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my kitchen counter lik

ling in my stomach. My best friend, Emma, had sent it weeks ago, but I had ignored i

time

Emma's voice rang in my head from our last phone call. "I don't

s an under

ma, her fiancé wasn't just anyone. He was

was no avoiding

s since I signed the divorce papers and walked away from the life we had built together. I had spent ev

t of seeing him again

gold lettering. Emma& Andrew request the honor of your presence... The date wa

that town f

ffee down and walked over, expecting my neighbor or maybe a

as devastatingly handsome as he had al

too familiar. His gaze flickered over me, s

myself steady. "Lucas," I brea

ere was something else beneath it.

rse, s

couragement," he continued. "So she asked me t

escaped me. "A

her a

I could respond, he leaned against t

he added, his voice lowe

eath

s of silence, of preten

hat, Lucas Montgomer

idea if I was

ready f

who mattered. Not for the way his presence stirred somethin

ssion neutral. "You wanted to see me?" I echoed,

s gaze unreadable. Then, with a slow n

A thousand da

ch up," he added, shift

too deep to ever fully heal. I had told myself there was nothing left to sa

finally said, stepping back. "Thanks f

e like he was memorizing every detail. "Are

ply. "I haven'

ecided, and you're looking

still knew exactly h

again. "Emma wants you there, Isla. Don't let whatever'

"This has nothin

brow, as if he d

y chest. "I left that t

a reason to go b

Hated that a part of me w

a moment, neither of us spoke. The weight of the

. "I won't push. But

away, leaving me standing there, my heart

eep down that this wasn't t

nly the

oon trying to pretend Lucas ha

dn't

ven attempting to lose myself in a book-I couldn't shake the memory of his voice

part of me stil

to exist in a world where Lucas Montgomery was just a name from

eded to stop running. But going back to that town meant f

't sure I

eaped before my mind could catch up, and I cursed

friend, Sophie, standing there with two cup

said, holding out one of the cups. "Now let me in bef

ed the place. Sophie had been my rock through everything-the divo

off her shoes. "Okay, spill. You

taking a sip of the coffee sh

Here? In your apart

odd

. And here I was thinking the unive

l humor in it. "He said Emma sent him

her eyes. "And y

"What do

asked him to check on you. But Lucas Montgomery doesn't do favors ju

tled me more than

, then sighed. "So, wh

ing down at my cu

ow. "Yes, you do. You're j

. Because deep d

oing ba

dy or not, I was goin

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