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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

“And yet here you are, staring at a ticket to San Francisco and contemplating crashing his wedding.”

“I can’t stop asking myself the ‘what if?’ question. I’m tired of living in a world of what ifs.”

“Meaning?”

“I might’ve been a tad unreasonable after our break up,” I admit.

“As in?”

“As in I moved to the other side of the world and ignored all his calls, emails, and messages. I wanted a fresh start, so I cut him out completely.”

The bartender grabs the now-empty wooden bowl and refills it with tortilla chips. “Why?” he asks.

“I was sure he could talk me into moving back to San Francisco if I gave him the chance.”

“And you didn’t want to quit your job for him?”

“I couldn’t. I owed it to myself to make the best choice for my career. But the fact remains that moving to the other side of the world didn’t help much in forgetting him. I’m still in love with him. He’s the only one I ever loved.”

“How long ago was this?”

“Three years.”

“And you haven’t seen him or spoken to him since then?”

“I’m a mess, I know.”

“How did you find out he was getting married?”

“Amelia told me—my best friend, the other one getting married today. Amelia, Jake and I are all from a small town near Chicago. She moved to London after getting her bachelor degree and she lives there with her soon-to-be-husband William. But she wanted to get married at home. Anyway, Amelia and Jake had some guests in common, they told Amelia about Jake’s wedding as they’d already RSVP’d ‘Yes’ to him.”

“Do you know the girl he’s marrying?”

“No.” I shake my head decisively. “I don’t know anything about her, and I’ve forced myself not to search Google for intel.”

“Aren’t you curious?”

“Yes. But I can’t give her a face. I’d never be able to crash her wedding if I did. She has to stay a ghost.”

“When are the weddings?”

“This afternoon.”

“Whoa. What’s so special about June 10 that everyone wants to get married today? And you’re hard-core. Shouldn’t you have tried to talk to the guy a little sooner? Are you literally going to barge into the church and yell ‘STOP!’ in the middle of the ceremony?”

“I’d decided not to go at all.”

“But you brought the ticket all the way from London, just in case.”

“I did. Having the ticket, even if I knew I wasn’t going to use it, made me feel calmer.”

“And now you’ve changed your mind?”

“I don’t know. I have no idea what I’m doing.”

“When does the plane leave?”

“Which one?”

“Tell me both times.”

“San Francisco’s eight thirty. Chicago’s ten forty-five.”