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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 since I told you I was moving out, did you think about Richard potentially becoming your new roommate?”

“I might have,” I mumble.

“I’m sorry, what was that?”

“Okay, okay. I thought about it. But more like something that would happen in the distant, indefinite future.”

“So you were basically planning a long-term future with Richard anyway, except for the married label, right?”

“I’ve never given it much of a thought, to be honest. I was going with the flow.”

“But you still saw yourself with Richard in the future?”

“Near future, yes. I never went past the next couple of months. Isn’t that weird? Shouldn’t I have been doodling Mrs. Gemma Stratton way before Richard proposed?”

“Let’s try out some scenarios. Let’s say you were to give Richard his ring back—the thought of never seeing him again wouldn’t trouble you in the least?”

“I never said I don’t want to see Richard again. I said I’m not sure if I want to marry him.”

“Well, darling, you don’t have many options left since it’s clear he wants to marry you. From where things stand, you can either move forward with Richard or part ways. You can’t give him his ring back without breaking up. Is that what you want?”

“No. No! I want things to go back to the way they were last week: easy, uncomplicated. I want to never have met Jake’s wife. I want to love Richard the way I still love Jake. You should’ve seen the way I cried today. I completely lost it. It’s not normal to be that desperate about your ex.”

“Listen, Gemma, if I saw the flight attendant in person, I’d cry. Even if it’s been ages and I haven’t been in love with William for the longest time. It’s still a wound. Healed, but the scar’s there and it’s staying with me for the rest of my life. Please don’t throw away a perfectly good man who adores you to chase after the idea of a teenage love. You need to stop trying to replicate what you had with Jake. He was your first love. But it doesn’t mean you can’t build something even better with Richard. Something real, not a dream.”

“Maybe you’re right. It’s just been a crazy day.”

“Imagine if the redhead walked into my office and I didn’t know who she was. I’m surprised you didn’t pass out when she told you.”

“That’s the adrenaline for you, prevents you from passing out. It was scary, Ames. She was standing there, telling me how curious she was to meet me after all the stories Jake had told her about me. I wanted to rip her head off.”