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

“Get out of my house. And never come back,” older man’s voice was hoarse and heavy, but accepted no arguments.


Simon and Daniel sat in the car parked outside of Liam’s family house, patiently waiting for Jasper who went to collect the dogs. He needed a little push before seeing Liam’s family after the almost-wedding. Daniel offered to join him immediately and was unpleasantly surprised when he spotted Simon sitting in the car, his hair looking like he just woke up.


The car was average, surely not leaving much room to avoid the other person. It had a small tree air freshener and a cute plastic dog that bopped his head. Daniel managed to entertain himself for about ten minutes. He touched almost everything that was within his arms reach and rummaged through all spaces. He put the window up and down, a few times, before Simon exhaled loudly.


Chapter 24