Liam cancelled his wedding when his fiancé Jasper ran away with his best friend. About to go on the honeymoon alone, Liam meets eighteen-year-old Milo, who desperately wants an airline ticket to anywhere. Two strangers board the plane; two near-friends deplane, then live together in a hotel room on an exotic island, developing a unique relationship. Back in England, Jasper has to face reality without Liam and starts to realize what that actually means.<br><br>Then new information about their wedding and insights into their past relationship surface and the truth stops being black and white. If Jasper’s best friend didn’t confess before the wedding, would he still have run away? If Liam didn’t meet Milo at the airport, would he still have boarded the plane? Was it destined to go exactly this way, no matter what? Sometimes choice is ripped away from us and we are left to deal with the consequences.<br><br>With so many things out of their control, can Liam and Jasper heal themselves and their relationship?

Heal

Liam knew it was dangerous. He knew giving into Milo could never end well and he wanted to let that be known out loud, but he simply couldn’t speak. Milo looked at him, held onto him and they naturally started navigating their bodies towards each other. The younger man used slight pressure to lower the other’s head while Liam pressed his hand against the back of the other’s head, helping him rise a little. The atmosphere shifted once they were close enough for their breaths to mingle. Milo closed his eyes first. Liam hated every fiber of his being as he started lowering his eyelids as well.


Suddenly, the phone rang on the side table. They both jumped up. Milo quickly rose, head-butting Liam on the way, and sprinted towards his phone. Liam jumped as far away from Milo’s nest as possible, landing hard on the floor. He felt his head throbbing from the impact.


Chapter 20