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Back First Comes Love
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 want to get up and shove him out of my house, but the kitten is forcing me to stay put and talk. “You already know everything there is to know.”

“Did you really run after Paul only to make him go back to Julia?” Diego asks.

“Yes. Why else would I go after him?”

“I thought you wanted to break them off for good.”

“What? What kind of horrible person would do that?”

“The same kind who would hire a guy she’s mapped to her sister’s every fantasy to play her fake boyfriend.”

Touché.

“I’m not an angel; so what? I just wanted to annoy Julia a little.”

Diego shakes his head. “And look how well it ended the last time she just wanted to annoy you a little. She made you miserable for two years.”

“Well, she’s not perfect, either. Anyway, my relationship with my sister has nothing to do with us. You left me,” I accuse him.

He shifts his butt on the rug so that he’s now sitting next to me, both our backs leaning against the couch. Diego takes my hand into his and starts drawing small circles on my palm with his thumb. “I’m sorry,” he says.

“It’s not enough.” I try to get my hand back, but he keeps it imprisoned in his. “What if Blair hadn’t called you? Would you still be here?”

“Maybe.” He lowers his gaze. “I received the casting calls for the Super Bowl ads this morning. I didn’t think you’d keep your word on those. Made me feel like shit that you’d still be kind to me after the way I left.”

Truth is, I’d set up the castings before Christmas and completely forgotten about them. If I’d remembered, I might’ve had a petty fit at the office today and deleted his name from the call list.

“I usually keep my promises.” I play the saint. “But a casting call is no better than a call from my best friend. Will somebody have to call you every time we argue, otherwise you’ll disappear off the face of the Earth?” He smiles at that, driving me mad. “Why are you smiling now?”

“Because if we’re going to argue in the future, it means we’re going to be together…”

I force myself to look him in the eye. “If that’s what you wanted, why disappear? I get you might’ve been mad at first, but why not return any of my texts or calls?”