I got to know him so well in such a short time, the same must be true for him. But even if I’m pretty sure why he’s upset, I say nothing. I’m too much of a chicken. So I let this new distance between us fester until we’re both in bed that night and there’s nowhere left to hide. Not even in the oppressive silence weighing down on us both.

When I can’t stand it any longer, I burst out with, “Are you mad at me?”

Diego doesn’t turn his head toward me. He just keeps staring at the wall, arms crossed over his chest. “I don’t know; should I be mad at you?”

“No, why would you?”

“I feel like I don’t have all the info here.”

“What info?” I ask innocently.

He finally meets my eyes. “Mmm, for example… Let’s see…” He scrunches his face in a mock-interrogative expression. “How long have you been in love with your soon-to-be brother-in-law?”

I’m so busted. “Paul and I have been friends since college. That’s all.”

Diego throws me such a seething, don’t-bullshit-me stare, that I’m compelled to admit, “I thought I had feelings for him for the longest time, but I’m past that now.”

“Is that why you went to such trouble to get him the perfect Christmas present? I checked the author’s website. It’s almost impossible to get a signed copy of a Liam Grady book. The only way is to attend one of his book events and queue in line for hours, and his New York gigs are always the busiest.”

True. True. And True.

With no intelligent reply to offer, I get petty. “So what?”

“You bought everybody else’s presents with barely a week to go before Christmas, not giving two cents about what you were getting, but for Paul, you just happened to stumble across the release event and… what? You decided waiting in line for hours to get a signed book for your sister’s fiancé was a good way to spend the afternoon? Do you go through all that trouble for all your ex-crushes?”

“No, but—”

“Is that why I’m really here?” Diego interrupts me. “To make Paul jealous?”

“No, of course not.”